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I Call Bullshit--- Nazis KNOW Norwegians Are Mostly White (Original Post) kpete Jan 2018 OP
LIAR Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1
That statement blew her testimony to shreds The Blue Flower Jan 2018 #2
LOL! Yeah, and we for sure don't know if Namibia is a black country or IluvPitties Jan 2018 #3
she had some real whoppers in her testimony spanone Jan 2018 #4
Kirstjen Nielsen believes the Vikings came from Africa dalton99a Jan 2018 #5
that bubblebrain must be one of the few people on the planet who does not niyad Jan 2018 #6
Shes either lying or incompetent. TDale313 Jan 2018 #7
Tough call there DFW Jan 2018 #8
It is a tough call TDale313 Jan 2018 #9
Nordicism in the US loyalsister Jan 2018 #10

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)
2. That statement blew her testimony to shreds
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 02:07 PM
Jan 2018

How anyone on that panel could believe her after that is sheer hypocrisy and dissembling. On edit, isn't her name Scandinavian? Total BS.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
7. Shes either lying or incompetent.
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 02:33 PM
Jan 2018

Going with lying. Not believing Kirstjen Nielsen (Danish, but still...) doesn’t know Norway is majority white.

DFW

(54,369 posts)
8. Tough call there
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 02:44 PM
Jan 2018

Ignorance is a big plus to Trump for his cabinet picks. Being of Danish background, she must know that Norway is in Europe, but being a member of Trump's cabinet, she might not know its ethnic make-up or even that it is part of NATO. Don't forget, most Republicans couldn't even say on which continent Benghazi is to be found, let alone in which country. She may REALLY have no clue. Trump likes people like that.

For that matter, although the only Scandinavian language I know well is Swedish, I'll bet I speak more Norwegian and Danish than she does, and have spent more time in both countries than she has. That may not qualify me to be the next Homeland Security secretary, but it sure as hell doesn't qualify her, either!

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
9. It is a tough call
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 03:44 PM
Jan 2018

My gut in this case is lying. Just like the saying she didn’t remember if Trump had used the word shithole, she knew giving a straight answer (when asked straight up by Leahy) about Norway being majority white makes Trump look like the racist he is. She actually, to me, came across as fairly intelligent and spinning like a top.

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