Thread by @tburages

Okay.

Breathe.

And consider what these oath-breaking Trump toadies have just done to themselves. /1

Bolton's book is being released in THREE WEEKS. After that's it'll be a whirlwind of cable news interviews in which Bolton will drop one bombshell after another.

Maddow (BOOM), Anderson Cooper (BANG), Tapper (OMG!), Stephanopoulos (HOLY S***!) /2

With each new revelation, the press will hound these "cover-up" senators:

"Senator! Senator!! Do you still stand by your decision to block all witnesses for Trump?!"

And THOSE clips of their will play on repeat for weeks. /3

Meanwhile, 60 Minutes does a long Bolton expose for the over-60 crowd and@AriMelber gets him to tell his story using only rap lyrics.

Then he starts his late-night circuit. Fallon, Colbert, O'Brien. /4

Finally, it sinks into the heads of these lick-spittle senators that they gave up their only chance to manufacture their alternate-reality-conspiracy-theory spin.

The spin that would have been possible ONLY if they'd chosen to question him instead of leaving it up to Maddow. /5

But alas, they threw that out the window. Now all the Fox soundbites of Bolton's revelations will have to go un-rebuted. /6

And from now until election day, the ads will run in the home states of those seeking re-election - announcing to their constituents that Senator X voted to:

- Block the witnesses that 72% of America wanted
- Give Trump UNLIMITED POWER.
- Give Trump carte blanche to cheat. /7

Have fun with that, senators. Hope McConnell comes through with that RNC money he promised you because he promised every other Republican senator the exact same thing. Better cross your fingers there's enough to go around. /8x