Trump Defends Comey Firing In Early-Morning Tweetstorm

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MAY 10, 2017 7:39 AM

The morning after he fired James Comey as the director of the FBI, President Donald Trump fired off several tweets defending his decision and criticizing Democrats for questioning the move.

Trump began the series of tweets just after 7 a.m., mixing his own thoughts with retweets of the Drudge Report.

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He also singled out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a tweet late Monday night.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-tweets-comey-firing

[dalton99a]

1. Keep tweeting, cowardly little traitor

[Ilsa]

2. Please keep tweeting, drumpf.

You, like you did about Obama tapping your wires. It's very enlightening.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. His twitter mouth runs like a lawn mower and gets referenced in court hearings.

I would not be surprised if one of these days, all his tweets will be suddenly "deleted" like all his campaign press releases were just the other day!

[yardwork]

21. I love that part. All his tweets get used against him in court!

[Marthe48]

4. out-of-control power mad

incompetent. I was watching Columbo and trump is just like the arrogant murderers who think they will get away with their crime and treat Columbo and the justice system he represents like crap. I don't have much hope of anyone stopping trump and so much damage is already done.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. Except that the murderers on Columbo are clever. 45? Not so much.

I watch Columbo reruns too. Every Sunday night, I get it on two channels in the DC area: MeTv, and Cozi.

Thanks for the reference.

[Marthe48]

26. The hubris

I saw Robert Conrad on an episode today. Before I was sidetracked by his muscles, I was watching his performance as a murderer trying to intimidate Columbo because he was a prominent guy. Didn't work. We need more Columbos! Built like Robert Conrad

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. Don't tell me; don't tell me.

I can't remember which one that is, but I know I've seen it.

Robert Vaughan seemed to be their go-to bad guy.

[Marthe48]

29. IMDB

for instant memory retrieval Watching the old reruns and spotting actors coming up and actors in their twilight.

[Botany]

5. "This is what happens when a target gets buggy." Malcom Nance March 4 2017

“He is acting this morning like that information is real,” Nance pointed out. “That means he’s confirming everything that we suspect. And by running around and tweeting that he’s afraid of it, he knows that something’s going on and he’s trying to project a frame of reference about information that he suspects is coming out.”

“If he thinks his phones are tapped, he believes that we know everything and this is a dance that is very dangerous.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/this-is-what-happens-when-a-target-gets-buggy-analyst-says-trump-rant-about-tapping-is-a-sign-hes-guilty/

[2naSalit]

6. All I can say to that is...

and I did see Nance say that...

Man, is this buggy enough to slit a certain liar's political throat?

[Botany]

8. Not just Trump too

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029040675

[2naSalit]

11. I have a Senator on

either side of this thing and the statewide NPR station just read their statements, different as night and day. No surprise, but the Democratic Senator called for independent investigator.

I think the Democrats are all on message here and I hope that some actually moderate Rs will go against the cabal at this point. We have a special election for our one rep in the House on the 25th.

[riversedge]

30. We can always hope.

[Oneironaut]

7. This isn't a President. This is a screaming child.

He is not worthy of the title.

[2naSalit]

12. I cannot bring myself to utter that word in reference to this cad...nt

[hamsterjill]

9. No tweets from prison.

How is Little Donnie going to handle withdrawal when he's in a jail cell???

Lock. His. Orange. Ass. Up.

[2naSalit]

13. What a blessing for the rest of us!

[berksdem]

15. and that time...

can not come soon enough!

[Javaman]

10. me thinks he protests (or explains) to much. nt

[berksdem]

14. we literally have a moron as POTUS....

Just can't take it any longer... what an a$$!

[mopinko]

16. and he does this SOBER.

[They_Live]

33. he SAYS he's sober.

But EVERYTHING he says is a lie. So...

[mopinko]

35. true.

not taking his word, tho. even david kay johnston says he doesnt drink.

[Jim Dandy]

17. Trump is a transparent fool

The claim that firing Comey was all Sessions' idea is an obvious charade. Designed to give the Orange Turncoat some political cover.

[chelsea0011]

18. I would have been thrilled if Obama fired him after Pearl Harboring HRC...

RW would have loved that, right? No, getting a little hot in the kitchen for the trump crime family for this firing time.

[oberliner]

19. He's also making fun of Richard Blumenthal for some reason

Calling him "Richie" among other things.

[Dopers_Greed]

20. Chump's brain must be rotting from Neurosyphilis

He probably got it from "his Vietnam."

I hope this traitorous orange sack of shit spends the rest of his life in prison.

[FakeNoose]

22. The world is watching right now

... and this is what they see.

I don't think we'll ever live this down, certainly not in my lifetime. I was born in 1951 and I remember a lot. The Kennedy assassination, the segregation protests, the Vietnam War protests, Nixon/Watergate/resignation, and so much more.

This is by far the worst disaster to happen in my lifetime.

The FBI and the CIA have enough evidence to convict Trump of *multiple felonies* right now. There's no reason to do any more investigation. Let's put this guy away now, lock him up and throw away the key.

Democrats: have courage and resolve!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. We're the same age. You're right; this has gone way beyond Watergate.

It took Nixon 28 years (1946 - 1974) to reach his maximum state of paranoia. 45 has done it in a few months.

[sprinkleeninow]

31. Hay now. Ima circa late 40's and been witness to all of what you recalled and then some personal

family heartbreaks like my dad dropping dead in front of us one Sunday morning. That was a real treat. Then JFK several years later.

Peace be unto you.

Dems: stay hard, fast and united against error. STAND FOR TRUTHS. When falsehood, error, evil and lies flood in, raise up your standard against it.

TRUTH must out.

[FakeNoose]

34. Yes truth must out

I'm very sorry about the loss of your father.

On another thread I'm reading how the voting machines in Wisconsin were tampered with (hacked) that's probably why Wisconsin went for Trump. As you probably recall on that horrible night in November, 3 states tipped the balance to Trump: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

It looks like they can prove Wisconsin was tampered with, and I have REAL suspicions about Pennsylvania. PA is my state and a lot of people were puzzled how it could have gone red so quickly. I sure hope we find something and I think we probably will. This is going to go state-by-state and it's one brand of voting machine that's suspected of being hacked.

If we can show that the election was compromised, I mean really prove it, we've got another way to get rid of these maggots. I'd rather put them in jail, but it might be faster to just send them packing by declaring the election void.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. Thank you for your heartfelt thought.

I know, the voting machines in question regarding tampering. Those three states how they ultimately flipped for the opposition that the U.S. citizenry has now in so-called governance. That distressful, shocking nite in November. Surreal.

I have never been more immersed in activism as I am now. You have to, gotta squeeze it in, every little bit helps. Damm, I'm retirement age, but cannot sit back and let others stand in the gap. MB I've got some rebel militant in me and it's made manifest presently. What's happening to our Democracy is the catalyst that really brought this out. I get schnockered on occasion, then take an abbreviated 'sabbatical' and jump in again. We planted some container tomatoes and some mint and basil varieties for the first time in 44 plus years! It's a nice diversion from the daily foul utterings one hears or reads about.
Gotta stay on the straightaway and not veer off into the ditch.

I am in awe of others so committed and so knowledgeable regarding all this political stuff.

My dad saw action, WWII Navy, and to witness the travesty wrought on our country presently makes my heart ache.

Stay safe. Be well. Peace be unto you.

[Yavin4]

23. Do they allow prisonsers to use twitter?

I wonder.

[riversedge]

27. There trump goes againwith his school yard bullying name-calling.

[Hekate]

32. Wonder if they'll let him keep his tweet-toy in the old folks home? Just a thought.