Reince Priebus Refuses To Confirm That Trump Didnt Contact Or Coordinate With Russia

[deminks]

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/18/reince-priebus-refuses-flatly-deny-trump-contact-coordinate-russia.html

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, incoming Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus refused to deny that Trump coordinated or communicated with Russia during the campaign. Instead of a denial, Priebus tried to turn Russian election interference into a partisan issue.

(snip)

WALLACE: Two questions. One, do you flatly deny any contact, any coordination between Mr. Trump, his campaign, his associates and the Russians in interfering?

PRIEBUS: Even this question is insane. Of course, we didn’t interface with the Russians. I mean, this whole thing is a spin job. And I think what the Democrats ought to do is look in the mirror and face the reality that they lost the election. And they lost the election because they’re so and completely out of touch with the American people that they’re so shell-shocked and they can’t believe it.

And what is their response? Recounts, Russians, leaked CIA reports, and now the press secretary of the president saying that the reason Hillary Clinton lost wasn’t because she blew it in Benghazi, she blew it with Russia, she blew it as secretary of state, she ignored the entire Midwest, and people didn’t like the product. That’s why Hillary Clinton lost.

What Trump’s incoming chief of staff offered up was a dodge, “the question is absurd,” and a non-answer, “Hillary Clinton blew it.” Nowhere in Priebus’s dodge does he flatly deny that Trump coordinated or had contact with Russia during the campaign. The idea of the Trump campaign coordinating with Russia is more difficult to prove, but the idea of a US presidential candidate being in contact with a hostile foreign actor during the campaign needs to be investigated.

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It's the non-denial denials. Can you smell the fear? I can.

[pbmus]

1. More doublespeak, obfuscation , lies

[BainsBane]

2. That reads like a denial to me

"Of course we didnt interface with the Russians."

If there was collusion, it wouldn't have involved Preibus but more likely Stone and Brannon.

PolitcsUSA deliberately misleads far too often.

[roamer65]

3. Treason runs in Rethug veins.

Nixon's back channel through Anna Chennault, thus killing the Paris Peace talks on the Vietnam War in 1968.
Reagan's back channel dealings with Iran in 1980 on the hostages. Then the Iran-Contra scandal.

Now this...

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Old Rinsey is a total owned property of the Koch Empire.

He will say what ever it takes to protect his Candidates. He would not no the truth if it hit him the face.

[Achilleaze]

5. Republicans merrily selling out America to the freakin Evil Empire

[Nwgirl503]

6. He sort of denied it...

Of course, we didn’t interface with the Russians.

I'm not pointing this out to be contrary to the OP, but more because this type of comment needs to be recorded and remembered. So when it comes out that there was collusion (and IMO, that will eventually be proven), these comments can be used in pointing out their lies.

[yodermon]

7. Who is "we"? What is "interface"? Who are "Russians"?

so many weasel words, so little time.

[jberryhill]

8. What a misleading headline