Bountie-gate might have legs

[uponit7771]

Bountie-gate might have legs

The Trump administration is not denying they bounty was ever placed they're denying they were ever tofd.

Both are horrible

We'll see, 250,000 dead Americans (I pray I'm wrong) come November and this shit

If Trump cheats this time we take it to the streets and convince the house NOT to certify his election

Bet that I'll be there

[grumpyduck]

1. And once more,

the GOP will use the attention on T to stay under the radar and do what they want.

T sells ad time. A bunch of old farts in the Senate don't.

[DFW]

2. You can imagine the Trumpanzee testimony before Congress:

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"No, Mr. Chairman, I had no idea at all that Putin was offering a bounty to the Taliban for every American soldier killed. Furthermore, I was completely unaware that that bounty consisted of $2500 in US cash plus a new AK-47 plus five hundred rounds of ammunition. Oh, you didn't know that? Well, never mind. Not only that, I had no knowledge whatsoever that 112 such awards were made over the last several years. None whatsoever."

[uponit7771]

12. +1, Putin told him all of this and they both were glad

[More_Cowbell]

3. They're denying that they were "briefed"

The White House will turn out to have a very narrow definition of "briefed."

[sop]

5. Look for the briefers to become whistleblowers, or at least start leaking like a sieve.

[uponit7771]

11. Right, these guys are the zenith of playing with words

[mnmoderatedem]

15. yeah and we're supposed to believe that

an act of war against our troops and they said, yeah no need to tell the president.

And since they are not denying that it happened, the next questions is, Mr President, what is your message to Putin in response?

[BigmanPigman]

4. British Intel said that Putin did the same thing to them.

SkyNews (@SkyNews) Tweeted:
Reports that a Russian intelligence unit paid Taliban fighters to kill coalition troops in Afghanistan are true, British security officials have confirmed to Sky News https://t.co/XpmLaF9ZGD

Link to tweet

?s=20

This makes the US version even more credible.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. And the British

Can't rely on us to have their back.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. It's treason, not "bounty-gate". . . . nt

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Treason

This isn't *gate* - this is treason.

[OnDoutside]

10. No, you'll allow them an out by saying treason is only in time of war.

You would be correct in saying he's a treasonous fucker though.

[uponit7771]

13. +1, yep ... when kGOPrs have no argument they become semantic warriors

[DFW]

14. Repupblican semantics.

"No war has been declared, so can't call it treason. Let's settle on 'a mid-level betrayal,' and call it a compromise."

[OnDoutside]

16. Yes, the well trodden path.

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Please don't call it anything -gate.

This demeans the importance of the treason committed by Trump.