Posted on 03/07/2017 1:53:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Yesterday, CNN host Kate Bolduan had guests Amy Kremer and Paul Begala on to discuss President Trump’s claim that Trump Tower was wiretapped. Trump originally made this claim two days before this segment aired, so this had undoubtedly been hashed out before on CNN. But apparently, we needed another 9-minute long segment on this topic.
Midway through the segment, Paul Begala stepped in to turn the discussion from Trump’s allegations to another claim. “What we need is a credible, independent special prosecutor—two-thirds of the American people want—to get to the bottom of how Russia helped elect Donald Trump. That’s the real story.”
Later, at the end of the segment, Begala is given another chance to lay out his Trump/Russia conspiracy theory. “Here’s what we know,” Begala began. “We know that Russia hacked the Democrats. We know that Putin wanted Hillary to lose because he feared her. We know he favored Donald Trump.
“We know that Donald Trump took remarkably pro-Russian positions, even having his aides change the Republican platform to make it more pro-Russian. We know that Trump aides were in close touch with Russia, CNN says constant contact with Russia. Now we don’t know that there was any collusion but we know all of those things: That the Russians hacked, that they tried to tilt the election to Trump—by the way, Amy, you talked about the American people, they voted overwhelmingly against Donald Trump. Hillary won the popular vote overwhelmingly, but he was able to sneak in with the help of his friend Vladimir Putin.”
Finally, Kate Bolduan steps in. “Don’t even go there! Don’t even question the outcome of the election, Paul! Don’t even go there right now. Stop needling that. Stop poking the bear on that,” she says in apparent frustration. What’s odd is this isn’t really much different from what Begala had said earlier. Maybe Bolduan got a tip in her earpiece telling her to call it out this time?
In any case, it’s great that Bolduan finally said something because she’s right. There is no more evidence for Begala’s claim, i.e. Trump won thanks to his friend Putin, than there is for the claim about Trump Tower which this entire segment was intended to knock down. Given that Democratic partisans are eagerly spreading these bogus claims, it would be nice if CNN could devote more than this one outburst to pointing out they have no basis in fact.
Here’s the end of the clip. If you want the entire 9-minute segment it’s available here.
CNN “Good Cop” “Bad Cop” routine.
because All Elbows point to Hillary not Trump
I don’t bother with vicious sniveling libturds like Begala, and any show that has him on will never be on my TV.
That Begala has an incredibly punchable face!
Common wisdom was that Hillary was going to win easily. No way Russia would have risked angering the likely POTUS to campaign for Trump. No chance.
Backpfeifengesicht
Begala is a swamp monster. He needs draining.
Ummm...exactly how did the Ruskies ‘help’ Trump?
Anyone ever ask that follow up question?
At best, their answer is they (if we believe the Ruskies are behind Wikileaks) exposed Hillary to the American people.
“Because Putin feared Hillary”. I cannot stop laughing at the assertion of that statement
For 8 years we had evidence Obama was propped by Sauds, Pakis and Chicom or deep Soviet State Russians, with Medved backing off and giving Obama space.
This is a cover up on Obama the Manchurian. Americans want to know about Obama.
“Backpfeifengesicht”
Ha!! I love that word! I had forgotten about it!
The reason she does not want Trump presidency questioned is because they do not want to see Obama’s questioned in light of Trump being willing to finish whatever war demoncrap idiots start.
Democrat liar scum.
Even the Clinton News Network is getting fed up with that line of BS?!?!
Ah hah ha ha! Yes! Well, our guest... obviously, our guest hasn't gotten the memo! Ha ha... well... Mr. Begala, it looks like you haven't heard... we're dropping that meme, entirely! Yes! It's gone! We've put that one in the ol' memory hole, Paul, you're behind the curve on that one, boy!
Begala is a long time Clinton liar.
And even that explanation doesn't really hold any water, because Clinton won the popular vote by a pretty sizable margin.
Does anyone think Russia really influenced the election -- but only in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin where Clinton was so sure she'd win that she hardly spent any time campaigning? LOL.
You make good points. The lefties are trying to have things both ways.
If HRC got the popular vote...actually got more votes than any candidate in history other than Barry, then really how much did the Russian Bear hurt her?
And using there 501 vs 499 story line...I imagine she may have swayed a voter or two...if she had even bothered to campaign in Michigan.
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