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Russia, if youre listening, I hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.
Mr. Trumps call was an extraordinary moment at a time when Russia is being accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential election. His comments came amid questions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committees computer servers, which researchers have concluded was likely the work of two Russian intelligence agencies.
Later in the news conference, when asked if he was really urging a foreign nation to hack into the private email server of Mrs. Clinton, or at least meddle in the nations elections, he dismissed the question. Thats up to the president, Mr. Trump said, before finally telling the female questioner to be quiet let the president talk to them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html?_r=0
joshcryer
(62,266 posts)Yet this will likely have no effect on his die hard supporters.
Should turn off the independents.
spanone
(135,792 posts)tblue37
(65,227 posts)the same demographic with the most intense fear and hatred of "commies" and Russia, this sort of connection might actually dent his popularity with them, IF the MSM doesn't bury the information or refer to it only in passing on page 18 and then hurry past it.
Since the moneyed Republican establishment has real problems with Trump, they might actually pull strings to make sure that info gets highlighted and reiterated over an extended period, because that would allow them to dump Trump without making his fans furious about his having been cheated out of the nomination, which is the reason why they didn't stop him at the convention.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Was thrown in late by him. People need to watch the tape. It's clear he would do the rewarding.