Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton Can’t Make Mistakes, But Mike Pence Can

[TomCADem]

Source: Time

In his first interview with his new running mate, Donald Trump said it was alright for Mike Pence to make a “mistake” in supporting the Iraq War, but not okay for Hillary Clinton to have done the same.

“I don’t care,” Trump said on 60 Minutes when journalist Lesley Stahl asked him about Pence’s support of the war.

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One of Donald Trump’s favorite cudgels against former Secretary of State Clinton is her vote for the Iraq War when she was a senator from New York, saying it shows a key difference in their decision-making ability that she supported the war and he did not. (Never mind the fact that he told Howard Stern in 2002 that he would support an invasion.)

But Indiana Gov. Pence, Trump’s new running mate, also supported the war at the time. He co-sponsored and voted in favor of the bill authorizing the Iraq War when he was a House representative from Indiana, NBC reports.

Read more: http://time.com/4409827/donald-trump-mike-pence-hillary-clinton-iraq/

[Justice]

1. So bizzare that he think he can distinguish the 2

[63splitwindow]

2. Just one of many of these to come...

[chillfactor]

3. Love it!

and ain't it the truth!

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Love that gif! eom

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. Of course, never mind that TRUMP SUPPORTED THE DAMNED WAR, TOO

He falsely claims, yet again, that he opposed it back then, when reality says just the opposite.
And Stahl lets him get away with it again.

[George II]

6. Remember, he saw "thousands" of Muslims dancing in the streets when the WTC came down.

[TomCADem]

13. He Also Said BLM Protesters Were Calling for a Moment of Silence...

...for the cop shooter in Dallas.

[SunSeeker]

7. It is infuriating how no interviewer calls Trump on his lies.

They just let him lie to their face, because they don't want to risk him refusing another interview with them.

[StraightRazor]

5. That interview was a really good look into the truth about Trump wanting Pence in the first place...

He clearly has no idea who the guy even is, let alone what stances he has on issues.

Then again, Trump himself is rarely sure how he feels about his own stances on issues.

This campaign is just getting better and better from a comedic standpoint.

[Jopin Klobe]

8. Of course, it's obvious Pence can make mistakes ...

... he's running with Dumb-all tRump! ...

[BlueStater]

9. "I'm a hypocrite and I don't care! Vote for me!" n/t

[MFM008]

10. he is a twit

[Justice]

12. It wasn't just that Trump said it was okay- he like nudged Pence and winked - saying everyone

makes mistakes. Very locker room-ish behavior.

[asiliveandbreathe]

14. This Manafort guy - OMG - now, he scares the beejeezus out of me..

From Bloomberg:

-----Manafort dismissed the suggestion that Pence's support for the Iraq invasion in 2003 undermines Trump's argument that Clinton's support for the war demonstrates her bad judgment.

The relevant argument, Manafort said, is that the Middle East became less stable under President Barack Obama, with Clinton as his secretary of state, when U.S. troops left Iraq.

OMG - they are erasing the bush years to fit a small peg into a square hole...pence voted for Iraq - it's okay folk's..

Stay safe folk's - NEVER stop pushing back -- peacefully....

I cannot watch or listen to this train wreck..I will rely on the good folk's at DU who have more anger management than I do...

[Nitram]

15. round peg?

So true about the right's ongoing effort to hypnotize us into forgetting bush even existed.

[erpowers]

16. My Problem With Trump's/Manafort's Comments

My problem with the Trump/Manafort comments is not that they are trying to erase the Bush years; my problem is that they are trying to have things both ways. Trump promotes the idea that he opposed the Iraq War and that the United States never should have invaded the country. Then he picks Mike Pence as his running mate. When called out for the pick due to Pence's support of the war he sends his surrogate out to claim that the real problem is that things got worse under President Obama when he removed troops from Iraq.

That is trying to have it both ways. Trump should not be able to on the one hand promote himself as being wise and smart for not supporting the Iraq War and then say it was wrong that the Obama Administration ended the war. Trump should not be allowed to say Hillary Clinton is not fit to be President because she voted for the Iraq War and the say she should not be President because President Obama ended the Iraq War while she was Secretay of State.

[Angry Dragon]

17. Trump just goes around in a circle ........ or is it a circle jerk