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Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculous'

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“Face the Nation” host John Dickerson pressed Conway about the growing rift between Trump and the intelligence community and repeatedly asked how Trump, as president, could work harmoniously with the same intelligence agencies he has been criticizing.


Conway said Trump does respect the intelligence community, adding that he did not divulge top-secret briefings he has received as president-elect.

But Dickerson pressed further.


“How can he both respect the intelligence community and then think that what they're saying to him is laughable?” he asked. “There seems to be a disconnect.”


Conway said respecting intelligence agencies and calling their findings laughable are “completely compatible.”


“He absolutely respects the intelligence community,” she said. “He's made it very clear. He's going to put his own people in there, as well.”


What Trump is questioning, Conway said, is the CIA's latest assessment that Russia meddled with the presidential election to get him elected.


“What's laughable and ridiculous is the notion that somehow this was meant to defeat Hillary Clinton and elevate him to the presidency,” she said.


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) did not share the Trump camp's high doubts about the CIA's findings.


"It's clear that Russians interfered. Whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, I think that should be the subject of investigation," McCain said in a separate interview on "Face the Nation" on Sunday morning.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-election-meddling-laughable-and-ridiculous/

Perhaps when Trump decides "to put his own people in there," the CIA will tell him what he wants to hear and he'll attend more national security briefings.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

How does Kellyanne Conway know Russia wasn't involved? Who is her source and what factual evidence does she have to back up her assertion?


I would ask the same question of the CIA.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Cardinal said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-election-meddling-laughable-and-ridiculous/

Perhaps when Trump decides "to put his own people in there," the CIA will tell him what he wants to hear and he'll attend more national security briefings.
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No doubt.

Kellyanne Conway or the CIA, let's see, which one has the most investigative ability? I say, let's have a bipartisan committee to investigate the issue and see who is right.

Maybe before Trump replaces the CIA operatives with his own lackeys obligated to tell him what he wants to hear.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Moot said:
How does Kellyanne Conway know Russia wasn't involved? Who is her source and what factual evidence does she have to back up her assertion?


I would ask the same question of the CIA.
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Exactly. Let's just lay it all out. Who knows what and what's their proof? Stop all the stupid crap like "Russia elected Trump" and "Russia didn't do ****." The truth is somewhere in between.

Also, we shouldn't forget that the fact that someone, probably Russia, hacked the DNC is very bad, but still not anywhere near as bad as what the DNC actually did that the leaked emails showed us all that they did in fact do. This is not meant to minimalize the fact that we should not allow our political parties to be subject to hacking, and that we should most definitely take retaliatory action against whomever it was that we can prove did the hacking.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Maybe this is why he won't take his intelligence briefings. Doesn't believe them.

Although he certainly didn't like Obama skipping them. What changed?

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Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Moot said:
How does Kellyanne Conway know Russia wasn't involved? Who is her source and what factual evidence does she have to back up her assertion?


I would ask the same question of the CIA.
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Lack of factual evidence is evidence they were not involved.
 
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Threegoofs said:
Maybe this is why he won't take his intelligence briefings. Doesn't believe them.

Although he certainly didn't like Obama skipping them. What changed?

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What are you trying to show here?

Trump is President-Elect and has no power to do anything at this point while Obama was President and needed those briefings.

The two aren't even close to being the same.
 
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Mason66 said:
What are you trying to show here?

Trump is President-Elect and has no power to do anything at this point while Obama was President and needed those briefings.

The two aren't even close to being the same.
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So you think he'll change once inaugurated?
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Threegoofs said:
Maybe this is why he won't take his intelligence briefings. Doesn't believe them.

Although he certainly didn't like Obama skipping them. What changed?

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It's "different" as usual.
 
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rocket88 said:
So you think he'll change once inaugurated?
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Once he has use for the information yes.

Trump is one that needs to know what is going on with his enterprise to make the right decisions.

