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Director Rob Reiner: Russian Meddling Is ‘Greatest Attack’ on Democracy Since Pearl Harbor
Washington Free Beacon ^ | April 24, 2017 3:49 pm | Sam Dorman

Posted on 04/24/2017 1:47:46 PM PDT by drewh

Liberal activist and Hollywood director Rob Reiner slammed President Donald Trump on Monday and suggested that Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election was the "greatest attack" on American democracy since Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

"We've had the greatest attack of this democracy since 1941, and we have to understand that," Reiner said on MSNBC.

Reiner also suggested that American society might collapse given the pressure Russia placed on democratic institutions in the country.

Japan drew the United States into World War II after attacking its naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, killing more than 2,000 Americans soldiers. Reiner did not mention the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed more than 3,000 Americans.

"Great societies last 250, maybe 300 years. Well, we're at that cusp right now. The question is, will our institutions withstand this attack that we've had from a hostile, foreign power?" Reiner asked in an apparent reference to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

He added that Trump wrongly attacked the press by using the term "fake news."

The media, Reiner argued, should not "normalize" Trump's presidency through its reporting. He appeared to warn MSNBC host Chris Jansing that although her job entailed reporting on Trump's presidency, she and others in the media shouldn't treat recent events as "normal."

Reiner criticized elected politicians for not decrying the attacks on American democracy, asking why Republican leaders, in particular, did not take a stand.

"Where are our Republican leaders, elected leaders, standing up and saying ‘we've been attacked here, our democracy is being compromised?'" Reiner asked.

Reiner has spoken out strongly against Trump since the president's emergence on the political stage. Last year, he said Trump's candidacy for president had "unearthed" racists in America.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: blamegame; dopeydems; meathead; robreiner; russianhacking; trumprussia
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To: drewh

Little known fact. Rob Reiner actually Co Starred in the Movie “Young Frankenstein”.

The Character he played was named Abby Normal.


41 posted on 04/24/2017 2:27:35 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: drewh
On a scale of one to ten, the Russian Hack is an eleven.


42 posted on 04/24/2017 2:27:51 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: drewh

Dumber than a rock Reiner.


43 posted on 04/24/2017 2:28:13 PM PDT by mulligan
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To: drewh

I’m flabbergasted. I didn’t know that Reiner knew ANYTHING about Russia, Democracy OR Pearl Harbor.


44 posted on 04/24/2017 2:28:53 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: drewh

Reiner would have never been an actor or celebrity if not for his daddy Carl. He lucked into the meathead role and basically did nothing with the rest of his life except stuff his face with cheeseburgers.


45 posted on 04/24/2017 2:30:36 PM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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To: Stentor

News that Rob son of Carl had choked on his pie would not sadden me.


46 posted on 04/24/2017 2:31:43 PM PDT by Gasshog (When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout!)
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To: drewh

Still “Dead from the neck up”


47 posted on 04/24/2017 2:32:00 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: Kickass Conservative
An even littler-known fact my theory: Emily Rose Marshall (Moldylocks Berkeley chick) is Garry Marshall's illegitimate grandaughter via his son, Scott. Reiner would be her great uncle-in-law.
48 posted on 04/24/2017 2:32:43 PM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: drewh

They spelled ‘dip$h*t’ wrong.

Sorry, but that was my first thought.


49 posted on 04/24/2017 2:32:51 PM PDT by tje
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To: drewh

Meathead just being a Meathead.


50 posted on 04/24/2017 2:33:41 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Meathead...dead from the neck up.


51 posted on 04/24/2017 2:35:20 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: MNJohnnie

When he was a young, minor actor, it was funny and played for laughs. Now that he’s matured in the industry, and become a director, it’s not so funny. He believes his own shtick.


52 posted on 04/24/2017 2:36:58 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: drewh

This is what happens when a moron smokes too much dope.


53 posted on 04/24/2017 2:37:36 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: tje

They just never know when to give up on a losing narrative : The Russians !


54 posted on 04/24/2017 2:38:30 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Pearls Before Swine

He’s probably typical of 80% of Hollywood.

They live in their own little bubble, where they actually BELIEVE this crap.


55 posted on 04/24/2017 2:51:15 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: drewh

Well, everything the Left doesn’t like is already necessary NAZI and Hitlerian. Now I guess anything that happens that is not to the left’s advantage is PearlHarborian.


56 posted on 04/24/2017 2:53:13 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: drewh

Rob Reiner is more of a meathead than Meathead!


57 posted on 04/24/2017 2:53:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: Kickass Conservative

It wasn’t over then and it isn’t over now. It’s over when we say it is. Who is with me?!?!?


58 posted on 04/24/2017 2:56:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: drewh

This pretty much puts the final shovelful of dirt on whole “Cossacks in our closet!” meme.
It has always been a partisan attack and lame excuse by butthurt supporters of her Heinous.


59 posted on 04/24/2017 2:56:34 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: drewh

He cites ZERO factual evidence to prove Russia interfered in the election process.

And, he’s wrong about what he said in re Pearl Harbor; there weren’t even 2000 “soldiers” at the Navy base and Hickam Field. The majority of deaths were Navy personnel.

He’s typical of the Hollywood liberal crowd.


60 posted on 04/24/2017 2:56:55 PM PDT by octex
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