This Trump tweet was one of his most terrifying lies yet

[riversedge]

I thought it was a well written article
I did not watch the past Comey hearing (last monday) LIVE, but was astounded to later find out the foolish Trump had tweeted during the hearing with outright LIES.






Robert Pohlman? @robert_pohlman 24m24 minutes ago

This Trump tweet was one of his most terrifying lies yet — via @slate http://read.bi/2nUHnBM via @bi_contributors

Link to tweet

This Trump tweet was one of his most terrifying lies yet
Slate

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-trump-tweet-was-one-of-his-most-terrifying-lies-yet-2017-3

Jamelle Bouie, Slate

5h

It’s difficult to describe the feeling of seeing the president of the United States lie, in the moment, about ongoing events and testimony. To watch the White House declare that you should believe it over your lying eyes, even as you witness reality unfold in real time.

It’s not the usual spin or political dishonesty; it feels transgressive, like some critical line has been crossed, and a new world entered where Donald Trump and his allies contest the nature of truth itself, with the presidency as their platform for action.

That’s exactly what happened, on Monday, during a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. Testifying on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation into that interference and the Trump campaign itself.

“I have been authorized by the Department of Justice,” Comey said, “to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”

Comey also affirmed the view that Russia favored Trump with this interference. “I think that was a fairly easy judgment for the community,” he said. “Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much.” ...........................

[marybourg]

1. So what was the tweet?

I read this 4X in the post:

This Trump tweet was one of his most terrifying lies yet — via @slate http://read.bi/2nUHnBM via @bi_contributors

but didn't find the tweet. Went to the linked site, but didn't see the tweet in the first few paragraphs, which was all I was allowed to read.

SO WHAT WAS THE TWEET?

[Warpy]

2. "Link to tweet" is making DU suck

because so many times it leads to absolutely nothing.

And shen it leads to something, it's usually third hand crap via retweet.

This OP is a particularly egregious example. By the time I looked at what wasn't there, I'd totally lost interest. Now it will go to "hide."

[Orrex]

5. You are 100% correct

It adds absolutely no value to the DU experience on the user end, though I'm sure that it boosts the number of those all-important clicks.

[byronius]

3. Here, from the business insider article --

Insofar that normal people watch congressional hearings, any casual viewer would have read this as confirmation of election “hacking” and undue influence from the Russian government. But President Trump, perhaps interested in shaping the narrative of this hearing and investigation, offered a different interpretation on Twitter, through the official POTUS account. “The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence the electoral process,” he said, adding a brief clip of the hearing for readers to watch.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. with all due respect, not posting the information will just make people not trust the posts.

that's why DU has the "trash this post" option.

[Orrex]

6. Well, it wouldn't be clickbait if it actually delivered on its teased promise.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Thank you, riversedge. n/t