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In July 2016 Trump called on The Kremlin to hack his opponents emails.

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Are you okay with this?

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LOL this is Trump's own birther problem. People in the country think the Russians gave him the election, just like people think Obama wasn't born in the US. History repeats itself- in another way.
 
PoS said:
LOL this is Trump's own birther problem. People in the country think the Russians gave him the election, just like people think Obama wasn't born in the US. History repeats itself- in another way.
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Yep, this is nothing more than Karma for Trump being an ignoramus. I guess one of the things Trump wasn't prepared to deal with was the inevitable partisan mob that every President has to deal with.
 
Excon said:
No he didn't.
He called on them to release them if they had them.
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"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
 
Bisou said:
Are you okay with this?

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Do I agree with widely discussed collusion and conspiracy without anything more than a cartoon of two men kissing and weak assumption without any more substantiation than a won election?
 
I don't think people believe Russia gave Trump the election.
 
nota bene said:
I don't think people believe Russia gave Trump the election.
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They probably helped.

But really, a bunch of idiotic Americans gave him the election.
 
Bisou said:
Are you okay with this?

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That is a twist of the facts. Trump did not call on the Kremlin to hack his opponents emails. That is the biased liberal narrative. At the time Trump made comments along those lines someone unknown had already hacked information and the left claimed (without evidence at that time) that the Kremlin was responsible and Trump said he didn't know if the Kremlin did it or not but, if they did, maybe they could find the emails Hillary had deleted to hide from the FBI investigation (from the already hacked emails). He did not call on the Kremlin to hack her emails.
 
Bisou said:
Are you okay with this?

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Am I upset that emails of Clinton wrong doing came out? **** no.
Do I believe the Russians did it? nope.
Do I give a **** if Trump asked Russia to release Clinton emails? Not really.
 
Bisou said:
Are you okay with this?

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It would be helpful to your premise if President Elect Trump actually did that.

Attempting to twist a humorous statement into a directive is one of the reasons voters rejected Hillary and her political machine.
 
Your Star said:
They probably helped.

But really, a bunch of idiotic Americans gave him the election.
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Its amusing seeing Clinton supporters acting like they have a leg to stand on.Clinton is just as big of a piece of **** as Trump is,maybe even worse.
 
nota bene said:
I don't think people believe Russia gave Trump the election.
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You are free to believe whatever you want to believe, but I think you'd be wrong. I do believe there are people out there on the left, some in the media, the do in fact believe that the Russians hacked the DNC and Podesta (both remain unproven) and provided the contents to WikiLeaks (also unproven).

WikiLeaks and Julian continue to maintain that their source isn't from Russia, but rather from inside the beltway.
 
Excon said:
No he didn't.
He called on them to release them if they had them.
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Exactly.

Crovax said:
"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
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Exactly.

This is just another case of the left hearing what they want to hear, reading into the statement what they want, all to serve as a foundation to excoriate someone without any sort of legitimacy or justification on this particular point.
 
jamesrage said:
Its amusing seeing Clinton supporters acting like they have a leg to stand on.Clinton is just as big of a piece of **** as Trump is,maybe even worse.
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No, she's not. Not even close.

Also, I voted for Bernie in the primary.
 
eohrnberger said:
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Exactly.

This is just another case of the left hearing what they want to hear, reading into the statement what they want, all to serve as a foundation to excoriate someone without any sort of legitimacy or justification on this particular point.
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How can you get to that conclusion from that quote?

I swear, reading comprehension is dying.
 
Crovax said:
"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
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Go back one more step. If they have them, how did they get them?

Anyway, while he indeed did not outright suggest they hack, his statement was clear tacit approval of them doing so if they did.
 
Your Star said:
How can you get to that conclusion from that quote?
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Crovax said:
"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
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Where in this direct quote is there a call for hacking anyone or anything? There is a call for finding something, as if someone already had what was being sought.

Your Star said:
I swear, reading comprehension is dying.
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On this I think we might be able to agree. But I suspect not.

I think you objection is that I'm not reading into the statement what you want to read into the statement. It's the same exact distortion of what was actually said as it is in Trump's Mexican illegal alien statement. Distorted for political purpose by partisans reading in what they want, and not what was actually said.
 
PoS said:
LOL this is Trump's own birther problem. People in the country think the Russians gave him the election, just like people think Obama wasn't born in the US. History repeats itself- in another way.
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Good catch. This is exactly the game the Democrats are playing.
 
radcen said:
Go back one more step. If they have them, how did they get them?

Anyway, while he indeed did not outright suggest they hack, his statement was clear tacit approval of them doing so if they did.
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That's not the question, and that's not what was stated. The statement makes no assumptions beyond if the Russians have them would they mind sharing.

As to how the Russians might have them, who knows. Maybe Gucifer 2.0 shared the emails with the Russians, or the Russian took them when they arrested him (I think I remember reading that).
 
Crovax said:
"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
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All you are arguing is that it would have been nice if voters didn't know more about Hillary's true motives and feelings beyond what is reported in the MSM. The more they learned they less the liked her.

I guess that is a fair complaint for those selling, but not for those buying.
 
eohrnberger said:
That's not the question, and that's not what was stated. The statement makes no assumptions beyond if the Russians have them would they mind sharing.

As to how the Russians might have them, who knows. Maybe Gucifer 2.0 shared the emails with the Russians, or the Russian took them when they arrested him (I think I remember reading that).
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Or Snowden earning his keep. Who knows how many contacts he has in the US still.

We don't know who, or how, but we do know what. And the "what" has not been challenged as counterfeit.
 
Your Star said:
They probably helped.

But really, a bunch of idiotic Americans gave him the election.
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I was not a Trump supporter, but I wouldn't characterize all those who supported Trump as idiots. I didn't think that in 2008 or even in 1992; I thought, "The people have spoken."

And that's what I think now. Trump is going to be the next President, and it's time, I hope, for us all to get on with it, as we always have. I've been part of the "loyal opposition," and now those disappointed by the election results have their turn.

I wish the President-Elect well. I hope that he is successful. (And I'm kind of holding my breath.) If he is successful, our nation will be successful, and that's what I want--a strong, independent, economically healthy United States.
 
Crovax said:
"I will tell you this, Russia: If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing" -DJT

Sounds like a bit more than just release them if you have them
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It was obviously a humorous jab. It requires willful misunderstanding to take it any other way.
 
Jack Hays said:
It was obviously a humorous jab. It requires willful misunderstanding to take it any other way.
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Almost as much as it takes mental gymnastics to claim that he wasn't referring to hacking
 
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