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In reply to the discussion: Why We Must Oppose the Kremlin-Baiting Against Trump [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)He's making excuses for Trump's praise of a murderous dictator. He's denying the well established fact that Putin was behind the hacks of the DNC and Podesta. He's pretending that Russia didn't invade Ukraine. He's claiming that there is no evidence that Putin is a "killer". He's denying that Trump has financial dealings with Russia. He makes sorry excuses for Manafort's and Flynn's associations with Russia. And he compares concerns about a compromised election to McCarthyism.
If he had instead said that it's clear that Russia engaged in illegal hacking in order to help Trump win, and it's also clear that Trump and many members of his team have close ties with Russia, but further investigation is needed to determine whether Trump's team actually colluded with Russia, and also to determine how deep Trump's ties and indebtedness to Putin go, then I would have no problem with it.
But that's not what he is saying. Not even close.