Posted on 12/21/2019 12:44:33 PM PST by jazusamo
House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) on Friday told CNN’s Brianna Keilar that she believes Russian President Vladimir Putin may have dirt on President Donald Trump.
“I wonder how concerned you are that Putin was able to influence not just through sort of Russian meddling and trying to persuade voters or Americans, but actually to influence the president in a way that has him picking what Putin’s saying over his own intel community?” Kellar asked.
“I think after the 2016 elections, the gloves were really off when it came to Vladimir Putin’s influence with President Trump and the GOP because let’s not forget, the GOP continues to parrot, not only on the floor, but also going onto Fox News, all of the things, the lies that Putin continues to spread, blaming and deflecting everyone else on his interference in our U.S. Elections.”
"Why do you think that Trump was such an easy target for Putin here?" Kellar asked.
“I am afraid that Vladimir Putin may have something on the president and it is the reason why the president has continued to play the handmaid to Vladimir Putin, inviting him to the White House and opening the doors and not having any advisers present, taking the notes from the interpreter and continuing to talk to him and continuing to parrot everything that he tells him,” Torres explained. “Russia is no friend of the U.S. They have never been a friend to us. They continue to compromise us internationally. They continue to attack our friends and our allies overseas. So, we have to be very careful, and we have to keep a close eye on how this continues to evolve.”
Kellar pressed Torres on the issue.
"So you said you think that Putin may have something, meaning compromising information – Kompromat as it's said in Russia – on President Trump," Kellar said. "Do you have proof of that? Is there something specific you're thinking of when you say that?"
Torres failed to cite a specific example but said "there's no other reason President Trump continues to capitulate to what Putin is telling him. He doesn't do that with anyone else." She said the president fails to listen to his advisers and the intelligence community about the threat Russia poses to the United States' national security.
Kellar asked the Congresswoman if this is less about Putin having dirt on Trump and more about meddling "delegitimizing" Trump's election in 2016.
“No, I think it was – we are beyond 2016’s election. I was present on January 20th to see President Trump take the oath of office. And I was there because I believe in the rule of law, because I believe in a peaceful transfer of power. So we are beyond 2016," she explained. "The fact that this President of the United States continues to depend on Russia to win the next election that he has coming, asking not only Russia, but asking Ukraine and China openly on TV to investigate his political opponents who could be challenging him, and who absolutely have an opportunity to win in this next election, I think is unconscionable. We have to work toward securing our elections, and not only has President Trump blocked us from securing our elections, Republicans in Congress have also done that.”
Was Torres not made aware of the fact that Special Counsel Robert Mueller found that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia during the 2016 election? Yes, Russia meddled in our elections, but so did Ukraine.
Did Torres somehow forget that the Trump administration has actually taken a strong stance against Russia by providing lethal military aid to Ukraine solely to fight Russia? Kind of hard to let that slip your mind considering the entire partisan impeachment saga is about this very aid.
Ironic the Dem Thug is looking to a foreign, communist source for intel on our POTUS.
And I believe Monkeys will fly out of Norma Torres’ butt.
Well then can we all get the millions of dollars back from Mueller who according to this nutcase, didn’t do his job properly?
In the tradtion of The Swimmer (Rest in Hell)
'Nuff said.
Well considering what we know about the intel communities deep state activities, I wouldn’t believe them anymore than I would Putin, maybe less.
If she doesn't vomit conspiracy whackjobbery about Trump on the floor of the House or to CNN, her puppetmasters will reveal her sordid history of child sex-trafficking.
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This is treason.
When Trump has given Putin nothing but trouble ??
To call this person a ‘retard’ would be an insult to retards ...
This is the kind of dim clown the Dems put on an important committee ? Just has to be able to follow orders - that knee jerk leftism now acting out in our country?
Seriously, America needs these wasters to be gone.
Because they want it so bad they can taste it.
It was Obama who was chummy with the Russians. He is the one who secretly whispers to the Russian foreign minister, “Wait until after the election. I’ll have more flexibility.”
POTUS will talk with the Russians and continually try to change their ways. That the way he is. He does the same with the Chinese and NK leaders. He may even invite them to the WH, but if there is any movement, it will be our enemies wanting to get relief from sanctions, or some favor or another. Trump will hold firm. That’s the way he is.
I suspect that by the end of his second term he will have turned Iran - to some degree. That’s the way he is!
So doing it in secret is acceptable? How about bragging about it to private clubs like the CFR? Should he have sent Pence to do the dirty work? That seems acceptable.
“Never go full retard”
How do you know they haven’t already?
We need a Congressional committee to look up her’s just like she seems comfortable looking up other’s who she doesn’t like.
I’m sick of these liars.
Yet another genius politician from my corrupt state of California
next psycho. Please !
More evidence of TDS
Dumbell from Guatemala. What the hell does this dingbat know about international espionage? She’s a 9/11 operator who is there because of her race.
Exactly, well said.
The Dems never had a bad word to say about 0bama’s disastrous foreign affairs.
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