so, listening to Spicer, the WH is leaning hard into an Obama conspiracy to undermine Trump
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) March 20, 2017
Comey said FBI is investigating links between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government pic.twitter.com/9FgyQSkyqj
— Mary Georgantopoulos (@marygeorgant) March 20, 2017
.@PressSec is paid to lie. It’s all he does. The testimony shows that Trump’s people are in serious trouble. @hunterw @MattMurph24
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 20, 2017
.@PressSec opens by saying he’ll keep briefing short so POTUS message at *campaign rally* gets focus
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
Will POTUS apologize to Obama? @PressSec: “No. We started a hearing. This is still ongoing”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
Shorter Spicer: We’re at the beginning of the investigation (re POTUS tweet); We’re in the clear (re collusion claims)
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
What is amazing is it took FBI director 2 finally tell Trump and his supporters that Russia is a foreign adversary that wants to hurt USA.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 20, 2017
.@RepSwalwell gets Comey to admit that tax returns may be a piece of evidence the FBI looks at to determine poss. collusion w/ foreign power
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 20, 2017
Tax returns are on the way.
Does POTUS still have confidence in Comey? @PressSec: “There is no reason to believe he doesn’t at this time”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
guessing that means Comey gets fired soon
“Paul Manafort played a very limited role for a limited time” in the Trump campaign — Spicer. Oh boy.
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) March 20, 2017
Spicer: Former campaign manager Paul Manafort played a “limited role for a very limited amount of time” in the campaign. Campaign manager.
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) March 20, 2017
Carter Page, Roger Stone, et al “had no official role” in @realDonaldTrump campaign, were “hangers-on,” says @PressSec.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 20, 2017
What is more important is that they found Tom Brady’s superbowl jersey.
(FBI says it’s in Mexico)
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I’m guessing there are no legal ramifications for lying like this….
The whole Trump administration is sort of a “hangers-on” administration.
Bullshit Spice screaming that Comey saying there’s an on-going FBI investigation means nothing because “everybody will reach same conclusion” and to suggest that an investigation being acknowledged means there’s something there is wrong.
Which comes as news to virtually every Republican who spent the last 2 years screaming that if the FBI was investigating Hillary, that must mean there’s something there.
re: #11 Barefoot Grin
I’m guessing there are no legal ramifications for lying like this….
Not for Spicer, and not really for Trump, until they’re put under oath. It was supposed to be political poison for them to lie so much.
You need a scorecard to keep track of who had contacts with Russians.
No, actually you don’t. Trump admin/campaign people had contacts unless their name was Barron Trump (and even then we’re not 100% sure).
Ivanka went sightseeing with Putin’s girlfriend.
Trump boys were both doing business in Russia and here in the US with Russians.
Trump himself was trying to do business in Russia and had dealings with Russians here.
Manafort? Stone? Flynn? All of them.
And then you have the liars who try to claim that didn’t happen, like Spicer, Conway, etc.
Saying the man who effectively ran your campaign for months had “a very limited role” is prob not a sign you feel great about investigations
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 20, 2017
Basically, the White House Press Secretary just dismissed Paul Manafort as a third-rate burglar. https://t.co/jI2rNPkBAv
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 20, 2017
Spicer bullshitting us that Trump’s going golfing is “different” because he’s “accomplishing things.”
Spicer on how Trump’s golf is different from Obama’s: “How you use the game of golf is something he [Trump] has talked about”
re: #17 Targetpractice
He’s telling people on a golf course instead of in an arena that “things are going to be great.”
re: #17 Targetpractice
Spicer bullshitting us that Trump’s going golfing is “different” because he’s “accomplishing things.”
which he cannot describe in detail because “President needs private time”
Sean Spicer describes Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, as playing “only a very limited role on the campaign”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 20, 2017
Well that’s odd. He was his campaign CEO and default campaign manager for months https://t.co/PdLLgjsiCY
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 20, 2017
A brief synopsis of @PressSec today: pic.twitter.com/QXpM6PNK5q
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 20, 2017
“There’s an assumption because there is an investigation it must be about something,” says Spicer.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 20, 2017
lol, how can this guy sleep at night knowing what he is doing?
Spicer repeating Comrade Combover’s CT about the DNC colluding with the Russians, calls it “serious question.”
