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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 08:58 AM Dec 2016

POLITIFACT: Trump Is Lying, Russia DID Swing Election In His Favor



The Republican party is in panic mode after revelations by the Central Intelligence Agency were made public which said the Russian government employed hackers to help Donald Trump win the presidency. Despite the overwhelming evidence the Republican leadership is putting on a bold face to interrupt the public discussion about how Trump manipulated the election, and what should be done to remedy this affront to democracy. The renowned fact checkers at Politifact are holding the feet of Trump and his staff to the fire in proving they are all trying to cover up the same lie.

Earlier today, Trump was quizzed on the subject of Russian hackers while a guest on Fox News. Chris Wallace asked Trump, “The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the election to help you win the presidency. Your reaction?” Trump offered his own version of events which were of pure fantasy. He said:

I think it’s ridiculous. I don’t believe it. I don’t know why. And I think it is just…they talk about all sorts of things. Every week it is something else. We had a massive land slide victory in the electoral college. The final numbers are 306 and she had a very low number. No I don’t believe that at all.

Politifact just crumpled Trump’s arguments by laying out the facts:

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/12/12/politifact-trump-lying-russia-swing-election-favor/
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POLITIFACT: Trump Is Lying, Russia DID Swing Election In His Favor (Original Post) mfcorey1 Dec 2016 OP
Facts have no place in the Trump administration. SamKnause Dec 2016 #1

SamKnause

(13,087 posts)
1. Facts have no place in the Trump administration.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:06 AM
Dec 2016

He will control the narrative and the Republicans will parrot

everything he says.

The Republican party is not in panic mode.

They control the country when they are the minority.

They control the country when they are the majority.

They now have COMPLETE CONTROL.

They did not elect a president.

They elected a Dictator.

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