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Ratcliffe, Trump's DNI nominee, follows QAnon Twitter. That's disqualifying
NBC News ^

Posted on 05/06/2020 9:25:21 AM PDT by MNDude

Image: Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Nomination Hearing For John L. Ratcliffe To Be Director Of National IntelligenceRep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on May 5, 2020.Andrew Harnik / Pool via Getty Images May 5, 2020, 8:25 PM CDT By Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence and NBC News/MSNBC analyst Since U.S. intelligence agencies exist to seek actionable information that is as close to the truth as possible, it follows that the person who heads our intelligence community should be a scrupulously honest seeker of apolitical facts. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence, isn’t that guy. The Senate will take up Ratcliffe’s nomination this week, with him testifying before the intelligence committee on Tuesday.

While many questions about Ratcliffe’s credentials already exist — he was previously nominated only to withdraw over questions about his bio — of serious ongoing concern is his social media history. Recent reporting by Spencer Ackerman and Will Sommer at The Daily Beast ties Ratcliffe, at least tangentially, to dangerous conspiracy theories on Twitter.

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To: romanesq
The Qult is upset everyone on both sides know their letter god is fake.

And yet the nominee for Director of National Intelligence follows it.

Imagine that.


141 posted on 05/06/2020 6:30:14 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Lurker
This man takes Q about as seriously as he does Bat Boy. And for good reason.

And you know this cause you had lunch with him and he told you, right?

This a serious man with a serious job. He's not some clown on the internet reading about bat boy. Don't compare yourself to a serious man.


142 posted on 05/06/2020 6:32:56 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster
The man is the nominee for Director of National Intelligence. The fact he 'followed' it means he takes it seriously, whether he believes it to be true or not.

He could have simply been curious, which is not taking something serious. He could have also been skeptical, which led to his courteousness. Or, as you said, he could have taken it serious, as in a serious threat to national security.

A threat because, possible national security information actually IS being released. A threat because it is a front for the deep state, or foreign government. A threat because it can cause a portion of the population to act on orders from an anonymous enemy.

Anything anonymous is typically dubious in nature. I don’t expect Q to be an excption.

143 posted on 05/06/2020 6:36:27 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab. So, let's see it.)
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To: bagster

“And you know this cause you had lunch with him and he told you, right?”

I have more evidence for my assertion than you do for yours. All the article says is that he “followed” some Twitter threads about Qball.

What you lack are the skills of reading comprehension and critical thinking.

So crawl back into your moms basement and “Trust Sessions”.

L


144 posted on 05/06/2020 6:41:57 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

QAnon Believers Crushed After Mueller Report Fails to Lead to Hillary Clinton’s Arrest

https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-believers-crushed-after-mueller-report-fails-to-lead-to-hillary-clintons-arrest

LOL.


145 posted on 05/06/2020 6:50:30 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab. So, let's see it.)
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To: Golden Eagle
He could have simply been curious, which is not taking something serious.

Yea, cause he's some rube straight off the turnip truck who doesn't have a clue about what's going on in the intelligence field. He heard about this Q LARP and was curious enough to check it out in his personal time. I bet he reads comic books too 'cause he's curious about where Superman came from.

He could have also been skeptical, which led to his courteousness.

I wonder if he's skeptical about Elvis being alive and follows the Elvis is Alive websites. Whaddya think?

Or, as you said, he could have taken it serious, as in a serious threat to national security.

Now you're at least getting warm. Q is a serious threat, but not to national security. Unless by national security, you mean the deep state. Ratliffe know this. He is a serious man and also not a stupid man. He can even read, I hear.

p.s. What is this word 'courteousness'.

A threat because, possible national security information actually IS being released.

Mighty white of you to admit that the Q information is legit. Tell your friends, they're not believing me.

A threat because it is a front for the deep state, or foreign government.

A derp state op that exposes, attacks, reveals, and hurts the derp state.

A derp state op that the derp state media and now derp state Senators attack. A derp state op that the derp state is doing everything in their power to shut down.

What a clever strategy. And you are very clever to have figured it out.

A threat because it can cause a portion of the population to act on orders from an anonymous enemy.

Very clever of you to parrot the derp state false narrative and conspiracy theory. A threat that causes an ever growing worldwide portion of the people to wake up, to think for itself, and to tell the derp state NO MORE.

Yea, sounds like a real threat. To the derp state.

Those wily bastards.

You may be onto something, derpy.


146 posted on 05/06/2020 7:10:51 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Lurker
I have more evidence for my assertion than you do for yours. All the article says is that he “followed” some Twitter threads about Qball.

You have absolutely zero evidence for your assertion that you know why he followed the Qanon discussion.

Zip, nada.

Your opinion is not evidence.

The fact that he follows it is fact and indeed evidence. His occupation is fact and also evidence.

The burden of proof is on you.

What else ya got?


147 posted on 05/06/2020 7:14:04 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Golden Eagle
From your derpish article.

For years, QAnon fans have been mocked for believing that Mueller was secretly in league with the president.