Old Spicey want to keep his job, so he has to lie for Trump and pretend that Rogers and Comey’s testimony doesn’t make Trump look like the lying tool that he is.
Spin, Spicey, Spin!
Why did the DNC rebuff the FBI?
You mean the same people who announced an “ongoing investigation” two days before the election?
Who didn’t or doesn’t see the ‘blame Obama’ defense coming a mile away? They are counting on it, like they did the bigotry and sexism in the election. The false implications about him and Clinton are going to get worse as they spin their guilty asses off.
They did not sell off uranium to the Russian gov’t, you mutant doorknob!
re: #25 majii
Old Spicey want to keep his job, so he has to lie for Trump and pretend that Rogers and Comey’s testimony doesn’t make Trump look like the lying tool that he is.
Spin, Spicey, Spin!
Self respect level = 0
Spicer, faulting Trump-Russia “media narrative”: “there’s an assumption, that because there’s an investigation, it must be about something”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 20, 2017
Sean Spicer accidentally discovers the probable cause standard. https://t.co/WL9ONxz3kf
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 20, 2017
re: #28 Targetpractice
They did not sell off uranium to the Russian gov’t, you mutant doorknob!
too late, now an article of faith and Fixed Talking Point
HA! According to Spicer, there should be “parity” in investigating who might have been colluding with the Russians, thinks its wrong why the DNC isn’t being equally treated as suspect.
re: #27 JordanRules
Tonight in Louisville we might get a doozy from a desperate and hateful man.
cannot watch any more of this…we must protect Flynn’s identity while he is off selling us out to foreign interests…
Sean Spicer refers to Roger Stone as a hanger-on of the Trump campaign, who received cease and desist orders from the campaign
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) March 20, 2017
😹 enrage the babadook at your peril sean i am just saying https://t.co/XJ1OoqVAGs
— darth™ (@darth) March 20, 2017
Now Spicer defending the fired, corrupt Michael Flynn’s privacy rights.
Spicer now picking up baton from Nunes/Gowdy, pushing that the big take-away from today is why Flynn’s name was made available to press and suggesting IC leaked it.
re: #23 b.d.
“lol, how can this guy sleep at night knowing what he is doing?”
Easy answer. It’s like my mama used to say, “It’s all about the money, honey.”
re: #17 Targetpractice
Spicer bullshitting us that Trump’s going golfing is “different” because he’s “accomplishing things.”
DT a better golfer? Is he working on “really great deals, the best deals” while golfing?
#TheResistance #ComeyHearing
What about the ones still in there? pic.twitter.com/FmrXub2Qge— The Anti-Trump (@IMPL0RABLE) March 20, 2017
Spicer says Trump golfing different from Obama golfing because of “how you use the game of golf” to advance US interests
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 20, 2017
.@KellyannePolls on HRC: “If you’re under your 2nd FBI investigation in the same year then you do have a…corruption & an ethics problem.” pic.twitter.com/bWv0d0bGlY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 29, 2016
Most honest people I know are not under FBI investigation, let alone two. https://t.co/UcSmSA5aTj
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 29, 2016
From down below:
Wowza. Spicy just piped up about Obama/Clinton collusion with Russia. Who lobbed that softball?
The White House is now accusing its own NSA of improperly unmasking Flynn’s name.
— Bradley P. Moss, Esq (@BradMossEsq) March 20, 2017
re: #18 Dr. Matt
.@presssec dissembling over @realDonaldTrump playing golf to “get things done”. Reminds me of this: pic.twitter.com/wX1uFN50OO
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 20, 2017
re: #33 Targetpractice
HA! According to Spicer, there should be “parity” in investigating who might have been colluding with the Russians, thinks its wrong why the DNC isn’t being equally treated as suspect.
“There may be a video showing that man being killed by my client with my client’s gun, but we really should also be investigating whether the man killed himself.”
it’s Memories Monday
.@KellyannePolls on HRC: “If you’re under your 2nd FBI investigation in the same year then you do have a…corruption & an ethics problem.” pic.twitter.com/bWv0d0bGlY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 29, 2016
Most honest people I know are not under FBI investigation, let alone two. https://t.co/UcSmSA5aTj
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 29, 2016
re: #43 FormerDirtDart
Historically white businessmen have used it for making deals while Obama’s have been carrying their clubs.
