Trump mentioned Wikileaks 164 times in last month of election, now claims it didnt impact one voter

[applegrove]

by Judd Legum at Think Progress

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-mentioned-wikileaks-164-times-in-last-month-of-election-now-claims-it-didnt-impact-one-40aa62ea5002#.d3i0003wj

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One person who thought Wikileaks and the hacked information could and should have an impact on the result was Donald Trump. In the final month of the campaign Trump mentioned Wikileaks every day and in virtually every public appearance.

Trump mentioned Wikileaks in each presidential debate, which were watched by tens of millions of people.

Trump described the contents of the emails released by Wikileaks as disqualifying Hillary Clinton from the presidency. Trump used Wikileaks asproof to his claims that she was corrupt and the system was corrupt — both the political system and the media. (The media, Trump insisted, would not cover Wikileaks.)

Trump encouraged his supporters to read Wikileaks. He delighted in each new release. He marveled at the damage Wikileaks was doing to her campaign.

Wikileaks, in short, was a core part of Trump’s closing argument against Hillary Clinton.


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[bettyellen]

1. And he exaggerated or misspoke about the contents of the leaked emails too- just like

Assange did.

[BainsBane]

4. Lied is more like it.

[brer cat]

9. Truth.

I wish the MSM would grow a spine and use that word repeatedly.

[gulliver]

2. Yep, and Trump was aware of the extreme likelihood it was Russian meddling.

Yet he still took fool advantage of it.

[stevenleser]

3. Thanks for posting the article, it has quite a point. nt

[Kath2]

5. He is so full of shit.

I don't know if I can stand this for 4 years.

[uponit7771]

6. That's been a common meme among FUD and con M$M, "Russia had no effect"

[mobeau69]

7. There is no evidence

that the hacking didn't affect the election. We were robbed by Putin and the orange maggot.

[Cha]

8. Another day.. 600 more lies from asshole