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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe just tweeted about the "smocking gun"
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
We already have a smocking gun about a campaign getting dirt on their opponent, it was Hillary Clinton. How is it OK for Hillary Clinton to proactively seek dirt from the Russians but the Trump campaign met at the Russians request and that is bad?
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He just tweeted about the "smocking gun" (Original Post)
Mrs. Overall
Aug 2018
OP
You could tell my boss was angry, and to what degree, by how many spelling errors
woodsprite
Aug 2018
#9
The two actions are not equivalent, of course. But here is how to refute attempts like that
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#17
I'd love to have a smocking gun. Sure would be easier than doing it all by hand. nt
Nay
Aug 2018
#19
So this idiot admits that they're Trump campaign met at the Russians request damn
uponit7771
Aug 2018
#20
steve2470
(37,457 posts)1. he's really obsessed and panicking, obviously, complete with bad spelling nt
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)9. You could tell my boss was angry, and to what degree, by how many spelling errors
her "nasty-grams" contained. She was my hubby's peer and they really didn't like each other. When it was particularly bad, I would call him and ask "What did you do to piss her off now?", and I was usually accurate about something going down within the last 12-24 hrs.
In this case, we know exactly what is pissing off the orange turd!
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)2. Do you have to register
a smocking gun? Asking for a friend...
thucythucy
(8,069 posts)21. Don't know, but I hope they ban bump smocks.
This is all smear madness.
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)3. My friend does heirloom sewing. I'm sure she'd love a smocking gun! n/t
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)4. So when I paint and wear my smock, am I smocking?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)5. I didn't know this could be done with a gun.
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)6. Only registered smocking guns can be used on the following:
malaise
(269,054 posts)7. He's a smocking
MORAN
sheshe2
(83,790 posts)8. This is smocking, you idiot.
Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable.
Smocking - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smocking
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)10. I got dirt from my smocking gun on my shirt once
But I was able to remove it with my money laundering machine.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)16. LOL!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)11. Smock! Smock! You're dead.
That's how the kids say it.
Smock! Smock!
lapucelle
(18,275 posts)12. Maybe he's confusing a "smocking tool" with a "glue gun".
When Melania is finished gardening, maybe she can help him up his sewing and crafting skills.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)13. Any idea why Trump included Marc Thiessen's name in this tweet?
I just checked the WP to see if Thiessen had a recent column on the subject but didn't see anything. His latest was about the need for NATO.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)14. :
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)15. Ugh.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)17. The two actions are not equivalent, of course. But here is how to refute attempts like that
1) Trump's campaign coordinated with the Russians via WikiLeaks, Guccifer, Stone, Carter Page, possibly Manafort, etc., including a public call from a rally podium.
2) Trump offered quid pro quo (sanctions relief, better relations).
3) Trump family and Trump campaign chief met with Russian agents in June 2016, at Trump Tower, yards away from Trump who was also in the Tower at the time and may have been listening in on speaker phone.
4) Clinton did not seek info from the Russians. Her campaign (or DNC maybe?) got a law firm to do research. The firm contracted with a research company (Fusion GPS). That company hired a company in the UK (Steele). Steele asked his contacts in Russia and Russian influenced areas. They were not Russian agents and were four steps or more removed from Hillary.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)18. The.Best.Words.
Nay
(12,051 posts)19. I'd love to have a smocking gun. Sure would be easier than doing it all by hand. nt
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)20. So this idiot admits that they're Trump campaign met at the Russians request damn
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)22. Maybe he meant ...
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)23. He's a smocking schmuck. n/t
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)24. Looking at his tweets today, I would have to say.
The Mueller train is coming down the track.