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CNN "Trump backs off false Iran video claim"
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/politics/donald-trump-iran-video-claim/ ^ | 8/5/2016

Posted on 08/05/2016 10:15:26 AM PDT by fision

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump backed off a false claim Friday morning, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran.

The Republican nominee had claimed at rallies twice this week that such a video existed, saying in Maine on Thursday that it was provided by Iranians "to embarrass our president because we have a president who's incompetent."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn4obama; cnnlies; cnnliesaboutvideo; cnnliesagain; mediabias
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Donald's timing couldn't have been worse in walking back on the video.
1 posted on 08/05/2016 10:15:26 AM PDT by fision
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To: fision

Seems that whatever he says or does, the MSM will give him all their attention. Hillary, not so much..................


2 posted on 08/05/2016 10:17:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: fision

These stories are all ridiculous don’t you understand a media tactic when you see it?


3 posted on 08/05/2016 10:18:45 AM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: fision

When Trump got into the race, I suspected his allegiance to the Clintons as a motivating factor.

Trump proved himself to be dynamic, nimble, and his acceptance speech was coherent and on target.

With all of his recent unforced errors, I’m wondering about that Clinton relationship again.


4 posted on 08/05/2016 10:18:59 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: fision

Still doesn’t negate the fact THAT THERE IS A VIDEO of same.


5 posted on 08/05/2016 10:19:02 AM PDT by Gaffer (Paint your face, gird yourself and stand with your backsides to the enemy.)
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To: Red Badger

Exactly


6 posted on 08/05/2016 10:19:06 AM PDT by Williams (Make America Great Again)
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To: Williams

Seems almost trollish.


7 posted on 08/05/2016 10:19:27 AM PDT by Gaffer (Paint your face, gird yourself and stand with your backsides to the enemy.)
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To: fision

No news ABOUT the 400 million though, right?

No big dea with reid lied about Romney though.

No biggie that hillary LIED to the families of the dead.

#### CNN and lets all get some b@lls.

Throw him 10 bucks so he can air commercials to defend himself and get a great ground crew going.


8 posted on 08/05/2016 10:19:31 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: fision

So.....what plane is Fox News showing while reporting ad nauseum about this scandal?


9 posted on 08/05/2016 10:20:21 AM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: fision

A video of 400 million may not show the cash unloaded from a plane, or it may show cash unloaded from a Swiss plane. Whatever.

The hostages were released after the Iranians filmed wallets of cash on Iranian soil


10 posted on 08/05/2016 10:20:45 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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While the real story is Obama payed a fortune in ransom money to the terrorist state of Iran. Obama can piss out $400 million dollars to blackmailers. Where did that money come from?


11 posted on 08/05/2016 10:21:03 AM PDT by Red Steel
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all he said is he has not seen the video, right? I dont get the “backed off” and “a false claim” as journalisticly accurate.


12 posted on 08/05/2016 10:21:08 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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“He hasn’t seen it” is not the same as “It doesn’t exist”, apparently.


13 posted on 08/05/2016 10:22:03 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: fision

It would not have mattered WHO the candidate was, this is what was going to happen.

Our biggest problem is ourselves.

We, who allow the obvious propaganda campaign to thrive with no angry and outraged pushback.

I see no fight back and that is why we will lose. It won’t be Trump that lost. It will be WE who lost it.


14 posted on 08/05/2016 10:22:16 AM PDT by dforest
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The establishment struck back and now he can do no right. The meme is set. First impressions and all that. They just control too much to overcome in this manner. A very bleak day is arising.


15 posted on 08/05/2016 10:23:31 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Red Badger

The version I heard this morning was that Trump mistook the plane carrying the hostages with the plane carrying the cash.

To the media, that’s a big deal, but Obama paying a ransom to our enemy warrants just a shrug of the shoulders from them.


16 posted on 08/05/2016 10:23:47 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Hell No, DNC, We Won't Vote For Hillary!)
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CNN "Trump backs off false Iran video claim"

CNN "Hillary backs off true FBI investigation claim"

When will we see this?

17 posted on 08/05/2016 10:25:39 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: fision

Trump needs to fire whoever told him to back off.


18 posted on 08/05/2016 10:25:44 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: dforest

Exactly. Need to call out the media lies - constantly!!
And not only the Trump campaign, but everyone, all the time. On FB, twitter, comment pages on blogs, newspapers, etc. Call the cable TV stations - make them worried. One call each from the people who attend Trump’s rallies would be enough to make them really worried.


19 posted on 08/05/2016 10:26:17 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: fision
Here’s The Iranian Video Of “Hostages for Pallets of Money” CNN and Washington Post Claim Doesn’t Exist…

Of course, the video is not the issue any more than it was in Benghazi. There is no doubt the Obama administration paid a ransom to Iran to get back four hostages. You would have to be a fool to believe otherwise.

20 posted on 08/05/2016 10:26:18 AM PDT by kabar
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