Fuck you and your boss Sean!!!!!!!!
“Presidents always travel”, but not to go on vacation every fucking weekend, Sean.
They’re going to need a bigger bus for all these people @PressSec is throwing under it.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 20, 2017
Spicer says Manafort played “a limited role in the campaign.” He was the MANAGER of Trump’s campaign. He ran it. https://t.co/2s2XIOEIsc pic.twitter.com/BQDWjaks3g
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 20, 2017
re: #53 Targetpractice
“Presidents always travel”, but not to go on vacation every fucking weekend, Sean.
Right, there’s a difference between travelling to foreign summits. Trump goes to Mar a fucking Lago every weekend.
re: #55 Charles Johnson
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Wasn’t he the campaign manager for the longest of any of Trump’s three campaign managers?
Will POTUS cut back on travel to save Meals on Wheels + other $: “I think that is a vast reach”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
.@PressSec on POTUS Mar-a-Lago visit travel: “This is part of being president”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
These smarmy gaslighters are dangerous and pathetic at the same damn time!
.@PressSec says he’s not aware of any White House officials under FBI investigation
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
Claiming Stone is a 3d rate hack/hanger on, wont hurt Trump one bit.
Stone is an ego maniac, so if he thinks that Trump’s taking shots at him, don’t count out a parting shot of his own, especially if he’s officially indicted - because I totally see him going for a plea deal in exchange for nailing Trump and the rest of the cabal of cronies.
Stone’s an easy mark in that respect. Manafort too.
But the GOP will continue to shield Trump and the admin as much as they can because they have an agenda that must get done.
Live shot of Sean Spicer pic.twitter.com/ladLJ1Cuoc
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 20, 2017
Not only was Manafort chair of the campaign, he played a key role in transition https://t.co/fD9L43A2Tz
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 20, 2017
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The White House is now accusing its own NSA of improperly unmasking Flynn’s name.”
Trump has been exposed as the liar that he is, so the WH is now trying to project Trump’s mistakes and lies onto anyone else but Trump. I think Trump & Co. knows that something that might be damaging to them may result from these investigations, so they’re front-loading the scapegoats.
re: #56 HappyWarrior
Right, there’s a difference between travelling to foreign summits. Trump goes to Mar a fucking Lago every weekend.
Emoluments Violation Golf Club.
That’s the only name that fits. He profits every time he visits.
re: #55 Charles Johnson
His role was limited to being the national chairman of the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
His role was also limited to control of the daily operations of the campaign as well as an expanded $20 million budget, hiring decisions, advertising, and media strategy.
Sean says you can’t judge success of an agency by the amount of funding, while White House is decrying how military can’t fulfill its missions because of “lack of funding.”
Spicer is now dissing Adam Schiff, calling his statement a “diatribe.” https://t.co/2s2XIOEIsc pic.twitter.com/ZSwbPlG40L
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 20, 2017
Hard to believe Spicer is complaining about someone else mischaracterising the facts.
Trump cultists are currently googling “diatribe”. #whitehousepresser #SeanSpicer
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 20, 2017
re: #69 Targetpractice
Sean says you can’t judge success of an agency by the amount of funding, while White House is decrying how military can’t fulfill its missions because of “lack of funding.”
In other words, typical right wing bullshit. It’s funny how “You can’t spend your way out of a problem” never ever applies to the military but oh wait, it’s not as lucrative for their campaign funds to spend money on the actual American people. America first my ass.
re: #73 HappyWarrior
In other words, typical right wing bullshit. It’s funny how “You can’t spend your way out of a problem” never ever applies to the military but oh wait, it’s not as lucrative for their campaign funds to spend money on the actual American people. America first my ass.
That is something that has bothered me since Reagan
ummm….
.@PressSec: “There are multiple people here who are not taking salaries” says more than 3
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Confirms Adam did well then.
re: #70 Charles Johnson
Has Spicey been to a Trumpster rally?
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
The White House is now accusing its own NSA of improperly unmasking Flynn’s name.
Because victimizing the intelligence community has worked extremely well every time they’ve tried it so far.
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Seriously - are these meatheads incapable of learning from their mistakes?
