GOP senator's defense of Trump backfires when he tweets story alleging Russian agents in Trump Tower

[DonViejo]

ERIN CORBETT
06 MAR 2017 AT 12:48 ET

President Donald Trump made a wildly unsubstantiated claim over the weekend that former President Barack Obama wiretapped phones at Trump Tower just weeks before the 2016 presidential election.

Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas attempted to have Trump’s back on the matter on Monday tweeting an article with the headline, “Former Bush attorney general: Trump likely right about surveillance.” Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey spoke with ABC’s This Week on Sunday and agreed he believed there was likely surveillance at Trump Tower.

Link to tweet

However, Mukasey added that if there was a wiretap at Trump Tower, it’s because there was suspicion of a Russian agent. “It means there was some basis to believe that somebody in Trump Tower may have been acting as an agent of the Russians for whatever purpose,” Mukasey said in the clip.

President Trump’s administration has been under fire over the last few weeks due to suspicious ties between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government ahead of the election.

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[riversedge]

1. Snicker. Cornyn needs to read beyond the headline.

[MedusaX]

2. Tx sized buffoon Or maybe sly & Clever...

"What's that you say?.....
Why certainly that article clearly supports your wire tapping claims, Mr. President....
look at the headline!
Clear as day!"

"The part about the Russian Agent?
Fake News, Mr. President....
not to worry...
The letters in the Headline are big as Dallas...
that shows how much more important and true it is....
the Russian Agent part is the Fake News
That's why
they put in small letters & at the end of the articles...
you know ...
they just can't help but have at least 1 lie in every article....
they are the media."

[egold2604]

3. Hmmm, Russian Agent in Trump Towers. Force him and his family to live in WH

The simple solution is for the Secret Service to insist that Drumpf to live in White House full time for security purposes. Win Win, it will cost less for travel and security, and they will have tighter control over him.

See how fast he back-tracks