Thread by @tburages

1) Why does NO ONE talk about what is LITERALLY between the lines of this story?
washingtonpost.com/world/national…

2) Yes, yes. "There's two people, I think, Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump," spoken by the House majority deal is a big deal. But I think there's something MUCH bigger and potentially more damning here that I have not heard a single person mention.

3) After all, McCarthy's statement is conjecture, followed by laughter. And how revealing was it really? I mean anyone who was paying attention at the time could have made the same argument.

4) I think it's now time to look between the lines. Literally. The parts the WaPo transcribed as "Unintelligible" and "Crosstalk". I think there's a reason a huge part of the conversation was given to the WaPo with certain parts, perhaps, cut out.

5) Look at the larger context of the conversation. Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, and Cathy Rodgers are talking about propaganda in the Ukraine. And not just in the Ukraine. A propaganda war waged by Russia.

6) And then it gets to this part where Rodgers schools Paul Ryan, telling him we're not standing up to it. And then McCarthy says something REALLY IMPORTANT, but it's not in the transcript. Just says "unintelligible."

7) Why is it important? Because he arrives at a conclusion where he says I'll GUARANTEE you that's what it is. And this *completely* changes the course of the conversation to who hacked the DNC, which was disclosed a week previous.

8) The second really important thing that was marked unintelligible is right after Ryan asks who it was delivered to. Someone says something that's not in the transcript. An answer to who it was delivered to? And that's when McCarthy mentions Rohrabacher and Trump.

9) I think these pieces of the conversation that were either cutout or spoken very quietly need to be questioned. They should be part of our national discussion right now.

10) AND I believe the congressional investigations will not be complete without testimonies by @GOPLeader, @SpeakerRyan and @cathymcmorris.