Obama learns everything from watching the nightly Fox News report.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Cardinal said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-election-meddling-laughable-and-ridiculous/

Perhaps when Trump decides "to put his own people in there," the CIA will tell him what he wants to hear and he'll attend more national security briefings.
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Trump is not even in, yet he attends as Many a Obama.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...C25D9BKUfrQcmJx2aBHUSA&bvm=bv.141320020,d.cGw
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Guys, this is real life. This isn't 24 or a movie. Russia is a paper tiger. They don't have the abilities or intelligence to interfere with an election. Putin's is Trumps puppet. This idea that Russia is meddling in our elections is laughable.

This is a media created story to drive ratings.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Mason66 said:
Once he has use for the information yes.

Trump is one that needs to know what is going on with his enterprise to make the right decisions.

Obama learns everything from watching the nightly Fox News report.
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If Obama learned everything from Fox, I would think you guys would be cheering him. Are you saying that Fox may be wrong?
 
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Casca XV said:
Trump is not even in, yet he attends as Many a Obama.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...C25D9BKUfrQcmJx2aBHUSA&bvm=bv.141320020,d.cGw
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Do you have a non-crap source for that claim?

The Independent Journal Review is an American viral news website.[1] It has over 35 million visitors a month according to Alexa. The firm describes itself as a "social first, mobile first news company" dedicated to reporting news in an "objective, fair, and entertaining way to a large and engaged independent-minded audience."[2]

The Independent Journal Review was founded in 2012 by entrepreneurs and former Republican party staffers Alex Skatell and Phil Musser.[3] The editor is Bert Atkinson, a former waiter.[4] Skatell has described the site as targeting a "mainstream center-right audience". The site has been described as a cross between BuzzFeed and RedState,[4] and a cross between the Drudge Report and Upworthy.[5]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Journal_Review
 
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rocket88 said:
If Obama learned everything from Fox, I would think you guys would be cheering him. Are you saying that Fox may be wrong?
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You can spin anything can't you.

Where did you get wrong from?

For as much as Obama talks about Fox News, I would bet it is on 24/7 in the White House and his bedroom.

The point is that he is not getting his information from his advisors, but rather the evening news, as he himself has told us on numerous occasions.

You cannot deny his own words.
 
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rocket88 said:
I'm sure you're proud that he's acting like Obama.
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Another spin.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Mason66 said:
You can spin anything can't you.

Where did you get wrong from?

For as much as Obama talks about Fox News, I would bet it is on 24/7 in the White House and his bedroom.

The point is that he is not getting his information from his advisors, but rather the evening news, as he himself has told us on numerous occasions.

You cannot deny his own words.
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Did I touch a nerve by suggesting Fox is wrong?
 
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rocket88 said:
Of course he does, this isn't "Post Links from your favorite propaganda." To quote him from another thread.
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Unless you're Casca, in which case this is "Post links from your favorite propaganda." He's even gone so far as to link to other debate forum's anonymous posters to support his claims.
 
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Mason66 said:
Another spin.
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It's exactly what he's saying. Trump is acting like Obama. You must be proud as well.
 
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Dittohead not! said:
No doubt.

Kellyanne Conway or the CIA, let's see, which one has the most investigative ability? I say, let's have a bipartisan committee to investigate the issue and see who is right.

Maybe before Trump replaces the CIA operatives with his own lackeys obligated to tell him what he wants to hear.
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More like Obama already had CIA replaced with his own lackeys who tell it the way he wants it told.

"It's not terrorism - it's Workplace Violence"

Once Trump gets into office, the CIA will be restored to normalcy. Obama's version wasn't normal or national, it was anti-national.
 
Re: Kellyanne Conway: CIA report on Russian election meddling ‘laughable and ridiculo

Bucky said:
Guys, this is real life. This isn't 24 or a movie. Russia is a paper tiger. They don't have the abilities or intelligence to interfere with an election. Putin's is Trumps puppet. This idea that Russia is meddling in our elections is laughable.

This is a media created story to drive ratings.
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When the hell have we ever seen any instance of Trump being anyone's lapdog?
From the one side of their mouths, Libs charge that Trump is a hot-tempered megalomaniac who'll get into a fistfight with Putin and start WW3.
From the other side of their mouths, Libs simultaneously charge that Trump is a meek little wishywashy puppet who will kiss Putin's ring, and dance like a puppet on his string.

Libs, please make up your minds on which fiction you'd like to peddle - because they're not all mutually compatible with each other.
 
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