Posted on 07/17/2018 4:37:30 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Republican lawmakers were left shaking their heads after President Trump’s Monday’s press conference with Russian president Vladimir Putin, in which Trump declined to endorse the American intelligence community’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Senator John McCain (R., Ariz.) called it “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory” and a “tragic mistake” in a statement. “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant,” McCain said. “The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate.”
House speaker Paul Ryan also rebuked Trump, asserting that there is “no question” Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. “The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally,” Ryan said. “There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals.”
Senator Jeff Flake, a frequent critic of the president, called the press conference “shameful” and said Trump “placed blame on the United States for Russian aggression.”
Another outspoken critic, Senator Bob Corker, said he does want America to have a good relationship with Russia but thinks Trump made the U.S. look “more like a pushover.”
Senator Lindsey Graham called the summit a “missed opportunity” to hold Russia responsible for trying to undermine U.S. elections.
Staunch Trump ally Orrin Hatch issued a statement unequivocally blaming Russia for election meddling.
“From the President on down, we must do everything in our power to protect our democracy by securing future elections from foreign influence and interference, regardless of what Vladimir Putin or any other Russian operative says,” the Utah senator said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
“I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. As president, I will always put what is best for America and what is best for the American people.” - President Trump at Helsinki
Where's the National Enquirer when you really need it? Oh, for the era of their grainy secret snapshots smuggled out of hospital rooms, and headlines such as "John McCain's Tragic Last Days"
Imagine when McCain, Ryan, Flake, and Corker are gone. I’m sure Mitt will try to pick up the slack, but it won’t be the same.
“””””House speaker Paul Ryan also rebuked Trump, asserting that there is “no question” Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.”””””””””””””
“Attempted to interfere” is a whole lot different than the endless statements that they did interfere.
“I would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. As president, I will always put what is best for America and what is best for the American people.” - President Trump at Helsinki
All but one of them will be leaving office soon. There is zero chance McCain would have won his next primary and Lindsay may well get primaried too.
‘Has anyone actually seen McCain speak (or Tweet) in the last few months?’
nope; being in an opioid induced stupor does that to you...
Every single one of the establishment Republicans, like the media, missed the point that the summit was a SLAM DUNK to Make America Great Again!
If they could get over their Trump Derangement Syndrome, they will see the great accomplishments of our greatest president.
Their hysteria, stupidity and blindness is not going over well with their home state voters.
So Trump is supposed to praise the US Intel services? Consider the Mueller witch hunt, the totally corrupt DOJ, the FBI, that did all it could to derail his presidency and are still at it. The fact that corrupt Rosenstein released the “bologna sandwich” indictment while Trump was en route to meet Trump was done to throw a monkey wrench into the summit. Trump may have not been at his best at the summit, but he remains the best POTUS since Reagan.
Trump reacting to US lawmakers’ lies about Trump and Russia colluding. It was in NO WAY wrong.
Ryan go soak your head
How you can tell those indictments were fake is because they were not sealed.
If Mueller and Co had evidence and wanted to try Russians he in court wouldnt have made them public until they were in US custody.
Now he was warned them (assuming they exist which they may not) so they will never be in a US court and Mueller will not have to produce any evidence.
It was all a ploy to embarrass Trump knowing that the MSM would characterize indictments as convictions and accusations as facts, which they did.
He didn’t run down the USA. He ran down our corrupt deep state. I could care less what he says about putin in public.
When you learn how the world works please come back and lecture us again. That our president did anything wrong in this matter is a Nevertrump Democrat/ media fantasy. Which are you?
Good God, you are lost. You have zero understanding of what is going on. But go ahead and lap up the talking points of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Your choice.
You are absolutely correct! Our President should have bitch-slapped Putin and ordered to start nuking Russia at once. We could then invade China and any other country that the Dims have a dislike for.
What is it about not being confrontational if you don’t want to escalate the situation.
All solutions seem simple until someone gets punched in the face!
video: Reddit the Donald: Liberal Journalist Glenn Greenwald states the obvious to BBC Reporter “The CIA backed Hilary Clinton and has been in open warfare with the new president.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/8zkelr/liberal_journalist_glenn_greenwald_states_the/
Since when does the intelligence Community equal the United States are these things connected in some way?
The president must appreciate that Russia is not our ally,” Ryan said.
You mean an “ally” like the U.K. whose intel groups conspired with the FBI and the DNC to concoct the Steele Dossier and interfere with the U.S. election? Those kind of allies?
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Grat post. The brainwashing runs deep.
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