2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump Admits His Comrades In Russia And China Helped Him With DNC Hack
Chris Hayes reports what most (all) of us assume (know) happened regarding the DNC hack and subsequent wiki leaks (Russian hackers) over the weekend of tens of thousands of emails.
Donald Trump has previously said he was "honored" that Putin likes him and has expressed his adoration and undying love for dictators and tyrants, such as Saddam Hussain, Muammar Gaddafi, Kim Jong Un and Vladarmir Putin. So it should come as no shock that the idea that Putin was behind this hack does not bother him. And why? Because he probably (definitely) knew (encouraged) it. He assumes that this sort of underhanded, unscrupulous, despicable trick will help win him the election. Who cares that it will mean he is basically a pawn of the Russian government, right? They are nothing if not kind, caring, compassionate and forgiving. I mean, if Trump wants to back out of the deal on November 9th, Putin will chuckle and say "Ok, comrade, you got me!"
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Chris Hayes played this clip today, and in it, Donald Trump says "China, Russia, one of our many, many "friends" came in and hacked the hell out us"
WOW. He used the air quotes, not me. Is this a tacit admission that he knows who did it? This should concern every American, no matter what your party affiliation. A major political nominee is actually gloating about the idea that an enemy country somehow infiltrated a database of a political party and publicized those emails in an effort to somehow influence the outcome of our Presidential election. No one should be gloating about this. Any sane person with a modicum of intelligence would understand the magnitude of this kind of attack from a foreign country and should be denouncing it, not bragging.
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/07/donald-trump-admits-his-comrades-russia
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Compater
(1 post)I'm not
BLACK4EVER
(39 posts)that the Repub voters are low information citizens. tRump's stated admiration for Putin, Hussein, Hitler (dictators in general) should be a "red flag" to who he really is, a demagogue ans fraud. The American electorate has 105 days until the election, hopefully the fog will clear and his supporters (fans) will leave him in droves.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)I don't know what it will take for the fog to clear! I have hopes for a Hillary landslide.
Doodley
(9,130 posts)Trump contradicted his own party and his campaign and it doesn't matter what Trump knows, it should be used as if this is a smoking gun and Trump knows something and has admitted that Russia and maybe China were involved.
The empressof all
(29,098 posts)He can't run if he's going to prison. I really was betting he would drop out with a physical medical crisis...I never anticipated out and out insanity...Wonder if he's gonna get away with this too? LOL!