Biden confirms reports McConnell blocked Obama from warning Americans about Russian election interfe

[pbmus]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the Obama administration’s efforts to warn the public about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, former vice president Joe Biden said Tuesday.

As Politico reports, the Senate leader refused to sign a bipartisan statement about Russia’s efforts. Former president Barack Obama felt the lack of bipartisanship would serve the Kremlin’s interests, Biden said.

The former vice president said Obama “would sit there literally after” each press briefing “and say, ‘What the hell are we going to do?’” Biden explained.

Biden was speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations about Russian efforts to sow discord in the United States’ electoral process. He told president Richard Haass that he regretted the administration’s failure to take more action before the election.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/biden-confirms-reports-mcconnell-blocked-obama-warning-americans-russian-election-interference/amp/

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To me, it still looks bad either way....McConnell seems to have sold out our country....

[HipChick]

1. Why isn't liddle Keebler investigating McConnell?

[Angry Dragon]

2. The Tortoise is a Russian agent..........took Russian money...........as guilty as Trump

[Crash2Parties]

21. $7.3 mil from a "russian oligarch"

Not like it wasn't reported in the mainstream media, either. That's how far we've fallen down the rabbit hole.

Google: McConnell pac russian funding

[Skittles]

3. as if we did not already know

IT STINKS

I don't give a FUCK what the reasoning was - when Comey squawked about BULLSHIT HILLARY EMAILS, the GLOVES SHOULD HAVE COME OFF.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Harry Reid was silenced about this!

FUCK TREASONOUS McCONNELL!!! I don't know who I hate more, the Fucking Moron, Ryan or McConnell. My sister and I think it is a three way tie.

[former9thward]

9. How was Reid silenced?

[BigmanPigman]

14. I chose the wrong word, probably

ignored or not taken seriously is more accurate.
FBI covered up Russian influence on Trump's election win, Harry Reid claims

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/10/fbi-russia-trump-election-harry-reid-james-comey-wikileaks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

[Blue Owl]

5. The Trotsky Tortoise of Treason

n/t

[Drahthaardogs]

6. Of course he did, he was up to his turtle she'll in Dirty Russian Money

So is Ryan

[Amaryllis]

7. THat is not news. We knew that in summer 2016 when all the Russia stuff first surfaced.

[former9thward]

8. The Majority Leader of the Senate can't stop the President from saying anything.

If Obama didn't want to say something, it was his decision, not anyone else.

[pbmus]

10. I gotta say that this sometimes sounds like backpedaling....

But knowing Obama and his consensus decision making process....it doesn’t surprise me ...

[former9thward]

11. I'm not sure it was an attempt at consenus.

I think he thought Clinton was going to win easily so why throw mud into it.

[pbmus]

12. Ok....so instead of mud....we now have cemented the entire system...

Until Mueller steps to the plate...

[jalan48]

13. Thank God! I thought it was going to be Bernie's fault.

[regnaD kciN]

15. One thing I always wonder about...

...did the administration tip off the Clinton campaign that there was funny stuff going on? You would think they must have — but it seems like it didn't faze her upper campaign staff in the slightest. From reports that emerged post-election, it would appear that Mook and his braintrust continued with their demographic plan, (over)confident that it would bring them victory, no matter what.

I can't help but be haunted by the thought that, if they had realized what they were up against, they might have adjusted their strategy enough to get a few thousand more votes out in each of the three crucial swing states, and stave off the disaster that befell us. But...did they even know it was coming?

[Chakaconcarne]

16. Good.... Let the conversation continue....

Let RW news continue to push it..... Let's investigate the Obama's response to Russia.

[poboy2]

17. Treason. -eom

[ffr]

18. Because he had everything to gain by not signing it.

Got a freebie Supreme Court judge out of his treasonous actions. Highly effective, but he ruined America's justice system for generations.

[not fooled]

19. And they are looting

the country for trillions.

[ffr]

20. No argument there. They did it from 2001 - 2009 too.

The caused our financial system to seize, broke up families, destroyed the housing market, lost millions of jobs. Then they sat on their thumbs and worked against PBO and the dems for 8 years, and you'd think voters would have flushed them down the toilet. But instead they flushed democrats down the toilet. WTH! It's like we have to be 100% perfect just to get a vote from someone, whereas conservatives just have to get it right 1% of the time to get an equal vote. It's shit!

[pamdb]

22. Biden

He should have leaked it.

[yuiyoshida]

23. Another Traitor among a Party of Traitors....