.@PressSec: “There are multiple people here who are not taking salaries” says more than 3
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 20, 2017
But @realDonaldTrump *is* taking a salary, @PressSec has said. He’s getting the $, tho he “intends” to donate it later. https://t.co/nLYrTeRVD2
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 20, 2017
‘Manafort played only a limited role for a short time’ makes me think of Spinal Tap: “I wouldn’t worry about it; Boston’s not a big college town.”
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is something that has bothered me since Reagan
Yep Reagan popularized that bs. Nixon to his credit at least understood the importance of domestic spending.
The pitiful irony of a guy who works for the Ranting Narcissist in Chief accusing anyone else of a “diatribe.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 20, 2017
Spicer says Gen. Flynn was a “volunteer” for the Trump campaign + Paul Manafort “played a very limited role.”
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) March 20, 2017
“Lewandowski? Lewandowski who?” https://t.co/JWRrJKbEpy
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 20, 2017
Spicer tells @margbrennan that this is just the “first chapter” of the wiretapping stuff
Spicer tells @Margbrennan that this is just the “first chapter” of the wiretapping stuff pic.twitter.com/AidvRPLwWy
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 20, 2017
#TiredofWinning https://t.co/kqSjsTRl1w
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) March 20, 2017
Flynn, who in his brief tenure helped green light fucking SEAL raids now referred to as a mere ‘volunteer’ on the Trump campaign. Unreal.
— Father Guido SarDShK (@ZeddRebel) March 20, 2017
Comey says, with no sense of irony, that he is investigating information campaigns which threw uncertainty into our democratic process. I’m not feeling very confident about that investigation.
“I’m not looking to re-litigate the election,” Spicer says on behalf of a boss who was tweeting about the Electoral College this morning.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) March 20, 2017
Ha! Rep. Himes is reading Trumps tweet to Comey and Rodgers.
Spicer just said Trump playing golf is diff than Obama playing golf because Trump is playing w/ key leaders. Here’s who Obama played with pic.twitter.com/6ki6c5uiYU
— Yashar (@yashar) March 20, 2017
“I’m not dismissing Paul Manafort as a hanger-on,” says Spicer, moments after he described the former campaign chairman’s role as “limited”
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 20, 2017
re: #91 Franklin
Ha! Rep. Himes is reading Trumps tweet to Comey and Rodgers.
This one:
FBI Director Comey admits Obama’s White House had ability to “unmask” American citizens. https://t.co/gIo6it9NcQ
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 20, 2017
and this one:
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process. pic.twitter.com/d9HqkxYBt5
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 20, 2017
I don’t mean to nitpick. Spicer says Manafort was brought on in June. He was brought on in March. https://t.co/aKk2f0it2C
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) March 20, 2017
re: #92 JordanRules
Trump playing golf is different than Obama playing golf for this Spicer shitbird for one reason: Trump told Spicer to run with that line of bullshit.
Trump thinks these two are different because he is white and Obama is black.
More from Gorsuch hearings…afterall, it is all connected and consequential.
Blumenthal says active investigation into Trump team and Russia. Subpoenas likely. Can Gorsuch be independent? #TeamLegal #Gorsuch
— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) March 20, 2017
Spicer outright lied about Manafort’s time as campaign mgr; he said Manafort started in June - it was APRIL https://t.co/2s2XIOEIsc pic.twitter.com/q0dy71Csuf
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 20, 2017
Again pounding the lectern about how an ongoing investigation means nothing because “people who have been briefed” say there’s no evidence of collusion, but the investigation should look into accusations that Hillary colluded with the Russians because…the Russians say they talked to her.
This is the most spot on thing I’ve seen in a while. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/44T76W76f3 @docrocktex26 @DrTomMartinPhD @Trumpnado2016
— Tasha (@WhileECoyote) March 19, 2017
@seanspicer continues to rant about HRC over and over. He’s basically a youtube troll.
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 20, 2017
re: #76 Backwoods_Sleuth
ummm….
”.@PressSec: “There are multiple people here who are not taking salaries” says more than 3”
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They don’t know that they’re not being paid yet.
@POTUS
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process.
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process. pic.twitter.com/d9HqkxYBt5
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 20, 2017
.@jahimes asks #Comey if this tweet is accurate. Comey: Russian impact on election is “not in the report…we didnt opine on it” https://t.co/lDvnzVet2B
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) March 20, 2017
And:
@POTUS
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process.
