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Did Trump just thteaten Adam Schiff?

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HowardBThiname said:
What was the comment "he must be stopped" in relation to?
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I don't subscribe to the NY Times so it would be really helpful if those referring to information in it would post the relevant information. But from what I have been able to figure out on this, President Trump was referring to Schiff illegally leaking classified information. And it was in reference to that when he made the "He must be stopped" tweet.

I haven't seen that it had anything at all to do with the Democratic version opposing the Nunes memo.

Hard to argue with that.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Adam Schiff's pushing of the publishing of the Democratic response to the Nunes memo.
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Okay, I finally tracked down Trump's tweet. He also said that the leaking was "illegal." I'm not a lawyer, but aren't we suppose to try to stop people from doing illegal things?

Or was Trump wrong and leaking classified information is not illegal?
 
AlbqOwl said:
I don't subscribe to the NY Times so it would be really helpful if those referring to information in it would post the relevant information. But from what I have been able to figure out on this, President Trump was referring to Schiff illegally leaking classified information. And it was in reference to that when he made the "He must be stopped" tweet.

I haven't seen that it had anything at all to do with the Democratic version opposing the Nunes memo.

Hard to argue with that.
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Thanks for putting that into context. The OP sounded as if trying to stop Schiff was a dangerous thing -- but if he did something illegal, he probably should be stopped from doing it again.
 
Vetplus40 said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/us/politics/democratic-memo-adam-schiff-trump.html

"He must be stopped". Very DANGERUS words for a POTUS to say.

"He must be stopped". Very STUPID comment for a POTUS to make.

Trump appears to be incapable of understanding that a President's words carry consequences. Maybe the "Stable Genius" has finally become completely unhinged.
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Do you get paid by the word or by the # of Trump hate threads in a day?

Or are you just trying to become a Sith lord? Because if its the latter, then good, good, let the hate flow through you.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Adam Schiff's pushing of the publishing of the Democratic response to the Nunes memo.
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No, it wasn't. The context was in relationship to Schiff's alleged (by Trump and many others) lying and leaking. Lying and leaking needs to be stopped. Schiff needs to be stopped from further lying and leaking.
This is not hard to discern from Trump's tweet:


Donald J. Trump
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Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
7:39 AM - Feb 5, 2018

Nowhere does this tweet mention the Dem response memo.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Adam Schiff's pushing of the publishing of the Democratic response to the Nunes memo.
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And where do you see that?!?


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Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!

4:39 AM - 5 Feb 2018
 
Acadia said:
No, it wasn't. The context was in relationship to Schiff's alleged (by Trump and many others) lying and leaking. Lying and leaking needs to be stopped. Schiff needs to be stopped from further lying and leaking.
This is not hard to discern from Trump's tweet:


Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump

Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
7:39 AM - Feb 5, 2018

Nowhere does this tweet mention the Dem response memo.
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Is there any real "evidence" that this guy actually "leaked" anything? Let's face it, Trump accuses 100's of people a week, and 99% of it is totally unfounded.

Secondly, what was leaked? Was it classified material? And hw does it stack up against all the leaking the Republicans have done.

Righties are acting like he's a Chinese agent...

...while Trump pays footsie with Pution....AND LEAKED secret Israeli intelligence to Russia.

Who needs to be "stopped?"
 
Fearandloathing said:
Is there any real "evidence" that this guy actually "leaked" anything? Let's face it, Trump accuses 100's of people a week, and 99% of it is totally unfounded.

Secondly, what was leaked? Was it classified material? And hw does it stack up against all the leaking the Republicans have done.

Righties are acting like he's a Chinese agent...

...while Trump pays footsie with Pution....AND LEAKED secret Israeli intelligence to Russia.

Who needs to be "stopped?"
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OK, I'll whataboutism...
I don't know of any hard evidence on Schiff of leaking, except there's a direct line that can be drawn from Schiff going to the little boys' room during Don Jr.'s testimony and leaking of "public" vs. "non public" information in real time.
The rest of the hyperbolic hand flapping is just...eh...I'm too over this lather, rinse, repeat to finish my response.
 
Acadia said:
OK, I'll whataboutism...
I don't know of any hard evidence on Schiff of leaking, except there's a direct line that can be drawn from Schiff going to the little boys' room during Don Jr.'s testimony and leaking of "public" vs. "non public" information in real time.
The rest of the hyperbolic hand flapping is just...eh...I'm too over this lather, rinse, repeat to finish my response.
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Get this:

I don't care.


It's a distraction. There is no way you can build it into something similar to Trump's leak to Putin, because it's hollow rhetoric from a man who lies 99% of the time.

don't waste our time with thinking **** up, Trump does enough of it.

If you'e thinking of responding, show me what this nobody leaked and how it's a crime that "needs to be stopped".

What "needs to be stopped" is the sexual crisis of the world. Women are coming out in millions, almost every world leader has addressed it EXCEPT guess who?

Distraction driven by abject fear that he's going to get caught and some of his people are going to prison.

SO lets leave the nobodies out and concentrate on the boss of this mafia
 
Fearandloathing said:
Get this:

I don't care.


It's a distraction. There is no way you can build it into something similar to Trump's leak to Putin, because it's hollow rhetoric from a man who lies 99% of the time.

don't waste our time with thinking **** up, Trump does enough of it.

