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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:23 PM Jul 2018

McConnell: 'Indisputable' Evidence That Russians Tried To Affect 2016 Election

Source: Talking Points Memo


By Kate Riga | July 17, 2018 2:34 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asserted Tuesday that there is “indisputable” evidence that Russians hacked the 2016 U.S. election, a position in direct contradiction to the uncertainty President Donald Trump expressed on the subject at his joint presser with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

“Over the last few years, there is the annexation of Crimea, the invasion of eastern Ukraine, not to mention the indisputable evidence that they tried to impact the 2016 election,” McConnell said. “So make no mistake about it, I would say to our friends in Europe, we understand the Russian threat and I think that is a widespread view here in the United States Senate among members of both parties.”

McConnell also emphasized the importance of America’s NATO allies, another quiet repudiation of the President who spend his European trip insulting many of those countries.

“I want them to understand that in this country there are a lot of people in both parties who believe that these alliances painstakingly built in the wake of the end of World War II are important and we want to maintain them,” he said.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcconnell-says-there-is-indusputable-evidence-that-russians-tried-to-affect-2016-election

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McConnell: 'Indisputable' Evidence That Russians Tried To Affect 2016 Election (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
Actions speak louder than words Mitch. You won't do jack shit though. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #1
TRIED to??? TRIED to??? LisaM Jul 2018 #2
Well, well, and well. McConnell is trying to save his ass. He is no better than Trump. Stuart G Jul 2018 #3
He's in it, too. mpcamb Jul 2018 #5
I am with you. I sure hope he goes down and we all get to watch the show. Stuart G Jul 2018 #7
"And I got the receipts!" sandensea Jul 2018 #4
Has anyone asked McConnell Timmygoat Jul 2018 #6
Don't ask. sandensea Jul 2018 #14
The noose is tightening and GOP can read the tea leaves too... beachbum bob Jul 2018 #8
Fuck you Mitch, "Tried To Affect" How about they did effect the out come. Botany Jul 2018 #9
Steve Schmidt mentioned this BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #16
A very impt. article today by Schmidt in PoliticusUSA & DU comments. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #24
He has been screaming this from the roof tops BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #25
Agree, others must follow suit- NOW! appalachiablue Jul 2018 #26
And he's correct...nt 2naSalit Jul 2018 #32
Whatever.. paleotn Jul 2018 #10
I guess he would know Bradical79 Jul 2018 #11
Told Obama prior to November 2016 DBoon Jul 2018 #20
Yes Obama was between a rock and a hard place FakeNoose Jul 2018 #21
Tried and succeeded and you and the rest of your party Mitch cstanleytech Jul 2018 #12
+1 2naSalit Jul 2018 #33
The GOPutin is going to water this down into nothing, and move on with trying to get rid of Mueller. C Moon Jul 2018 #13
Piece of crap! elleng Jul 2018 #15
To threaten a flip on Obama's intel, then to stay silent re 45 won't undo his complicity. ancianita Jul 2018 #17
So asshole, the question that needs to be asked by the media.................why are you turbinetree Jul 2018 #18
He ought to know duforsure Jul 2018 #19
And my team of mutants and misfits will do absolutely NOTHING about it. Mc Mike Jul 2018 #22
We should not attack division within the Republican ranks Kaleva Jul 2018 #23
They are following Gowdy's lead Iliyah Jul 2018 #27
So turtle hid in his shell? Blue Owl Jul 2018 #28
It looks like the turtle Turbineguy Jul 2018 #29
To late he's a traitor just like the other gopers. rockfordfile Jul 2018 #30
To them it's not whether you are guilty or not. Turbineguy Jul 2018 #31

Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
3. Well, well, and well. McConnell is trying to save his ass. He is no better than Trump.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:27 PM
Jul 2018

Remember, he took away Obama's pick to the Supreme Court. Same as Trump, but different look, and maybe a lot smarter. (that ain't saying much)

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
8. The noose is tightening and GOP can read the tea leaves too...
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:30 PM
Jul 2018

Trumps putin antics may have been last straw?

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)
24. A very impt. article today by Schmidt in PoliticusUSA & DU comments.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 06:36 PM
Jul 2018

"Steve Schmidt Demands That Mitch McConnell Be Removed From Office," PoliticusUSA, July 17, 2018.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/07/17/steve-schmidt-mitch-mcconnell-removed.html

"Trump’s Russia scandal is a Republican Party scandal. As we have been writing for years, at PoliticusUSA, Mitch McConnell is the reason why the Russians were not stopped in a bipartisan way during the 2016 election. McConnell refused to work with Obama on a bipartisan statement and resolution on the Russian election attack.

Obama didn’t issue a unilateral, because a unilateral statement would have immediately been used as a partisan weapon by Republicans and the Russians. The indictment yesterday of a Russian agent who was working with the NRA demonstrates that the Republican Party has been taken over by Putin. The Russians had been working for years to infiltrate the Republican Party.

Steve Schmidt was spot on. Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in Congress are a huge part of the problem. Mitch McConnell is compromised, as is the rest of the Republican leadership who are protecting Trump, and as a matter of national security, they all must be removed from power."

BigmanPigman

(51,585 posts)
25. He has been screaming this from the roof tops
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 06:55 PM
Jul 2018

today (print and TV) AND I give him credit. I wish others would be screaming the same important message.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
11. I guess he would know
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:32 PM
Jul 2018

Seeing as how he was told it was happening and refused to work on countering the attack.

DBoon

(22,362 posts)
20. Told Obama prior to November 2016
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 05:11 PM
Jul 2018

that any public attempt by Obama to counter Russian infiltration would be denounced as pure partisanship

McConnell is culpable and he knows it

cstanleytech

(26,284 posts)
12. Tried and succeeded and you and the rest of your party Mitch
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:32 PM
Jul 2018

aided them in it before and after the election.

C Moon

(12,212 posts)
13. The GOPutin is going to water this down into nothing, and move on with trying to get rid of Mueller.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:32 PM
Jul 2018

ancianita

(36,031 posts)
17. To threaten a flip on Obama's intel, then to stay silent re 45 won't undo his complicity.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 04:15 PM
Jul 2018

McConnell knew. He aided and abetted the enemy before and after 45's inauguration. He is a traitor.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
18. So asshole, the question that needs to be asked by the media.................why are you
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 04:29 PM
Jul 2018

and your body still confirming his judges.......................


Because turtle your a traitor also............remember.......................Merrick Garland...................

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
19. He ought to know
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 04:34 PM
Jul 2018

They probably funneled a lot of money to him. Remember he prevented Obama from exposing trump ties before the election and McConnell resisted.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
23. We should not attack division within the Republican ranks
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 05:42 PM
Jul 2018

Spread what McConnell says amongst the Trumpers and never-Trumpers one may know and watch them fight. Don't side with the Trumpers in tearing down McConnell. Not when he's openly contradicting the Trumpers god.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
27. They are following Gowdy's lead
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 07:07 PM
Jul 2018

. . . . . . . why yes, Russia did mess with the 2016 elections, BUT . . . .

it DID NOT effect the outcome of t-rump winning, fair and square . . . . wink wink

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