Posted on 12/13/2016 2:32:00 PM PST by COUNTrecount
President Barack Obama emphatically denounced the conspiracy theory saying Russians successfully tampered with the American voting process.
“We were frankly more concerned in the run up to the election to the possibilities of vote tampering, which we did not see evidence of,” he said. “And we’re confident that we can guard against.”
During an interview with the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, Obama downplayed the hack of a private email account of Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, defending his administration for revealing in October that the Russian government was connected.
“None of this should be a big surprise,” Obama said, “Russia trying to influence our elections dates back to the Soviet Union.”
Obama dismissed the hack and the leaked emails as “not very interesting” and lacking “explosive” revelations. He puzzled as to why it was an “obsession” by the news media despite the knowledge that the Russians were responsible.
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It as a DNC insider. He can’t handle truths well.
He is backing off now as the lions are starting to roar at him and show their teeth. Would love to see what is going on behind the scenes. This is too funny.
obama is trading favors so Trump doesn’t take him entire empire down. It’s going to be long 8 year stalemate.
So...he is saying that it is “settled science” that the Russians interfered...?
Just in time for it to be emphatically disproven?
They will love him even more.
Next up: Alien abduction of large groups of Democrat voters from key states (e.g., Michigan, Wisconsin) on Election Day.
Also, we all know he HATES the clintons.
And they hate him back.
Obama knows what old Bill has called him in private
Why do we believe this idiot now when he made a comment on a fake news ‘comedy” show?
Obama is concerned that he had knowledge of Hillary’s illegal email server that compromised national security.
He was one of the email participants.
Trump must have called him and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. “I know where the crimes are buried”.
I think BO would be delighted to see a booming economy which leaves most of his social agenda intact.
Now watch the harpies on The View go Oh Shiite!...........
Right. Just after someone told him there wasn’t one so he takes the credit for outing a false story.
Interesting Obama seems to be to be being pragmatic right now
that is a brilliant straddle of the fence.
Although the Russians didn’t do it, the russians did it
Ok, this is interesting.
Hatred of Hillary?
Desire to rescue shreds of credibility for the Dems?
Probably this: His first stab at being the Elder Statesman of the Democrat party.
The Daily Show? Too bad Captain Kangaroo went off the air already and missed this opportunity. Or Fernwood Tonight.
Why do I get the feeling there was some sort of back channel dialogue involving the phrase “do you really want to go there”?
Trump must have called him and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. “I know where the crimes are buried”.
Trump’s intel sources are definitely better than Obama’s CIA under Brennan.
But not after further tarnishing Trump’s legitimate win.
To be sure, it’ll be announced on CNN every hour on the hour for the next 48 hour news cycle. Or not.
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