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NBC Reporter: I Don't Know What You Mean When Obama Promised More Flexibility To Putin
Townhall.com ^ | February 21, 2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 02/21/2017 11:04:01 AM PST by jazusamo

NBC reporter Katy Tur didn’t know what a Republican congressman was referring to when he said that Obama told Putin that he would have more flexibility after the conclusion of the 2012 election. Tur was asking Rep. Francis Rooney about the number of advisers within the Trump White House that she contends have a friendlier attitude towards Russia. Alex Griswold of Mediaite clipped the exchange :

NBC's Katy Tur Doesn't Remember Obama Promising Putin 'Flexibility'

Tur pressed Florida Representative Francis Rooney about the number of Donald Trump advisors with close tie to Russia. “I see a lot of folks within Donald Trump’s administration who have a friendlier view of Russia than maybe past administrations did,” she noted.

“Well, I think it was Obama that leaned over to Putin and said, ‘I’ll have a little more flexibility to give you what you want after the re-election,’” Rooney responded.

Tur paused for a moment. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re referring to, Congressman,” she said.

Granted, Rooney’s account is not accurate. As Griswold noted, Obama told then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after the election concerning talks over missile defense.

Yet, Obama might as well have told Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, since it’s been alleged tat he was the one pulling the strings during the Medvedev presidency. Moreover, this hot mic moment came in late March of 2012 . Earlier in the month, the Russian 2012 election ended with Putin being elected president again. Putin and Medvedev have considered their respective governing roles as the “tandem,” and The Washington Post noted that Medvedev admitted to stepping aside in the 2012 election so that Putin could become president again . Regardless, even with the names mixed up, Tur should have known this.

Obama tells Medvedev he will have "more flexibility" after election

If Tur doesn’t ring any bells, she was the reporter who was irritated that President Trump called on our own Katie Pavlich during his press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In fact, the president only called on conservative outlets during the presser, which drove the liberal media insane .


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: katytur; nbc; obama; putin; russia; trump
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Hilarious...Katy Tur wasted no time ending the interview when she realized Rep. Rooney nailed her.
1 posted on 02/21/2017 11:04:01 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Tur stepped on the Control-LEFT secret decoder ring.


2 posted on 02/21/2017 11:05:47 AM PST by ptsal
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To: jazusamo

Katy is in over her head. She needs to look for a minimum wage job.


3 posted on 02/21/2017 11:06:13 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: jazusamo
Tur paused for a moment. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re referring to, Congressman,” she said.

America is at war with Russia. American has always been at war with Russia. Obama never said he'd be more flexible with Russia. Obama has always opposed Russia.

4 posted on 02/21/2017 11:06:47 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Tur paused for a moment. “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re referring to, Congressman,” she said.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been given an approved response to that factual statement, Congressman."

5 posted on 02/21/2017 11:06:57 AM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: jazusamo

She only knows what’s in the daily talking points memo!


6 posted on 02/21/2017 11:07:33 AM PST by FES0844 (G)
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To: jazusamo
New nickname for Katy:

Memory Hole.

7 posted on 02/21/2017 11:07:33 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: jazusamo

That should happen more often.


8 posted on 02/21/2017 11:07:43 AM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: jazusamo

heh heh

Almost everyone in the MSM is a prostitute with a talent for reading a teleprompter. Brains are a disqualifier.


9 posted on 02/21/2017 11:08:46 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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TrumpTracker ‏@DaveNYviii Sean Spicer Press Briefing soon. Who is next to be #SPICED?



10 posted on 02/21/2017 11:10:38 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: jazusamo
Katy isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer


11 posted on 02/21/2017 11:13:00 AM PST by Emergencyawesome
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Go, President Trump!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

12 posted on 02/21/2017 11:15:15 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The high point of Katy’s media career was when she was doing the nasty with Keith Olberdork..... and that was a very very low low point.... it’s been downhill for her ever since.


13 posted on 02/21/2017 11:18:15 AM PST by Enchante (Libtards are enemies of true civilization!)
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To: jazusamo

When did she drop the ‘d’ from her last name?.............


14 posted on 02/21/2017 11:19:37 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: ZOOKER

Which is why the global state will insist on the internet being deluged with sympathetic web sites that divert search requests away from facts it finds inconvenient.


15 posted on 02/21/2017 11:27:11 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: jazusamo

"Katy Tur with her boyfriend, Keith Olbermann (left)..."

16 posted on 02/21/2017 11:28:05 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Emergencyawesome

Katy Tur is only 33—much too young for dementia.

But she was a weather reporter for much of her career:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Tur

And her assignment as a campaign/political reporter was unplanned:

http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/

So she’s probably working on things that are over her head!

Besides that, she has a “transgender” father. Not so good!


17 posted on 02/21/2017 11:29:03 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ZOOKER

Or if not sympathetic then unrelated content which will display as results to undesirable search terms


18 posted on 02/21/2017 11:29:21 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: RummyChick

LOL


19 posted on 02/21/2017 11:30:12 AM PST by simpson96
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Katy is pretty clueless about everything....resume enhancer for leftist demonrats.


20 posted on 02/21/2017 11:30:47 AM PST by TnTnTn
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