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Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:21 PM Jan 2017

Elijah Cummings: If the public knew what Congress knows they would boycott the inauguration too

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/elijah-cummings-if-the-public-knew-what-congress-knows-they-would-boycott-the-inauguration-too/

The implication is when Trump says there is no intel connecting him to Putin or Putin hacking the election, this is a bold faced lie.

If the truth comes out I hope the Trump supporters will say enough.


“You’ve got to understand that members of Congress have a lot of information that the public does not have,” Cummings said. “And I can tell you over the last week or two, the classified briefings that I have been to, and if the public knew what members of Congress know…”
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Elijah Cummings: If the public knew what Congress knows they would boycott the inauguration too (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 OP
Isn't the idea of keeping secrets to protect us from our enemies? Girard442 Jan 2017 #1
Enough time wasting. Leak the damn info if you really think this is that important. BSdetect Jan 2017 #2
if what cummings knows is as bad as what he says, he is aiding and abetting by keeping secrets nt msongs Jan 2017 #3

Girard442

(6,917 posts)
1. Isn't the idea of keeping secrets to protect us from our enemies?
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 02:07 PM
Jan 2017

How is keeping all of this secret protecting anybody other than Putin and Trump?

BSdetect

(9,048 posts)
2. Enough time wasting. Leak the damn info if you really think this is that important.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 02:29 PM
Jan 2017

We have a right to know.

msongs

(74,199 posts)
3. if what cummings knows is as bad as what he says, he is aiding and abetting by keeping secrets nt
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 03:05 PM
Jan 2017

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