Funny, I never believed that and there are those who say I'm the number 1 Q supporter on FR.

Way to cherry pick from the discussion and present it as fact. And way to go along with the derp tactic, derp.

p.s. LOL is not an argument and I don't even believe you LOL'd. You just wrote that.

Change my mind.


148 posted on 05/06/2020 7:23:18 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Lurker
So crawl back into your moms basement and “Trust Sessions”.

How 'bout I crawl back into YOUR mom's basement.

Again.


149 posted on 05/06/2020 7:24:38 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

“How ‘bout I crawl back into YOUR mom’s basement.”

She’s dead, ***hole. But that’s probably the only kind of ***** you ever get anyway.

L


150 posted on 05/06/2020 7:28:19 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: romanesq
Tag-line, you're it:

23 posted on 7/26/2019, 12:52:06 PM by romanesq (MAGA Coalition sues QAnon & will expose the QAnon grifters!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7

86 posted on 08/19/2019 11:50:03 AM PDT by romanesq (MAGA Coalition sues QAnon & will expose the QAnon grifters!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 84

5 posted on 10/14/2019, 11:31:45 PM by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)

4 posted on 4/6/2020, 3:28:54 PM by romanesq (8Chan & its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020! Magacoalition.com) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1

136 posted on 5/6/2020, 9:11:01 PM by romanesq (Flubro, from the people who brought you the stupidity of grifters & the letter Q)

MagaCoalition mentioned twice, and forgotten 'cause they're no threat:

https://www.qanon.pub/?q=magacoalition

I see Maga Coalition made the WRONG list....

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/23/trump-campaign-compete-against-groups-money-089454

President Trump's pick:

https://www.a1apac.org/leadership/

VS the LOSERS:

The Three Grifterteers (or is it The Castaways?)(So sad)
https://i.postimg.cc/X7MVpTnc/Hershey-Squirts.png

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Glenn Hartman, aka New York City Guns, Adam Gingrich's sidekick with the "f_ckin'" face for "f_ckin'"radio who wears "f_ckin'" sunglasses, has left "f_ckin'" aborted superpac turned "media company" MagaCoalition.

Please make a note of it.

https://www.brighteon.com/07368886-38f6-4027-9ae4-2e2bafd0bef3
https://archive.is/XNpMS

https://newyorkcityguns.com/my-statement-on-leaving-maga-coalition/
https://archive.is/uiao6

https://twitter.com/NewYorkCityGuns/status/1255799723274964999
https://twitter.com/NewYorkCityGuns
https://archive.is/5PYN4

Was gettin' kinda skimpy, three weeks tomorrow, NOTHING:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqahBEMnC3xHtpfBrNeT84w/videos

It seems your "predictions" are the ones that are going "kaput", while Q has posted today.   :)

 

151 posted on 05/06/2020 7:37:43 PM PDT by haffast (Double Standards Exist. Freedom of Speech. Patriots are Dying. Woke is hard. Anons Know.)
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To: Lurker
She’s dead, ***hole.

Did she will her basement to you? Can't get your funk out of it, so there goes the property values, am I right?

At least paint the walls.

p.s. There's no need for name calling.

#WhyYouSoMad


152 posted on 05/06/2020 7:44:33 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: haffast; romanesq
It seems your "predictions" are the ones that are going "kaput", while Q has posted today.

Hahahahaha….BLAM!

I bow to my sensei.


153 posted on 05/06/2020 7:50:09 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: haffast; romanesq
You need to post that one every time the derp rears its ugly head.

Its the kill shot.

[romanesq]


154 posted on 05/06/2020 7:52:07 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster
Every time that sheep bleats her utterances hit the ground.

I'm going to sleepyville, leave you with a little laugh:

#hotwheelslildog

155 posted on 05/06/2020 8:18:56 PM PDT by haffast (Double Standards Exist. Freedom of Speech. Patriots are Dying. Woke is hard. Anons Know.)
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To: Cboldt

If they want to keep Grenell on longer, ....


156 posted on 05/06/2020 8:34:28 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: haffast

Ok, so you’re obsessed with a show that exposed the QAnon grift. So what?

Yeah, they even had people on the show who were part of creating the QAnon scam on 4Chan when it was just an innocent LARP as a puzzle.

Did that hurt your feelings then?
Or you mad more now?


157 posted on 05/06/2020 8:35:21 PM PDT by romanesq (Flubro, from the people who brought you the stupidity of grifters & the letter Q)
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To: romanesq
Stay down, shill. Stay down.


158 posted on 05/06/2020 9:57:32 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

https://i.imgur.com/PRmsTaD.jpg

LOL


159 posted on 05/06/2020 10:10:55 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab. So, let's see it.)
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To: Golden Eagle
LOL

And yet the nominee for Director of National Intelligence follows Qanon.

What does he know that you don't know?

p.s. Only people from Retard Island use 'LOL' as an argument.

p.p.s. You didn't even LOL. You just typed it.

Change my mind.


160 posted on 05/06/2020 10:40:29 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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