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Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 06:44 PM Aug 2020

'Antifa' website cited in conservative media attack on Biden is linked to -- wait for it -- Russia

https://news.yahoo.com/atifa-website-one-america-chanel-rion-russia-004727528.html


WASHINGTON — At his press briefing Wednesday, President Trump, as he usually does, called for a question from Chanel Rion, the chief White House correspondent for the conservative One America News network, which has at times replaced Fox News as the president’s favorite news outlet. Rion’s question had nothing to do with COVID-19 or the economic recovery Trump had been boasting about, but instead brought up an obscure website, antifa.com.

“I wanted to highlight a kind of odd situation. In the last hour or so, if you googled ‘antifa.com,’ it would take you straight to Joe Biden’s website — his official campaign website — odd situation,” Rion said, adding, “We don’t know who’s behind that.”

Rion went on to suggest the site posed “an interesting leadership question” for the former vice president and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.

“Should Joe Biden, the Democrat Party, Kamala Harris, should they publicly denounce the antifa as a domestic terrorist organization?” Rion asked the president.

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'Antifa' website cited in conservative media attack on Biden is linked to -- wait for it -- Russia (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2020 OP
Who else would want pos in WH? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
question is will a reporter ask a question to clear this up tomorrow... Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #2
Trump seems to seek her out and her questions seem to be plants. Frustratedlady Aug 2020 #3

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. Trump seems to seek her out and her questions seem to be plants.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 07:15 PM
Aug 2020

She asked a strange question earlier this week (I only know because the camera showed her, for some reason) but I can't remember what it was about. Often, they are bizarre.

She's usually standing at the rear of the room to his left.

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