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Clinton blames FBI director for presidential election loss
AP ^ | Nov. 12, 2016 6:14 PM EST | LISA LERER

Posted on 11/12/2016 4:59:14 PM PST by Dave346

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is blaming the FBI's decision to revive its examination of her email accounts for her devastating defeat in the presidential election.

On a call Saturday with top campaign donors, Clinton said her campaign was winning until FBI director James Comey sent a letter to Congress on Oct. 28 announcing that the FBI had uncovered emails possibly related to its earlier probe into her use of a private server as secretary of state. The new examination was sparked by an unrelated investigation into former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of her top aides.

Clinton told the donors that her campaign was leading by large margins in nearly every battleground state and was tied in Arizona, a traditionally Republican stronghold, until Comey released his letter.

Comey told lawmakers the Sunday before the election that the bureau had found no evidence to warrant criminal charges. His "all clear" message only served to further motivate Trump supporters, Clinton told donors on the call.

In the nine days between Comey's initial statement and his "all clear" announcement, nearly 24 million people cast early ballots. That was roughly 18 percent of the expected total votes for president.

While Clinton accepted some blame of her loss, said donors who listened to her call, she made little mention of the other factors driving Trump's victory: A desire for change by voters, possible sexism, the difficulty of a political party winning a third White House term, her campaign's all-but-dismissal of white working class voters and flaws within her own message.

(Excerpt) Read more at elections.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; emails; fbi; hillaryfbi; hillarylost; notagain
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To: Dave346

Hillary (allegedly) shared classified information with the wife of an (alleged) pedophile, and she did it on a nonsecure email.

Hillary’s Clinton Family Foundation (allegedly) misused charitable contributions for her personal benefit, including (allegedly) paying for her daughter’s wedding.

Hillary systematically lied about almost everything in her life, presenting a public position to her voters and a private position to her donors, neither of which ever matched her actual hidden position.

Hillary’s people (allegedly with her knowledge) hired thugs to initiate violence at Trump rallies and commit vote fraud.

Hillary’s long-time friend/employee Donna Brazile (allegedly) gave Hillary the debate questions in advance, for the primaries and the general election debates.

Hillary’s team even lied about her departure from the 9/11 ceremonies this year, claiming she was overheated . . . until the video came out.

But it’s FBI Director Comey’s fault that Hillary lost, because his letter to Congress, mentioning just one of her horrible and disqualifying actions, was made public?


21 posted on 11/12/2016 5:09:55 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Teacher317

And based on these numbers, voter turnout as a percentage of eligible voters must really have dropped.

And who can the liberals blame for that? If they can’t get their own people to go vote, how is the FBI director, or anyone else, to blame for that????


22 posted on 11/12/2016 5:10:03 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Reagan79
maybe you shouldn’t have put an illegal server in your bathroom

Or run a RICO money laundering operation as a charity.

How long could this list get?

23 posted on 11/12/2016 5:10:33 PM PST by FatherofFive (No Christian should vote for the candidate who supports abortion.)
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To: Dave346

She was a totally unappealing candidate. She spent very little time actually trying to win votes. She acted as though it was in the bag from the beginning.

Add that with her criminal behavior over the years and she was a hot mess.


24 posted on 11/12/2016 5:10:38 PM PST by dforest
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To: dynachrome

Not true, but Comey was out of a job no matter who won. He tried to straddle the fence so hard that he de-balled himself.


Ouch!!! that’s got to hurt a man....................


25 posted on 11/12/2016 5:10:46 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dave346

Comey may have “cost” her the election, but he also kept her sorry ass out of prison, and for that she should be kissing his arse!


26 posted on 11/12/2016 5:10:57 PM PST by HenpeckedCon
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To: Teacher317

Probably 5 million bernie-bots stayed home?


27 posted on 11/12/2016 5:11:29 PM PST by Newtoidaho (Sprinkles are for winners.)
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To: Dave346

Bush is happy they finally found someone else to blame for stuff


28 posted on 11/12/2016 5:12:23 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Paladin2
""It’s pretty extraordinary because Secretary Clinton has an extraordinary email arrangement with herself,” Gowdy said. “And she’s the author of her own destiny. Everything that has happened since then, it is the natural probable consequence of deciding you’re going to have a rogue email system. So, I understand she’s upset and I understand she doesn’t like the timing but she need not look further than herself.”"
10/28/2016 - REP. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.)

29 posted on 11/12/2016 5:13:19 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (ELITE IMMUNITY: how the puppetmasters / puppets continue to function)
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To: Dave346

Hillary Clinton is as much a narcissist, with as much an ego, as Barack M-M-M Hussein Obama.

If she did NOT any of the things that are on record, that she DID do, things would have different possibilities.

But, she DID do all that is recorded of her doings!!!

She buggered herself!


30 posted on 11/12/2016 5:14:18 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Dave346

Clinton blames FBI director for presidential election loss


And she is correct - if it were not for Comey’s press conference in July - Hillary Clinton would have been elected President on Tuesday.


31 posted on 11/12/2016 5:16:03 PM PST by rdcbn ("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
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To: Dave346

Bottom line, in spite of the RATS best efforts to steal this election, they failed.

Tough noogies, dems.


32 posted on 11/12/2016 5:16:07 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (November 8, 2016..... Donald Trump schlongs Hillary Clinton. 306 Electoral Votes)
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To: Teacher317

That explains the miserable attendance at her rallies...the voters from her own party just couldn’t stand her.


33 posted on 11/12/2016 5:16:53 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: realcleanguy

Not too smart a move there, Hillster, them FBI guys gonna be doing the investigation on your sorry butt.


34 posted on 11/12/2016 5:16:55 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: Dave346
Huma must have some really juicy dirt on Hillary, so it's Comey's head on the block rather than Huma and/or Carlos.

What does it say, though, to blame the cop who caught you? It says you have no guilt, take no responsibility, no contrition. It was not a crime - You were entitled and would do it again, given the chance.

35 posted on 11/12/2016 5:18:28 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Dave346
All Hillary has to do to find out who cost her the election is to take a quick look into this:


37 posted on 11/12/2016 5:21:39 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: Dave346

I guess Trump should do Hillairy a favor and fire him.


38 posted on 11/12/2016 5:23:05 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: Dave346

What boggles my mind is the fact that the pundits, the MSM, and the pollsters completely took off the table the fact that Hillary is a CRIMINAL, a MURDERER, a LIAR, and a GRIFTER. Throughout the campaign up to and including Tuesday night, everyone treated her as though she were a typical candidate without factoring in her atrocious character and bad acts.

Fortunately, the voters were paying attention.


39 posted on 11/12/2016 5:24:59 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Rev. Jeffress re Trump: "He may not be like us, but he likes us.")
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To: DeepInTheHeartOfTexas
She blames him. We thank him.

Thank Comey?

Are you kidding? He deserves a lot of blame. Hillary should have been behind bars on November 8.

Comey gave her two passes. The only reason she was still on the ballot was because Comey let her walk. I'll never trust him again or thank him for anything.

40 posted on 11/12/2016 5:26:20 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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