Posted on 08/15/2018 5:50:01 PM PDT by Libloather
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday called President Trump's decision to revoke ex-CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance a "pathetic attempt to silence" his critics.
"Revoking the security clearance of an honorable patriot is a stunning abuse of power & a pathetic attempt to silence critics," Pelosi tweeted shortly after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the announcement. "This is yet another disturbing attempt by @realdonaldtrump to distract & divert attention from his Admin's #cultureofcorruption, cronyism & incompetence."
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The decision to revoke Brennan's security clearance was quickly met with backlash from former intelligence officials and Democratic lawmakers.
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I hope that this in just the first step towards indictment for his part in the coup attempt.
Pelosi speaking up on this is a pathetic attempt at remaining relevant.
Yeah, well, I haven’t seen Nancy all upset over the security clearance Feinstein’s driver had for a decade and a half so I figure Nancy really just wanted something to say and isn’t even sure what a security clearance is.
Bush’s staff never targeted Obama under color of clearance.
How exactly will this “silence” Brennan?
The left is unhinged.
Personally, I’d hold out for the Nuremberg style hangings.
[Clapper said on CNN that Trump was infringing on Brennan’s First Amendment rights by taking this action.]
Again, how does this stop Brennan from continuing to criticize the POTUS? Clapper is an idiot.
Using his logic, all American citizens should have security clearances then.
Brennan needs no clearance. He is no longer in a decision making role for US intelligence.
His knowledge is classified and his little buddies at state are cut-off from him.
His new job at MSNBC as coffee boy should be very fulfilling for him.
Brennan can criticize Trump to his hearts content
He just cant use classified information to do it
Which Should slow down his efforts to cause sedition and to sabotage foreign policy
Has she been paying attention at all to what’s been going on on Twitter and FB?
Let's hear what Marxine Waters has to say about this...
I’d love it if Trump could somehow revoke Pelosi’s security clearance...
I never had a government security clearance, and I have always kept my right to free speech, and I’m using it as I type.
Never needed that security clearance, and neither should Brennan in order to speak his mind.
OMG!!! I just realized that the whole country still has their right to free speech, and, the vast majority of them never had a security clearance.
I wonder what Pelousy was talking about. Oh, never mind; she never knows what the heck she’s talking about anyway.
Clapper needs to shut his flaptrap. Was he going to trade on his NSC in his media job?
Its a security clearance, you not supposed to say what you know because of the clearance.
So, Nancy, explain to me how that affects his free speech.
Nancy was looking forward to all the leaks from these unindicted felons.
I went AWOL for FB.. and I don’t twitter very much. What is going on there?
I did spend a lot of time on FB and Twitter last election... telling the young kids who don’t know much... who hillary is.
At least she didn’t call him President Bush.
Actually, I think it makes the LEFT look bad. Bring on more hysteria. Really go crazy.
How about Trump is satan? The hilter thing has lost its effectiveness.
You know when they scream loudest youre right over the target.
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