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turbinetree

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Tue May 5, 2020, 02:02 PM May 2020

Trump's intel pick claims he doesn't know what Trump's 'deep state' theory is

By Emily Singer and Oliver Willis -May 5, 2020 11:57 AM

Trump has claimed for years that there is a group of anti-Trump officials within the government trying to take him down.

For years, Donald Trump has claimed there is a "deep state" of anti-Trump intelligence officials from former President Barack Obama's administration trying to take him down from within the government — a false conspiracy theory promulgated by fringe far-right activists.

But despite Trump's frequent comments on the "deep state," Trump's nominee to head the intelligence community said Tuesday he's never heard of the term and doesn't know what it is.

The admission from Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, came during a line of questioning at his confirmation hearing from Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM).

"President Trump has repeatedly and without any basis, in my view, accused the hard-working men and women of the [intelligence community] of working to undermine his administration. Do you think, do you believe that there is a 'deep state' in the ic?" Henrich asked Ratcliffe.

https://americanindependent.com/john-ratcliffe-deep-state-director-of-national-intelligence-donald-trump-senate-confirmation-hearing-dni/

Well if you spoke by phone to Collins, did you get a wink and nod of no concern..........and lets be clear you will have the ability asshole to put lackeys in charge and get the answers you want, and then try to feed that BS during future congressional hearings and you probably will in all probability fire a lot of dedicated career people to further your boss and people like Collins agenda of BS...............of being concerned...............and he will learn his lesson...............

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Trump's intel pick claims he doesn't know what Trump's 'deep state' theory is (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
Good job, Ratcliffe. Just keep lying and acting ignorant and you are a shoo-in. GOP loves that. Midnight Writer May 2020 #1
Isn't this the guy who follows CT and QAnon accounts on social media? JHB May 2020 #2
And has someone that was personally and others affected by 9/11 working maintenance on the aircraft turbinetree May 2020 #3

turbinetree

(24,631 posts)
3. And has someone that was personally and others affected by 9/11 working maintenance on the aircraft
Tue May 5, 2020, 03:29 PM
May 2020

that crashed in the PA country side for United and putting the passenger O2 bottle on the aircraft in an overhead bin so so that a passenger could breath for the Flight to SFO and then pushing off an waving off the crew to show them I had the gear pin...................maybe I can ask him about the truther BS...............and then listen to a wishy washy explanation and then tell him to go F himself..........along with the "truthers"..........

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