Spicer: Trump didn't mean wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping

[mobeau69]

Source: CNN

The White House on Monday walked back key point of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election.

Namely, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump wasn't referring to wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping.

"I think there's no question that the Obama administration, that there were actions about surveillance and other activities that occurred in the 2016 election," Spicer said. "The President used the word wiretaps in quotes to mean, broadly, surveillance and other activities."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/sean-spicer-donald-trump-wiretapping/index.html?adkey=bn

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Bullshit.

[NCjack]

1. This problem is getting to complicated. I hope that BOM sues

him so that we can find out just what evidence #45 has.

[harun]

18. I'm sure he is thinking about it.

[onethatcares]

2. in other words

"If you saw the "air quotes", you knew he was only kiddin". "He's such a kidder"

Imagine if you will, going to work each day and having to lie for your boss??????

Ulcercity before noon.

[George II]

3. Why doesn't anyone refer to the specific words in the tweet? Here it is:

"How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"

Stating that Obama is a "Bad (or sick) guy!"

[Plucketeer]

4. Bullcrap is Right!

But his faithful will say "SEE! he didn't really say that!"

[Friend or Foe]

5. It's too easy to call Dear Leader a simple "liar"

What he really is, plain and simple, is an a$$hole

[NewJeffCT]

6. Remember when Trump said that Obama and Clinton founded ISIS?

Then, some RWers that interviewed him tried to get him to say, "you mean they created the conditions that allowed ISIS to be formed?" and Trump said no, he meant that were actually the founding members of ISIS.

So, I'm guessing that Trump really means he thinks he was wiretapped personally by Obama...

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Time for a "TRUMP DICTIONARY"

Let's distort the language some more

[RKP5637]

8. These asses are a comedy show. Too bad they are in the captain's quarters. The world

is laughing at them as a total bunch of losers. The sad part is, they are taking the US down with them.

[mobeau69]

9. Ya know, this kinda pisses me off - to the max.

This better not be the end of this. He fucking accused President Obama of committing a fucking felony.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. when I ponder Trump or Spicer I always mean asshole and bullshit!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. What he REALLY meant to say was "microwaving".

Duh.

[ButSeeYa]

12. Looks like no one told KAConway that they were walking back the wiretapping lie today...

She was on the airwaves pushing a "Microwave Theory."

[yellowcanine]

13. To be fair, Trump said "tapp my phones" and not "tap my phones."

Maybe "tapp" means something else entirely in Trump speak?

[Freethinker65]

14. And Trump never really meant a wall....

And Trump never really meant he would bring jobs back...
And Trump never really meant he was going to divest from his business practices...
And Trump never really meant he would donate his salary to charity...
And Trump never really meant no one in his has campaign had contact with the Russians...
and Trump never really meant Russia to hack into Hillaty's emails...
And Trump never really meant he could just grab that pussy...
And Trump never really meant he would destroy ISIS on day one...
And Trump never really meant he had all the best words...
And Trump never really meant Hillary was crooked...
And Trump really never meant.....
.....
And, last of all, Trump never really meant he would make America Great Agaiin



Is that about correct?

[harun]

20. That sums up the game plan

[leftofcool]

15. Nice try Spicey. No cigar!

[Javaman]

16. another day and another way the tRump fluffers have to explain away his stupidity. nt

[Kimchijeon]

17. Oh please. That fat orange piece of shit just saw a phoney nutjob article, believed it, & tweeted.

Nothing more, nothing less. He's an unhinged halfwit. They're all just trying to play damage control for the nasty narcissist.
Pathetic.

[karynnj]

19. What does that even mean - is he suggesting spies who followed Trump around?

- though as a nominee, the press would in due course do that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. This is going to end up as "he had someone watch the TV coverage and write a report ...

... and that's 'surveillance'".

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

22. WORDS HAVE CONSEQUENCES - if you say "obama tapped my phones" people think it means....

obama tapped my phones. Or maybe - obama ordered the tapping of my phones.

[groundloop]

23. My money is on US Intel watching Russians and 45*'s people showed up

I'd wager that the CIA/FBI/NSA were investigating Russians involved in the DNC hack and someone from 45*'s campaign happened to get found out. THAT is what 45* calls wiretapping, THAT is why 45* is so pissed.

[Gamecock Lefty]

24. Please, make these guys go away!

Oh, and did you notice how he said, “I think there's no question that the Obama administration, that there were actions about surveillance and other activities that occurred in the 2016 election?"

See? He excused Trump’s lie with another lie!

[Paladin]

25. "Press secretary" doesn't mean what it used to, either.

Now it evidently means: "Some clueless skills-free guy who acts as if he just wandered in off the street."

Way to go, Mr. Spicer.