Trump Defends Comey Firing In Early-Morning Tweetstorm
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MAY 10, 2017 7:39 AM
The morning after he fired James Comey as the director of the FBI, President Donald Trump fired off several tweets defending his decision and criticizing Democrats for questioning the move.
Trump began the series of tweets just after 7 a.m., mixing his own thoughts with retweets of the Drudge Report.
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He also singled out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a tweet late Monday night.
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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-tweets-comey-firing
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)Ilsa
(61,717 posts)You, like you did about Obama tapping your wires. It's very enlightening.
BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)I would not be surprised if one of these days, all his tweets will be suddenly "deleted" like all his campaign press releases were just the other day!
yardwork
(61,795 posts)Marthe48
(17,129 posts)incompetent. I was watching Columbo and trump is just like the arrogant murderers who think they will get away with their crime and treat Columbo and the justice system he represents like crap. I don't have much hope of anyone stopping trump and so much damage is already done.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,756 posts)I watch Columbo reruns too. Every Sunday night, I get it on two channels in the DC area: MeTv, and Cozi.
Thanks for the reference.
Marthe48
(17,129 posts)I saw Robert Conrad on an episode today. Before I was sidetracked by his muscles, I was watching his performance as a murderer trying to intimidate Columbo because he was a prominent guy. Didn't work. We need more Columbos! Built like Robert Conrad
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,756 posts)I can't remember which one that is, but I know I've seen it.
Robert Vaughan seemed to be their go-to bad guy.
Marthe48
(17,129 posts)for instant memory retrieval Watching the old reruns and spotting actors coming up and actors in their twilight.
Botany
(70,657 posts)He is acting this morning like that information is real, Nance pointed out. That means hes confirming everything that we suspect. And by running around and tweeting that hes afraid of it, he knows that somethings going on and hes trying to project a frame of reference about information that he suspects is coming out.
If he thinks his phones are tapped, he believes that we know everything and this is a dance that is very dangerous.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/this-is-what-happens-when-a-target-gets-buggy-analyst-says-trump-rant-about-tapping-is-a-sign-hes-guilty/
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)and I did see Nance say that...
Man, is this buggy enough to slit a certain liar's political throat?
Botany
(70,657 posts)2naSalit
(86,963 posts)either side of this thing and the statewide NPR station just read their statements, different as night and day. No surprise, but the Democratic Senator called for independent investigator.
I think the Democrats are all on message here and I hope that some actually moderate Rs will go against the cabal at this point. We have a special election for our one rep in the House on the 25th.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)Oneironaut
(5,547 posts)He is not worthy of the title.
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)How is Little Donnie going to handle withdrawal when he's in a jail cell???
Lock. His. Orange. Ass. Up.
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)berksdem
(602 posts)can not come soon enough!
Javaman
(62,540 posts)berksdem
(602 posts)Just can't take it any longer... what an a$$!
mopinko
(70,388 posts)They_Live
(3,249 posts)But EVERYTHING he says is a lie. So...
not taking his word, tho. even david kay johnston says he doesnt drink.
Jim Dandy
(358 posts)The claim that firing Comey was all Sessions' idea is an obvious charade. Designed to give the Orange Turncoat some political cover.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)RW would have loved that, right? No, getting a little hot in the kitchen for the trump crime family for this firing time.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Calling him "Richie" among other things.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)He probably got it from "his Vietnam."
I hope this traitorous orange sack of shit spends the rest of his life in prison.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)... and this is what they see.
I don't think we'll ever live this down, certainly not in my lifetime. I was born in 1951 and I remember a lot. The Kennedy assassination, the segregation protests, the Vietnam War protests, Nixon/Watergate/resignation, and so much more.
This is by far the worst disaster to happen in my lifetime.
The FBI and the CIA have enough evidence to convict Trump of *multiple felonies* right now. There's no reason to do any more investigation. Let's put this guy away now, lock him up and throw away the key.
Democrats: have courage and resolve!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,756 posts)It took Nixon 28 years (1946 - 1974) to reach his maximum state of paranoia. 45 has done it in a few months.
sprinkleeninow
(20,270 posts)family heartbreaks like my dad dropping dead in front of us one Sunday morning. That was a real treat. Then JFK several years later.
Peace be unto you.
Dems: stay hard, fast and united against error. STAND FOR TRUTHS. When falsehood, error, evil and lies flood in, raise up your standard against it.
TRUTH must out.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)I'm very sorry about the loss of your father.
On another thread I'm reading how the voting machines in Wisconsin were tampered with (hacked) that's probably why Wisconsin went for Trump. As you probably recall on that horrible night in November, 3 states tipped the balance to Trump: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
It looks like they can prove Wisconsin was tampered with, and I have REAL suspicions about Pennsylvania. PA is my state and a lot of people were puzzled how it could have gone red so quickly. I sure hope we find something and I think we probably will. This is going to go state-by-state and it's one brand of voting machine that's suspected of being hacked.
If we can show that the election was compromised, I mean really prove it, we've got another way to get rid of these maggots. I'd rather put them in jail, but it might be faster to just send them packing by declaring the election void.
sprinkleeninow
(20,270 posts)I know, the voting machines in question regarding tampering. Those three states how they ultimately flipped for the opposition that the U.S. citizenry has now in so-called governance. That distressful, shocking nite in November. Surreal.
I have never been more immersed in activism as I am now. You have to, gotta squeeze it in, every little bit helps. Damm, I'm retirement age, but cannot sit back and let others stand in the gap. MB I've got some rebel militant in me and it's made manifest presently. What's happening to our Democracy is the catalyst that really brought this out. I get schnockered on occasion, then take an abbreviated 'sabbatical' and jump in again. We planted some container tomatoes and some mint and basil varieties for the first time in 44 plus years! It's a nice diversion from the daily foul utterings one hears or reads about.
Gotta stay on the straightaway and not veer off into the ditch.
I am in awe of others so committed and so knowledgeable regarding all this political stuff.
My dad saw action, WWII Navy, and to witness the travesty wrought on our country presently makes my heart ache.
Stay safe. Be well. Peace be unto you.
Yavin4
(35,455 posts)I wonder.