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process. pic.twitter.com/d9HqkxYBt5
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 20, 2017
The FBI Director was just asked under oath if this tweet was accurate. He said this tweet is not what he said. https://t.co/RWijNNe90p
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) March 20, 2017
BOOM!
The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process. pic.twitter.com/d9HqkxYBt5
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 20, 2017
The FBI Director was just asked under oath if this tweet was accurate. He said this tweet is not what he said. https://t.co/RWijNNe90p
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) March 20, 2017
And further - Manafort was actually brought into the campaign in March, to work on delegate issues. https://t.co/2s2XIOEIsc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 20, 2017
re: #7 jaunte
Yaroslav Trofimov ✔ @yarotrof
“Paul Manafort played a very limited role for a limited time” in the Trump campaign — Spicer. Oh boy.
1:59 PM - 20 Mar 2017
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Yeah. How long does it take to coordinate the connections between Trump and Russia anyway?
I bet Manafort being moved on from the campaign was hoped to be seen as cutting connections that Manafort had and the campaign was now clean.
Spicer said Manafort was on the Trump campaign team for eight weeks. By my count, it was 21.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) March 20, 2017
Great post at DailyKos (with lots of regressives screeching):
Documenting History So It’s Not Repeated: Naming Regressive Leftists Who Tried to Help Trump Win
Those who forget history, &c.
Later this week, Paul Ryan will ask GOPers to walk the plank on a politically toxic health care bill for a President under FBI investigation
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 20, 2017
“Paul Manafort did not have political relations with that candidate”.
~Sean Spicer, 03/20/2017#WhiteHousePresser #SeanSpicer— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 20, 2017
Nothing this administration says is true. They lie about everything, including and especially easily fact-checked stuff like when Manafort worked for the campaign.
He worked for 21 weeks, not 8 weeks. He started work in March, not June.
Heck, Trump even put out a fucking presser about it:
Spicey’s @PressSec lyin’ like a Persian rug today. He says Paul Manafort didn’t join the campaign till June, 2016. Try March! pic.twitter.com/BH8lrADZAN
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 20, 2017
The Internet is forever.
re: #111 Nyet
Great post at DailyKos (with lots of regressives screeching):
Documenting History So It’s Not Repeated: Naming Regressive Leftists Who Tried to Help Trump Win
Those who forget history, &c.
These fucking people, sigh. Good read, thanks for it.
Gorsuch gives a shout out to his law clerks…
And only white men stand up.https://t.co/NrMvNh6YsH
By @alisonrose711 #shareblue— Shareblue (@Shareblue) March 20, 2017
Spicer urges reporters to “take no for an answer” on whether Trump campaign may have colluded with Russians to tilt US election outcome
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 20, 2017
re: #116 Backwoods_Sleuth
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As I’ve said, conservatives claim liberals worship the government and want government to have unlimited powers but they’re perfectly fine with it when it comes to employers i.e. this and a lot of other stuff I’ve seen. Gorsuch needs to be rejected. Even if they hadn’t treated Garland so awfully,we do NOT need another Scalia clone on SCOTUS.
Sean Spicer describes Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, as playing “only a very limited role on the campaign”
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 20, 2017
That’s like saying Chandler played “only a very limited role” on “Friends.” https://t.co/uHx0BzfZNS
— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) March 20, 2017
re: #56 HappyWarrior
Right, there’s a difference between travelling to foreign summits. Trump goes to Mar a fucking Lago every weekend.
Can we temporarily rename Mars “Mars a Lago” and send him there?
Spicer on Roger Stone: “they have talked from time to time but I don’t think recently”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 20, 2017
Stone told me they’ve talked since Trump became President. https://t.co/0qRaPK2ncr
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 20, 2017
Manafort’s involvement was only “limited” (i.e. cut short) because of his ties to fucking Russia/Ukraine in the first instance…
re: #114 lawhawk
Nothing this administration says is true. They lie about everything, including and especially easily fact-checked stuff like when Manafort worked for the campaign.
He worked for 21 weeks, not 8 weeks. He started work in March, not June.
Heck, Trump even put out a fucking presser about it:
The Internet is forever.
The internet will keep gaslighting from truly working.