Lie x2
Strike 2. Swing again.
Why even bother to lie? There is so much to actually criticize.
These are flat out untrue statements and should be corrected.
People who do not know better or who are not paying attention will listen to the bs and accept this false narrative.
"Out of more than 15 minutes of questions and answers, the press glommed onto the three seconds where Trump said “You also had people that were very fine people on both sides.” It was made to look as though Trump had equated white supremacists who hijacked the event and liberals who were there to counterprotest.
This is precisely the
opposite of what Trump said.
Trump made clear several times during the conference that he was referring specifically to those who had showed up to demonstrate against the statue’s removal and that he otherwise condemned the white supremacists.
What Trump said, as transcribed by the Los Angeles Times:
“I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I've condemned many different groups. But not all of [the people at the rally] were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists, by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue, Robert E. Lee.”
A reporter yelled out, “Both sides, sir?”
Referring to the so-called antifa, which was also present at the rally wearing masks, throwing paint, and spraying urine, Trump said, “Well, I do think there's blame — yes, I think there's blame on both sides.”
But Trump also said, “You have some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
He again specified that he was not referring to white supremacists, saying, “You had people, and
I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally. But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists” [emphasis added].
Later, he said, “If you look, they were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. I'm sure in that group there were some bad ones.”
It is good that Joe "
China" Bidenn started his campaign with this easy to disprove
tired, old media lie."
And...
Election Systems and Software (ES&S), which is the third largest election system vendor in the U.S., announced it will work more closely with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISAC) in an effort to increase security of its systems ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Lets look at how the previous administration handled the situation.
Obama's cybersecurity coordinator confirms Susan Rice ordered him to 'stand down' on Russian meddling
"Michael Daniel confirmed Wednesday that former national security adviser Susan Rice ordered him and his staff to "stand down" in 2016 in regard to Russian attempts to meddle in the 2016 election.
Daniel, special assistant to former President Barack Obama and White House cybersecurity coordinator, told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee that quotes attributed to him in the book, Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, were an "accurate rendering of the conversation" he had with Rice and his staff.
Daniel's staff reportedly responded to the order in "disbelief."
Correct, and he specifically excluded two groups from this assessment. Irrelevant, but correct.
The nonsense stops now. This thread was opened in the Breaking News forum. Topic is the news story. Not each other.