If you'e thinking of responding, show me what this nobody leaked and how it's a crime that "needs to be stopped".

What "needs to be stopped" is the sexual crisis of the world. Women are coming out in millions, almost every world leader has addressed it EXCEPT guess who?

Distraction driven by abject fear that he's going to get caught and some of his people are going to prison.

SO lets leave the nobodies out and concentrate on the boss of this mafia
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Wow, your train of thought is...interesting. And your whataboutism is tiring, so how about I just say that I won't go down that "let's indulge someone who wants to hijack a thread" rabbit hole.
Bye now:2wave:
 
Acadia said:
No, it wasn't. The context was in relationship to Schiff's alleged (by Trump and many others) lying and leaking. Lying and leaking needs to be stopped. Schiff needs to be stopped from further lying and leaking.
This is not hard to discern from Trump's tweet:


Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump

Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
7:39 AM - Feb 5, 2018
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All you did was say "lying and leaking" three times and cite a tweet.

The lie/deny/deflect routine from Trump supporters is becoming more absurd by the minute. I wish I could laugh along.




"[Trump supporter says bad things about person Trump just said bad things about]" isn't exactly a compelling post.



Acadia said:
Nowhere does this tweet mention the Dem response memo.
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And?

What else might he be talking about? Does Schiff leave the toilet seat up and it bothers Trump?





Acadia said:
OK, I'll whataboutism...
I don't know of any hard evidence on Schiff of leaking, except there's a direct line that can be drawn from Schiff going to the little boys' room during Don Jr.'s testimony and leaking of "public" vs. "non public" information in real time.
The rest of the hyperbolic hand flapping is just...eh...I'm too over this lather, rinse, repeat to finish my response.
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He was talking about the subject of the thread, which you yourself did on the first page (albeit stupidly and dishonestly). "Whataboutism" does not apply to someone speaking about the subject at hand.

You thrice accused Schiff of "lying and leaking". He challenged you to make your case.
 
Mr Person said:
All you did was say "lying and leaking" three times and cite a tweet.

The lie/deny/deflect routine from Trump supporters is becoming more absurd by the minute. I wish I could laugh along.




"[Trump supporter says bad things about person Trump just said bad things about]" isn't exactly a compelling post.





And?

What else might he be talking about? Does Schiff leave the toilet seat up and it bothers Trump?







He was talking about the subject of the thread, which you yourself did on the first page (albeit stupidly and dishonestly). "Whataboutism" does not apply to someone speaking about the subject at hand.

You thrice accused Schiff of "lying and leaking". He challenged you to make your case.
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I wish I could have been more clear when I responded that Trump did not bring the Dem memo into the tweet and that the tweet had nothing to do with the memo, but alas...horse, water...
 
Acadia said:
I wish I could have been more clear when I responded that Trump did not bring the Dem memo into the tweet and that the tweet had nothing to do with the memo, but alas...horse, water...
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I guess I don't drink water that someone just pooped in.

:shrug:


Anyway, since you don't seem to be here to have an actual discussion, :2wave:
 
Acadia said:
No, it wasn't. The context was in relationship to Schiff's alleged (by Trump and many others) lying and leaking. Lying and leaking needs to be stopped. Schiff needs to be stopped from further lying and leaking.
This is not hard to discern from Trump's tweet:


Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump

Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!
7:39 AM - Feb 5, 2018

Nowhere does this tweet mention the Dem response memo.
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It Trump can prove that Schiff is leaking illegal info, then Schiff can easily be prosecuted, and the issue is solved. Since Schiff hasn't been indited yet, I somehow have a feeling that there is no evidence that Schiff has leaked anything. I dont know any more about this than what I have read in this thread, but just trying to use some basic logic.
 
Mr Person said:
I guess I don't drink water that someone just pooped in.

:shrug:
:yawn::yawn::yawn:

Anyway, since you don't seem to be here to have an actual discussion, :2wave:
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So sorry I limited my responses to the scope of the topic matter. Next time, I'll do better to nibble on the bait like a good little fishy.
 
imagep said:
It Trump can prove that Schiff is leaking illegal info, then Schiff can easily be prosecuted, and the issue is solved. Since Schiff hasn't been indited yet, I somehow have a feeling that there is no evidence that Schiff has leaked anything. I dont know any more about this than what I have read in this thread, but just trying to use some basic logic.
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There is no smoking gun.
Same can be said for Trump/Russia collusion, Trump obstruction etc, etc.

I'm not trying to verify what Trump said. My point was to point out the obvious specious allegation made by the OP.
 
Acadia said:
There is no smoking gun.
Same can be said for Trump/Russia collusion, Trump obstruction etc, etc.

I'm not trying to verify what Trump said. My point was to point out the obvious specious allegation made by the OP.
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But how do you know? You work for the FBI? All I know is what I read in the papers. I dunno if there are any smoking guns at all. I assume that there must be a little smoke, else we wouldn't even be discussing any of this, and I assume that the smoke is what we have read in the papers, but that's just my assumption.
 
imagep said:
But how do you know? You work for the FBI? All I know is what I read in the papers. I dunno if there are any smoking guns at all. I assume that there must be a little smoke, else we wouldn't even be discussing any of this, and I assume that the smoke is what we have read in the papers, but that's just my assumption.
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AFAIK, there is no smoking gun. Smoke does not equal incontrovertible evidence.
At this point, it's a circular firing squad:doh
 
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