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Trump says Ratcliffe is no longer his pick for director of national intelligence
CNN ^ | 8/2/2019 | Allie Malloy and Kaitlan Collins

Posted on 08/02/2019 11:44:19 AM PDT by Kevin C

President Donald Trump says Rep. John Ratcliffe will no longer be nominated as director of national intelligence to replace Dan Coats. "Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people John has therefore decided to stay in Congress where he has done such an outstanding job representing the people of Texas, and our Country. I will be announcing my nomination for DNI shortly." Trump privately voiced concern in recent days about Ratcliffe's ability to be confirmed as the next director of national intelligence, according to two people who spoke with him. Trump had been assured by allies before selecting Ratcliffe that he would be an easy pick, and so the president was surprised when Ratcliffe started facing issues from senators who had their own concerns.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alliemalloy; chicagocell; clintonnonnews; cnn; dancoats; dni; fitzgerald; hlf; holyland; johnratcliffe; kaitlancollins; nevertrumpersdelight; ratcliffe; texas; trump; twitter
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To: Fury

Please no. Anyone who meets with the FBI as he did without an attorney present has zero common sense...


He was sitting in his White House office and was told by the McCabe no attorney was necessary. Nobody would be thinking perjury trap in those circumstances at that time.


181 posted on 08/02/2019 9:38:24 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: rlmorel; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Thanks rlmorel.

182 posted on 08/02/2019 11:31:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Kevin C

The swamp must have felt genuinely threatened, which means he would’ve been the right pick. Hope Trump doesn’t go with a swamp approved choice. This is a critical appointment.


183 posted on 08/03/2019 12:40:57 AM PDT by robel
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To: JonPreston
I thought the Deep State was on the run?

No, that's just Conservative Porn.


184 posted on 08/03/2019 1:28:07 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: lodi90
Trump isn’t going to be allowed to pick any non Deep Stater to a Senate confirmable position of importance.

He already has, multiple times.

Even Q and the folks on Q threads worldwide now acknowledge that Wray at FBI was a "sleeper" for the Deep State. Trump now has to find a way to get rid of him.

Wray is fighting back though about being exposed:

Trump’s Encouraging QAnon May Result in Violence—Just ask the FBI

Dan Coates as DNI was obviously a Deep State traitor. Look where that got us.


185 posted on 08/03/2019 1:36:37 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: lodi90

Lodi - I misunderstood your post. Sorry. You and I both agree that Trump has picked bad folks because he was prodded to do so.


186 posted on 08/03/2019 1:38:46 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: lodi90
He was sitting in his White House office and was told by the McCabe no attorney was necessary. Nobody would be thinking perjury trap in those circumstances at that time.

And General Flynn was simply working with the FBI to facilitate security clearances for members of the new Trump Administration. This should have been simply a routine meeting, not a criminal entrapment scheme of a manufactured crime. But that's what it was.

People should remember: if the current traitors in our government can do that to a 3-star General American hero, they can do it to you. To your loved ones. Very, very easily.

The man has lost his home in northern Virginia, his savings, and his reputation.

187 posted on 08/03/2019 1:42:27 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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WTF is TRUMP doing??!!!

Was Ratcliffe uncomfirmable?? WTF are the Senators that would say NO???!!!!!

188 posted on 08/03/2019 1:49:45 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: FreeReign
Somebody as anti-deep State as Radcliffe will get the same treatment as Radcliffe.

Yup.

189 posted on 08/03/2019 1:56:51 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Kevin C

First of all, saying the press is against him is BS.

The press is against everybody who isn’t a socialist.

I think President Trump has something else in mind for Ratcliffe. Maybe if he got rid of that MORON, who looks like Eddie Albert and acts like a tarantula, Christopher Wray, he could be head of FBI.
Thank God Coats is on his way out. Long overdue


190 posted on 08/03/2019 1:57:41 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: KavMan
WTF is TRUMP doing??!!! Was Ratcliffe uncomfirmable??

He was uncomfirmable. Yes. Not because he had any skeletons in closet, but because the guilty traitors in the Senate (our GOP "brothers and sisters") told Trump they would never confirm Ratcliffe.

191 posted on 08/03/2019 2:04:26 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: 9YearLurker

Probably knows things we don’t and the pushback by the swamp ain’t the real/only reason.


192 posted on 08/03/2019 2:46:58 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Maris Crane
The very fact that Christopher Wray is the head of the FBI is evidence that President Trump makes mistakes sometimes. Big ones. That wasn't a 5th dimension chess move. It was a huge blunder.


193 posted on 08/03/2019 2:59:52 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot
Conservative Porn

I'm stealing this phrase!

194 posted on 08/03/2019 3:25:23 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: SkyPilot
Wray = huge blunder

How on earth can anyone delude themselves into believing that this Swamper is working behind the scenes with Sessions and others to restore America?

Delusional stuff.

195 posted on 08/03/2019 3:28:09 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Someone else here coined it.


196 posted on 08/03/2019 3:42:50 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot
Wray Nose


197 posted on 08/03/2019 3:47:39 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: SkyPilot

Look at it this way:

If President Trump had not appointed Creepy Wray, we would not have known what a corrupt individual he is.
He would have been in hiding to cause future damage.

He outed the rat!


198 posted on 08/03/2019 5:23:15 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: SkyPilot

Sky, please don’t ever send me such an ugly picture again.

The first time I saw him in the confirmation hearing, I saw what I thought was a sneaky, dishonest person.

Next time, send me a picture of SkyPilot. HaHa,


199 posted on 08/03/2019 5:26:59 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: SaxxonWoods
Man, how very un-astute of you. Trump's election has revealed that the Deep State must be scrutinized at every level and position.

Don't be a sheeple.

200 posted on 08/03/2019 5:33:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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