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...we have elected Biff from Back to the Future
We'll know the truth when they chime in, along with Bannon & Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
it didn't happen
This was a pretty genius fake news story by the WaPo.
Anonymous report with no way to find out if it's credibly true.
Apparently WH staffers were heard having yelling matches after the story broke.
I was in the room, it didn't happen *drops mic*
No where in that statement did he deny that Donald revealed classified info to the Russians. That was a very carefully worded statement.
I was in the room, it didn't happen *drops mic*
I hope TSA is getting paid by the Russians for all his posting
"The story that came out tonight as reported is false"
At what point do you start to realize you're being played by the media who's being fed stories from pissed off intelligence agents/gov lifers that are still trying to cling to the power they've been so used to?
3 fake news stories from WaPo in a week and you don't bat an eye.
Did he deny that Donald revealed classified information to the Russians, yes or no?
LOL calling every bad story about Dear Leader fake news
Thanks for the heads up on the avocados. I'll definitely grab some up if HEB has them this week.
The McMaster Statement
McMaster’s specific denials remain what I noted about his statement given originally to the Post.
They deny things the Post story does not allege.
As I read it, the Post says
Trump revealed classified information from which sources and methods information can be inferred,
not that he discussed them directly. It’s quite possible Trump may not even know that level of detail.
That part is a classic non-denial denial.
But McMaster adds at the top: “The story that came out tonight as reported is false.”
The “as reported” is a hedge. But more fundamentally saying “the story” is false can mean anything. He doubles down later.
“I was in the room. It didn’t happen.” But again, what didn’t happen?
The only reason I can think of to be totalizing in general and lawyerly and non-denailing in the specifics is
that you’re trying to deny something that actually did happen.
Even though I think these statements are far more general than they may seem, it’s just as true that
McMaster is putting his credibility on the line for Trump.
If the cir stances were different, this might give me some pause about the story. But the
Post and the Times just have infinitely more credibility than the Trump White House at this point.
What’s more, there are details about
giving ‘heads up’ calls to the NSA and CIA.
Assuming those calls were made, that
certainly strongly suggests something serious went wrong.
As I noted earlier after Deputy National Security Advisor Powell made her statement,
if McMaster felt he was able to deny the story, he would have done so in his original statement to the Post. But he didn’t.
He has sort of done so now, but with his specific declarations still denying things which were never alleged.
The most reasonable take on this is that McMaster’s statement can’t really deny the details of the story. But the story is of sufficient gravity that he has felt the need to deceive the public, putting his own credibility on the line and destroying it in one moment.
If the story falls apart, perhaps he’ll be vindicated. But
it looks like he just sacrificed his credibility on the altar of Trump.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/...ster-statement
how do you know?
DOJ flatly denied it and not a single person from congress said it happened.
the DOJ denial was in the post's original story that you're laughing at. the post story also says the NYT first reported this, not the post
There's plenty of bad stories about Trump that are true. This isn't one of them.
I confused the origins of the fake news story, my bad.
i'm sure it'll be asked of comey when he testifies
McCabe (D) already shot it down and said the investigation was adequately funded and Comey would have had to go to congress for more resources. How many Dems have said Comey went to congress and asked for more resources?
There is literally no way for you to know this.
Of all the mouths to become the official holster for Donald on ST...every one of your posts is spinning for the administration.
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