Trump backers realize they’ve been played as WikiLeaks fails to deliver October surprise

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/04/trump-backers-feel-played-as-wikileaks-fails-to-come-through-on-october-surprise/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_wikileaks-750a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

By Griff Witte

Over the course of two hours Tuesday — with the world’s media and bleary-eyed Trump die-hards across the United States tuning in — Assange and other WikiLeaks officials railed against “neo-McCarthyist hysteria,” blasted the mainstream press, appealed for donations and plugged their books (“40 percent off!”).

But what they didn’t do was provide any new information about Clinton — or about anything else, really.

The much-vaunted news conference, as it turned out, was little more than an extended infomercial for WikiLeaks on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its founding.

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“If we are going to make a major publication about the U.S., we wouldn't do it at 3 a.m.," Assange said at one point, referring to the Eastern daylight start time for the event.

That didn’t go over well with Trump backers who had stayed up through the night, thinking they’d be watching live the unveiling of the death blow to the Clinton campaign.

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[jberryhill]

1. "we wouldn't do it at 3 a.m"

Why not? Trump would.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. +1

[underpants]

7. Trump supporters probably bided their time waiting by watching sex tapes

It's apparently what they do at 3 a. m.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Suckers.

Wishful and mindless belief in magical rightwing conspiracy theories is not a strategy.

[Loki Liesmith]

4. Best LOLs in a long time.

[FSogol]

5. LOL, Trump Chumps.

[EV_Ares]

6. I am not sure they got played. That doesn't change who Assange really is. I think something

happened, don't know what that changed his plans on what he wanted to do. I don't know who got to him or what is going on but something. He is a despicable character & fox news deserves him, both the same.

Fox considers itself or says it is a news org & working openly with Assange to try to destroy Clinton like they have continually been trying to do with Benghazi & any and everything else they have tried to do.

Fox should be declared exactly what it is & it is not a legitimate news organization.

[Wolf Frankula]

8. But there IS going to be an October Surprise. Just not from Wikileaks.

The October Surprise

DONALD TRUMP INDICTED!

Wolf