'It's a tool of an authoritarian': Nancy Pelosi rips Trump for lying about Obama tapping his phones
Source: RawStory
TOM BOGGIONI
05 MAR 2017 AT 10:21 ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) didnt mince words on CNN Sunday morning, calling President Donald Trump a liar for accusing former President Barack Obama of tapping the phones in Trump Tower.
Appearing on State of the Union, Pelosi was asked by host Jake Tapper, Do you have any idea what he is talking about in regard to about Trumps tweets.
The president is the deflector in chief, anything to change the subject from where the heat is, Pelosi began. And as and someone who has been engaged in intelligence and the member of the Gang of Eight for a long time, I can tell you that its just ridiculous for the president or President Trump to say that President Obama would ever order any wiretap of an American citizen, any president. Thats just not we dont do that.
Its called a wrap-up smear,' she continued. You make up something then you have the press write about it, then you say everybody is writing about it. Its a charge. Its a tool of an authoritarian, to just have them talking about what you want them to be talking about. Rather than Russia, were talking about President Obama. And then to take it to the Congress and say, Now you investigate this, when hes in favor of Congress of investigating anything but what do the Russians have on Donald Trump, politically, financially or personally.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)pecosbob
(7,534 posts)A full and impartial investigation would reveal their dalliance with Putin and their quid pro quo to drop sanctions against Russia just as Reagan's cronies contacted Iranian officials during the election of 1980.
Republicans hated the Dems so much that they jump into bed with Putin and Assange? WTF.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)wishstar
(5,268 posts)Just the beginning of the forceful push backs I hope to hear from other Dems and govt officials
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)Trump is just repeating the same lines and counterattacks and conspiracy theories as they do.
For years the GOP has flirted with these guys and the grassroots who listens and believes all this, but now they actually have not proxies for the president and GOP doing it but the actual president.
The twisted equivalency the weird counterattack. All straight from wingnut websites.