Trump retweets message saying Obama pardoned 'a traitor'
Source: The Hill
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 08/28/17 09:39 AM EDT
President Trump on Monday retweeted a message incorrectly attacking President Obama of pardoning Chelsea Manning in defense of last weeks pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Trump retweeted Fox News contributor Katie Pavlichs response to Obama adviser Ben Rhodes, who said that Obama used his pardon and commutation power to give a second chance to people who deserved empathy, not racists who showed none.
Your boss pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans. Spare us the lecture, Pavlich said in a Sunday tweet that was retweeted Monday morning by Trump.
Link to tweet
Pavlich, a columnist for The Hill, was referencing Obamas commutations of the sentences of Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez Riveras sentences. Manning leaked classified information to WikiLeaks, and Rivera was a member of the Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation that was responsible for many bombing deaths in the U.S. Obama did not pardon either one, but rather commuted their sentences. Manning served seven years and Rivera served 35 before being released.
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JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)pardoned...commuted...same difference, right?
Also tells you what Trump thinks about people who expose war crimes committed in the name of America.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)to help the nation heal or something. Or at least block Dolt 45 from twitter.
christx30
(6,241 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)aka, a useful idiot.Plus, they'll want/need an immediate boost gained by prosecuting him. It would "unify" America, blah, blah, blah...
George II
(67,782 posts)Grins
(7,258 posts)Katie Pavlich, part of Fox News' tits n' smirk team, groomed to cater to the part of their audience who thought Sarah Palin had a bit too much book larnin'.
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)I thought Trump loved WikiLeaks!!!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)who TownHall will unceremoniously kick out the door as soon as they find the next recent graduate who's younger, cuter and has a fuller bustline
The Wizard
(12,556 posts)Manning reported war crimes as prescribed by the Accords to which the United States is a signatory. Manning reported American forces committing war crimes. That was his obligation. It wasn't treason. Treason is what Donald Trump did revealing defense secrets to Russian spies while they visited the White House. As President he can declassify anything he wants, but that does not negate his offense (s) and damage against the United States. Donald Trump is indeed the Siberian Candidate.