Posted on 12/21/2019 1:21:28 PM PST by Kaslin
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.
The dems & lame stream media have sold this so hard that there are actually true believers out there that think that Russia and Putin are pulling the strings beats the $hit out of me how
Norma Torres (D-CA) has a thing for animals....and not in the usual way.
Its just a feeling I have.
mental illness on display... and another reason why we need the wall and an immigration moratorium NOW.
These people are incredibly stupid. No one pushes a New York City commercial real estate developer around. Not even the mob.
Norma Torres (D-CA) has a thing for animals....and not in the usual way.
Its just a feeling I have.
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Yes, and I think that one or more of the animals or their handlers have some compromising material on her. How else to explain her constant parroting of the PETA line.
They are saying that powers hostile to the U.S. want to see the U.S. enjoying:
* Most booming economy perhaps ever
* Stock Market value increasing by 67% in 3 years
* Lowest unemployment rate in 50 years
* Lowest minority unemployment rate EVER
* Energy Independence for the first time in 70 years
* Number One energy exporter in the world
* Largest ever migration of jobs and factories into the country
* Annual GDP growth of 3% or greater
* Renegotiation of trade treaties to better represent American interests
* A revitalized, refurbished military
* More secure borders
All of the above are the stated policy objectives of Donald Trump. All of them have been implemented, most with phenomenal success, even in the face of fierce, vitriolic, hateful opposition.
In order to promote the lie that Donald Trump is an asset for powers that are hostile to the United States, you must be at least one of the following:
* a cynical reprobate,
* brainwashed by cynical reprobates,
* or too stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Why didnt anyone ask Dum Dum if she thought Putin had any “ dirt’ on Hillary....since they got to read a lot of her classified State Dept cables
Any reason you didn’t put the full headline in?
Is there a more flagrantly idiotic being on the face of the earth than a Democrat Latina Congress member?
Debra Wasserman Schultz, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Jerry Nadler...
This woman needs to be investigated.
“The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; it’s the seriousness of the charge that matters.”
Isn’t it strange that the Hispanic, Muslim and most of the black members of Congress want to change this Republic into something that would favor their constituents...or is it strange?
Vlad has dirt on Trump. That is why Trump invests so much in the US armed forces, stopped the hate against the police, increaded the US industrial base and made America great again...
“”Putin was able to influence not just through sort of Russian meddling and trying to persuade voters or Americans, “”
Boy - I don’t know about anyone else and don’t tell this kook this but Putin never contacted me to get me to vote for Trump. Did I miss his phone call?
Just exactly what DID Putin do to influence our elections? Anyone have any solid evidence? Or didn’t dems learn the meaning of that word?
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