Posted on 01/03/2018 6:12:42 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said during a CNN appearance Tuesday it was “reprehensible” and “disturbing” for President Trump to refer to the Justice Department as the “deep state.”
Clapper said, “I think it’s reprehensible to use that phraseology. I guess who that refers to is the career civil servants who are patriots dedicated to the country. I’d point out that when you take the oath of office as a civil servant you swear to uphold the Constitution.”
He continued, “It doesn’t say anything about pledging loyalty to this president or any other and if not doing so is what constitutes being part of the ‘Deep State,’ I think that represents a fundamental misunderstanding of what this country is all about and what this government is all about and I find that characterization disturbing.”
This is in reference to President Trump tweeting Tuesday morning:
Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump
Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others 7:48 AM - Jan 2, 2018
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Of course Clapper will say that. He’s as Deep State as they come!
He’s on the Dark Side as much as Obama himself......
Clapper...you and your minions have no loyalty to the constitution. If you did, you would have investigated the Kenyan and verified his status.
Further, you and your minions would have made certain that Hillary Clinton faced criminal charges for her reckless handling of classified information, her criminal intended use of a private email server to skirt government records laws.
Of course he has no problem with the FBI fabricating evidence
What about the moniker “Foggy Bottom” does Clapper not get?
It’s reprehensible that James “The Clap” Clapper isn’t in prison along with his muzzie fellow traveler John Brennan.
Do you get Clapper’s drift? He is describing the FBI/DOJ/Intel community traitor’s mindset exactly. As one of the traitors so aptly said,it was his job to save the country from the newly elected President. The arrogance of these ideologues is breathtaking and Clapper and Brennan are at the pinnacle of this audacity.
Of all things you’d think demons would/could get hateful about, calling them by their name sure torques them.
Most of the rank and file civil servants I had to “work” with/for were oxygen thieves intermixed with lots of incompetence. Maybe 20% were really hard workers.
As at the SES level as shown by the support given to Trump (e.g., Yates), what a collection of politicized scumbags. Using the term “Deep State” is kind.
It never fails to amaze me how all of these people (Clapper, Rice, Comey, Obama, Clinton, et al) mouth off and criticize anybody they disagree with or whose sharp words (Trump tweets) hit too close to home, with their holier-than-thou lecturing. They themselves are Guilty (capital ‘G’) of doing what they suddenly find so repugnant, such as lying, violating the Constitution, trying to destroy the country, setting the ME On fire, etc. and they act as if they’re totally oblivious to their own crimes.
Clapper has zero credibility - he should be in trouble for lying to Congress at a minimum.
qanon versus clapper
Clapper should be in prison for the rest of his treasonous sorry life.....................
.....said a member of the DEEP STATE......
Indeed violated oath they should be facing charges.
There's the rub, a lot of them aren't
I’d point out that when you take the oath of office as a civil servant you swear to uphold the Constitution.
Tell it to Obama, Hillary, Comey, etc.
He is one bitter piece of work.
The lying, POS, Mr. Deep State himself, says “Nothing to see here, go about your business.”
Does anyone know if Clapper was under oath when he told the whopper about NOT purposely collecting information from all Americans before the governmental committee. BTW, did anyone else notice that he was fidgeting just like the psychologist at Kris Kringle’s trial in “Miracle on 34th Street?”
It is now beyond any doubt that Obama (and probably every pol at least since Bill Clinton) has politicized every major agency in Washington with moles to make certain that no elected officials dare “rock the boat.”
But they didn’t expect President Trump. And they’re fighting back, not only against POTUS Trump, but against the American People. We now see that they believe that the government is theirs, and ignore the quote by President Lincoln, about who the government is supposed to serve, and who is supposed to run it.
Mark
“it was ‘reprehensible’ and ‘disturbing for President Trump to refer to the Justice Department as the ‘deep state.’”
Clapper is correct. What and his cronies were/are involved in is much worse than “deep state”. Trump just hasn’t honed in on the correct word or phrase yet. I’m sure it’ll come to him.
Clap on. Clap off.
The clapper!
Yeah, can’t be calling people out can we? Unlike other Republicans, Trump fights back. Deal with it.
So long as our Congress and DOJ are unwilling to "put down" aka, "prosecute and jail" traitorous, criminal and corrupt: political critters, media and the celebrity class - we'll continue to have Gowdy and Kabuki theater to no end.
Wake me up when an elite demoncrap, progressive-communist is put in jail and/or put to death for treason. Until then, it's all theater.
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