Here's the thing, Ratcliffe, how do threatening notes left on DEMOCRATIC doorsteps 'hurt Trump'?

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David Corn @DavidCornDC 22m
If Ratcliffe is talking about the "Proud Boys" emails that aimed to intimidate DEMOCRATIC voters, how does that "damage" Trump?

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They don't. That's why he had to spin the story right after this WaPo report came out.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/20/proud-boys-emails-florida/

[mucifer]

2. In a day or two no one will remember it and we will be on to the next drama

[malaise]

3. Anderson Cooper also wants to know more about that

I call bullshit from Ratcliffe

[madashelltoo]

4. I knew this was bullshit

The moment Ratcliff stepped up to the podium. The truth would choke him to death too.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Whoever that was who lied, gave the press conference, I want them arrested NOW

[applegrove]

6. Funny how when it is the Trump Campagn that is hurt by foreign interfearance

there is a rushed FBI press conference in foreign entities messing with the election. And Russia is added in. Because they had to.

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7. How does what they say hurt Trump. Democrats being sent e-mails threatening them

if the vote for Biden. That is meant to hurt Trump? WTF

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14. By the proud boys who are republican. They are the most feared republican

group. If there was a backlash it would hurt Trump.

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16. I am sure Tucker will spin it that way nt

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21. Point is Trump Admin was mum on foreign government interferance

until it hurts them. That is not governance.

[Newest Reality]

8. In a funhouse mirror...

If you look at it in their fun house mirror, it might look like this:

Threats that were attributed to the Proud Boys may seem to support Trump, but would have the opposite effect by way of association. People would either be incensed by the threats and consider them proof that Trump has got to go, or be frightened that people who support Trump would do that, or both.

In that case it would have been meant to have the opposite effect from what appears to be so.

I think that would be the MO on that take.

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17. this doesn't make the Proud Boys blameless

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It's not as if the emails contradict what they're doing, they reinforce it. And the emails are actually tamer than armed fools at polling sights claiming to 'observe.'

[madaboutharry]

9. This is nonsense from Radcliff.

First of all, by tomorrow no one will be thinking about this.

Secondly, this is ridiculous spin from team Trump.

[FM123]

10. That shady Ratcliffe is just trying provide a cover story in advance for why trump loses.

Oh, poor me - Iran meddled! Waaaah.

[stillcool]

11. I thought I heard something said by the Rat-guy

about video...and that is was detrimental to Donald. Maybe it's the Rudy story,...he does have his connections.

[Generic Brad]

12. And the Democrats hurt Trump 4 years ago by letting themselves get hacked

This is Trump world. It doesn't have to make sense.

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13. Ratcliffe

I don’t trust Ratcliffe at all, but what the idea is that by posing as Proud Boys, and threatening Democrats, it would turn people against Trump because they know Trump has been friendly to the Proud Boys. Again, that’s what Ratcliffe is getting at, though of course he is a shameless partisan.

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18. but the Proud boys are already engaging in voter intimidation

...openly.

Emails seem tame compared to armed thugs hanging around polling locations.

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19. Proud boys

But this adds an additional Dimension to the threat, in writing and in public, that we can all read. Also, the hastily arranged news conference could have been done in order to distract from Obama’s spectacular speech.

[StarryNite]

15. Apparently the FBI is nothing but a bunch of posers who are carrying trumps water.

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20. FBI

Chris Wray was ok, it was Ratcliffe, hyper partisan and inexperienced in Intel who was carrying Donnie’s water. I’m also thinking that the news conference was very quickly and hastily arranged in order to distract from Obama’s spectacular speech today.