Trump launches early morning Twitter attack on Obama blaming him for Russian meddling in election

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory




TRAVIS GETTYS
23 MAR 2018 AT 06:19 ET

President Donald Trump hyped the partisan report issued by the House Intelligence Committee’s Republican majority that found no evidence of Russian collusion.

The GOP majority voted Thursday to end their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and instead turned their attention to punishing leaks from the intelligence committee.

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/trump-launches-early-morning-twitter-attack-obama-blaming-russian-meddling-election/

[mucifer]

1. I know I will get bashed for this. But, I do wish President Obama did more about it.

[bearsfootball516]

2. In hindsight, I think we all do.

I can understand his logic, not wanting too look like he was trying to sway the election.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Doubt you will be bashed.

In hindsight, I bet he does.
But, he was in rock and hard place knowing that the Right would scream he was making stuff up o help Hillary win.
Plus, like most everyone else, he thought she would win.

[PatSeg]

7. That sums it up perfectly

He was being cautious for good reason and yes, everyone thought she would win.

[Shipwack]

11. Sometimes hindsight is 20/20....

... but sometimes things are still blurred.

I agree, Obama was in a no-win situation. I don’t fault him for his choice, though, since I doubt that things would have turned out differently, and might have turned out worse.

The country would be just as polarized now, and I don’t think enough people would have changed their vote based on this information. Then again, given the thin marginal wins in some states, it might have been enough....

*sigh*

Sometimes I wish I didn’t think so much.

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.” - Bertrand Russell

[marble falls]

19. If he had shut down the Russians and Hillary Clinton won, can you imagine ...

the screaming about how the "Kenyan" had interfered with a fake threat to the election in the middle of the campaign? President Obama was in a pinch either way. What surprised me was how little Russian influence bothered "Conservatives".

[GusBob]

5. A few months ago you would be bashed

I got the hides to prove it

Lately, not so much

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. He was stuck in an unenviable position, between a rock and a hard place.

He couldn't ignore what Russia was doing with Trump, but if he spoke out, inevitably the charge would be that he was attempting to influence the election and it would backfire.

It was basically an impossible situation. LBJ was faced with a similar scenario when he learned about Nixon's efforts to scuttle peace talks in Vietnam in 1968.

[poboy2]

16. But could things have turned out any worse? I don't think so. -nt

[Oneironaut]

9. As do I. He left Putin totally emboldened.

Not confronting him and telling the American public the truth was a tragic error. If reversed, the Republicans would have openly and publicly accused the Democrats of colluding with Putin. We need to stop being “Ned Stark.”

[GusBob]

4. That headline is misleading. Raw Story is getting to be disappointing

He does not blame Obama for the meddling. He blames him for the response

I vote no more RawStory in LBN

[rockfordfile]

17. Trump is un-American. Trump/GOP and the Russians colluded together to basically attack our country

What Trump says doesn't have any meaning on Russia. Considering he's one of the people involved.

[Turbineguy]

6. The Russian interference

did nothing to improve trump's fitness to hold office. And that was obvious from the beginning. Hanging this on the Russians takes the GOP off the hook. They and his dolt supporters own this. Not Obama, and not the Russians.

[rockfordfile]

18. Wrong, Trump/GOP and the Russians are to blame.

[lagomorph777]

10. Wait, so Pres. Turd is admitting that Putin got him elected?

That's breaking news.

[flibbitygiblets]

13. Now that IS news--read between the lines! He's saying Russians helped him get elected.

[Botany]

12. The walls are closing in on Donny

So Obama had Russia hack the election so Hillary would lose?

BTW if the hacking never really happened according to Trump then
why would President Obama have had to do something about it?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. "The Russians didn't do anything, but Obama should have done more to stop them."

"Also, James Clapper is a liar."

Gotcha.

[bdamomma]

15. President Obama

did call Putin and told him not to mess with the voting machines, President Obama did confront Putin.

Watch this by Malcolm Nance: posted by another DU'er very informative.



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