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Former Clinton spokesman: New developments ‘call into question the legitimacy’ of Trump’s win
Hotair ^ | 01/14/2017 | Brian Fallon

Posted on 01/14/2017 4:52:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind

A former spokesman for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is now openly questioning the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s victory.

Brian Fallon appeared on CNN Friday morning and was asked to respond to a couple tweets sent out by Donald Trump. He replied, “Well, I think those tweets are just the latest indication that Donald Trump is someone who is very insecure in his victory, and I understand why. Every day there are new developments — new shoes dropping, so to speak — that call into question the legitimacy of his win.” Fallon continued, “I think Donald Trump is just trying to cling to whatever legitimacy still is in effect here.”

The tweets Fallon was responding to were posted Friday morning by Trump:

What are Hillary Clinton's people complaining about with respect to the F.B.I. Based on the information they had she should never…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2017

have been allowed to run – guilty as hell. They were VERY nice to her. She lost because she campaigned in the wrong states – no enthusiasm!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2017

Trump was responding to what Politico described as “a wave of former Clinton aides who took to network television screens Thursday….” The Clinton aides were eager to respond to the announcement that the Inspector General for the Department of Justice was going to investigate the behavior of the FBI prior to the election. As I noted yesterday, the investigation is not focused solely on the letter sent by Jim Comey prior to the election, but that is what the Clinton folks wanted to discuss. Brian Fallon called in to MSNBC Thursday night and said, “if this election had been held 10 days earlier, prior to the sending of Jim Comey’s letter, Hillary Clinton would be the 45th President of the United States.”

So one day after saying Clinton would have won, Fallon is going well beyond that and saying Trump’s win is illegitimate. That seems like exactly the sort of thing Democrats feared the Trump camp would do after Hillary won the election (they didn’t have much doubt about the outcome at the time). In fact, here’s pre-election Brian Fallon ridiculing Trump’s “rigged” election talk as “dangerous” and a “threat to democracy”:

Even for a reflexive conspiracy theorist like Trump, this is pathetic. It's dangerous, too.https://t.co/hcd4kQ4VS9

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 2, 2016

So if Trump wins, he will put his opponent in jail.
If he loses the system is rigged.
Either way, he is a threat to democracy.

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 10, 2016

Clearly there is a lot of bad blood in the Clinton camp. We saw some of it during a gathering at the Kennedy School of Government in which former Clinton communication director Jennifer Palmieri lashed out at Kellyanne Conway saying, “I would rather lose than win the way you guys did.” But the election really is over. The recounts are over. The failed attempt to rally faithless electors organized by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter is over. As Joe Biden said when Democrats tried to interrupt the certification of the vote, “It is over.”

So what is the goal here? What does the Clinton-camp-in-exile hope to accomplish with this talk? It’s pretty hard to look at what is doing and not see partisans, still fuming over an unexpected loss, looking for some payback. That doesn’t mean there are no reasons to investigate what Russia (or the FBI) did. All of that is taking place without Brian Fallon’s help. What he and the rest of the Clinton camp are doing right now is setting a very bad precedent.

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”I think Donald Trump is just trying to cling to whatever legitimacy still is in effect here.”


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KEYWORDS: brianfallon; elections; hillary; hohum; trump; trumptransition; yadayadayada; yawn
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To: shhrubbery!

Dont forget Indonesia doesn’t allow dual citizenship, he was switched by Sotero his father and he went to pakistan with his lover / roommate at a time, 1980 when Americans were not allowed entry.


41 posted on 01/14/2017 6:23:15 PM PST by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: bdfromlv

He had to have been using his legal Indonesian passport. And that is what he used to register as a foreign student at his 1st college.


42 posted on 01/14/2017 6:28:57 PM PST by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Lord Castlereagh

ALEX JONES’ EMERGENCY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO DETER MARTIAL LAW
Globalists set the stage for attempted coup against Trump
Alex Jones | Infowars.com - JANUARY 14, 2017

http://www.infowars.com/alex-jones-emergency-message-to-president-donald-trump-to-deter-martial-law/


43 posted on 01/14/2017 6:37:20 PM PST by micha
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To: SeekAndFind

These people have absolutely no shame. It was practically the end of democracy when Trump would not commit to accepting the election results in advance no matter what possible cheating was done, but once the election was won by Trump fair and square, they have not ceased questioning the legitimacy of his win.


44 posted on 01/14/2017 6:48:45 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: GreyFriar

If a man can get elected with a cut and paste photo shop BC, nobody is ineligible or illegitimate.


45 posted on 01/14/2017 6:52:18 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: SeekAndFind

STOP IT!!! RIGHT NOW!!! President Trump is the new President, Pence is the new Vice President...the election is over, the EC votes are over and the Government has counted the votes and President Trump is the incoming President...

HILLARY LOST BECAUSE SHE IS AN OLD BAG AND LIAR, KILLER, THIEF, AND COMMITTED TREASON, if anyone in the world believes she was ROBBED, think again...

WE WON, YOU LOST, GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


46 posted on 01/14/2017 6:52:52 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Get a real job that creates something of value instead of your job of shoveling bullshit into the public arena...


47 posted on 01/14/2017 7:39:04 PM PST by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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To: SeekAndFind

My whole life I have watched tv and print news all push the same lie - simultaneously. They act like it’s organic but it’s obvious coordination.

Shameful.


48 posted on 01/14/2017 8:15:13 PM PST by Noamie
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To: EinNYC

Lol. Perfect!


49 posted on 01/14/2017 8:34:48 PM PST by The Toll
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To: SeekAndFind

The guy has “runaway bride” eyes.
Deranged, also out of work.


50 posted on 01/14/2017 8:46:59 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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