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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,919 posts)
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 10:13 PM Aug 2018

Trump revoking Brennan's security clearance shows 'he will punish people who disagree with him

Former FBI Director James Comey hit back at President Trump for revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, saying Trump is “sending a message that he will punish people who disagree with him and reward those who praise him.”

Comey said in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday evening that in a democracy “security clearances should not be used as pawns in a petty political game to distract voters from even bigger problems.”

The former FBI director also criticized Trump for praising “despots and dictators like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un” and attacking people like “a war hero like [Sen.] John McCain [R-Ariz.], members of our country’s free press, and devoted public servants like John Brennan.”

“American voters must not shrug off or be distracted from the terrible behaviors of his president, who lies to the American people every day, encourages racism, is a misogynist, and always puts his own interests above those of the United State of America,” Comey wrote.




http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/402071-comey-trump-revoking-brennans-security-clearance-shows-he-will
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Trump revoking Brennan's security clearance shows 'he will punish people who disagree with him (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 OP
If that's true...what do you think he would do to us at DU? Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1
Sadly, I have. 2naSalit Aug 2018 #4
Vindictive asswipe ! magicarpet Aug 2018 #2
so, have I got this straight ... dweller Aug 2018 #3

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. If that's true...what do you think he would do to us at DU?
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 10:15 PM
Aug 2018

He'll have to tear my Liberty from my cold dead hands. (Over my dead body.)
I'm an American, and I am unafraid of the consequences of being a DU member, but, I HAVE thought about it. Have YOU?

dweller

(23,628 posts)
3. so, have I got this straight ...
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 10:43 PM
Aug 2018

Hair Twitler has pissed off and pissed on the FBI, and now the CIA ?

who's next, the Secret Service ??
and who will rid us of this petulant child? 😡

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