Posted on 05/25/2017 5:44:43 PM PDT by Kaslin
On Thursday’s The View, guest Donald Rumsfeld wouldn’t take the bait when hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin repeatedly pressured the former Secretary of Defense to sentence Donald Trump to impeachment. “Why would you want to engage in hypotheticals?” Rumsfeld pointedly asked the hosts, after they aggressively tried to get Rumsfeld to make a legal judgement on the sitting president.
Midway through the show, the hosts welcomed the former Secretary of State under presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, and tried to tie his experience going through Watergate to the current Russia-White House investigation. Host Joy Behar listed what she saw as the similarities between the two investigations and prodded Rumsfeld to agree. But he dismissed Behar’s paranoid comparison, calling it “a stretch.”
JOY BEHAR: I see some similarities right now going on. There was a break-in in the Watergate complex. In this case, there was a Russian break-in on the internet. Similar, no? There are other things I have here. There are many similarities. He fired, what’s his name? He fired Archibald Cox, the lead investigator. Trump fired his lead investigator, Comey.
DONALD RUMSFELD: I think drawing those -- suggesting that we're at a point that approximates Watergate I think is a stretch.
BEHAR: Don, I really believe this is worse. The Russian interference---We have a foreign nation interfering with our election. You don't think that's unbelievably sad for this country?
BILA: That’s scary.
At this point, host and lawyer Hostin essentially cross-examined Rumsfeld, repeatedly asking him to confirm that Trump should be impeached, (if there was collusion with Russia.)
The View: Behar, Hostin Pressure Rumsfeld to Sentence Trump to Impeachment
Rumsfeld refused to go into hypotheticals with Hostin, asking: “Why would I want to ‘if’ that? Why would you want to engage in hypotheticals?” He then called out the pair for “jumping to conclusions.”
HOSTIN: There is an investigation going on. If he is found to have coll--
RUMSFELD: And we’ll find out what the investigation proves but we don't know the answer.
HOSTIN: If it's true, should he be impeached?
RUMSFELD: If it’s true? What is ‘it?’
HOSTIN: If his administration colluded with the Russians to win this election should he be impeached?
RUMSFELD: I haven’t seen any evidence that they have colluded--
BEHAR: If if if!!
HOSTIN: Hypothetically!
RUMSFELD: Why would I want to ‘if’ that?
HOSTIN: Hypothetically, Secretary.
RUMSFELD: Why would you want to engage in hypotheticals?
HOSTIN: Because it could become reality.
RUMSFELD: This man was elected President of the United States. There is an investigation on the subject you have cited, which is perfectly appropriate. Every administration has investigations.
HOSTIN: And a special prosecutor.
RUMSFELD: Nothing has been concluded, but I have a sense you may be jumping to conclusions.
HOSTIN: But it's a hypothesis.
BEHAR: But she’s not jumping to conclusions when she is it is a fact that the Russians interfered in the election. We know that for a fact.
Rumsfeld brought up that Russia and other countries have attempted to interfere in our elections many times before, saying this was nothing groundbreaking. Behar snarked, “So it’s okay then?”
RUMSFELD: Do we think other countries haven't had -- messed around in our country before? Lots of countries are interested in making mischief in our country.
BEHAR: So it's okay then?
RUMSFELD: No, it's not okay.
BEHAR: Supposedly, these are enemies of the United States.
Before cutting to commercial, Rumsfeld blasted the leading questions coming from Hostin and Behar, stating they were “taking a leap” for confusing attempted interference and collusion with the White House:
RUMSFELD: But you're taking a leap from another country horsing around in our business and collusion. And there is an enormous difference.
HOSTIN: If there is collusion, isn't that an impeachable offense?
[cross-talk]
RUMSFELD: Well---if there’s anything-- [raising hands] I mean, ‘if if if?’
These “girls” are disgusting. They represent the opposition of womanhood, and have no clue the damage they are doing to the dignity and grace of true feminine power.
They have tossed out the cradle, the hearth, and the safe sanctuary of a well- kept home for a mess of pottage. I have no idea why anyone watches them, or why advertisers buy time during their show.
Until we start shunning these who have sold their souls for cheap attention, and start seriously praying for an intervention that they might be saved, we can only blame ourselves for tolerating such verbal garbage on our airwaves.
I never watch them, and never will.
No.
What exactly is a Russian break-in on the internet?
Dumb asses - Rummy should known better to entertain these twits.....
Donald Rumsfeld is the only prominent person from the old guard who stated that Trump was the better choice over Hillary, and he was voting for him. He loves America.
They’re confusing Russians with Seth Rich.
That's easy. Up.
I think they are through the looking glass: Execution first, trial later.
Chinese owned B.Clinton. Wonder how dumb-ass Joy feels about that?
Maybe the Russians interfered by messing with the traffic light systems in the big cities. All you have to do is hack their control systems to prevent the big Democrat voter buses from getting to the polls on time. Another way is to have Russians stop their cars on the interstates to prevent the DemonRATs in voter buses from going from state to state, voting for the dead voters. I bet the DemonRATs are mad as hell about that!
Trump should rotate Rumsfeld in for press conferences, it’d drive the MSM nuts.
I love this “collusion” word being regurgitated over and over by these empty headed Liberals.
They have no idea what it even means. They must think Candidate Trump had access to the DNC Server and sent his good buddy Putin an Email with the Password.
Of course of anyone noticed, Businessman Trump did not use a Computer and he never sent out Emails, his Assistant did.
He may have a had a Taco Salad on his Desk on Cinco de Mayo, but there wasn’t a Computer sitting there.
I remember President Obama colluding with the Russians when he told the Russian President to let Vladimir know he would be more flexible regarding reducing our Nuclear Arsenal after his 2012 Reelection.
It was all on Video and not a peep from anyone, Democrat or Republican. He should have been Impeached for that alone.
I LOVE Rumsfeld!! Did Cheney not vote for Trump over Hillary??
One of his responses should have been “ we know Obama tried to influence foreign elections”. When one of these talking heads gives that responses to one of these propagandists, that will be a “drop the mike” moment.
No only does logic go out the window, it’s forced out. It’s a dangerous cult and should be shut down before anyone else gets brainwashed. Harmless, well-meaning daytime TV, my ass!
I don’t know, but he said Russia interfered with the Election.
NO ONE on our side is on the alphabet LSM, SCREAMING about Obammie sending people AND FUNDING them to Israel to interfere in the election of BB in Israel NOT A PEEP from ANYONE on our side CRICKETS !!!!
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