Clinton camp: Trump's Russia remarks 'a bridge too far'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

Hillary Clinton's campaign on Wednesday slammed Donald Trump for saying he hoped the Kremlin had Clinton's deleted emails, calling it “a bridge too far.”

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told MSNBC that Trump "is now openly inviting Russia to engage in cyberattacks against the United States." Fallon said he agreed with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), whose office issued a statement calling Russia "a global menace led by a devious thug" and saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin "should stay out of this election."

"We need to stand up Russia," Fallon said. "This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent," Clinton senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan added in a statement.

"That's not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue," Sullivan said.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289443-clinton-camp-trumps-russia-remarks-a-bridge-too-far

[63splitwindow]

1. Absolutely, 100% correct.

The heads of ALL of America's security agencies need to be in front of microphones RIGHT NOW demanding a Congressional investigation of the Don the Con's traitorous suggestion. He continues to think that reality is some sort of WWE show in which he is the star.

[workinclasszero]

30. The SOB is being fed national security material now

and he's got the stupid arrogance to invite Russia to invade US cyber security space?

What the actual *uck!?

The CIA needs to get on Donny's case and see what he and his russian connected campaign head are up to!

[Schema Thing]

33. somehow I doubt that he is getting security material. Certainly not deep stuff.

[workinclasszero]

35. I don't know what they tell them

But its stuff obviously not available to the public.

[Roy Rolling]

41. Fair Play

Didn't someone demand Hillary Clinton be removed from US security updates because of the email kerfuffle? A candidate calling to his Russian comrades to cyberattack his election opponent is certainly a more serious national security risk.

Why do the Democrats not have an answer to the inevitable response they will get from the GOP: "Sour grapes. Move along, partisan sniping."

I would, for once, like to see them stick a microscope up Trump's ass for years the way the GOP has manipulated the government bureaucracy to hound Hillary Clinton. From this to that to emails to leaks to .... It's always something dogged. And it is often effective. Why don't Democrats and progressives have similar tools to make something take on a life of its own like this national security issue with Trump?

[workinclasszero]

46. Yes Trump is an immediate threat in my mind by his own public words

Why don't Democrats and progressives have similar tools to make something take on a life of its own like this national security issue with Trump?

Because 6 media companies control 90% of what gets out as news in this country. How many of them would be considered to have a liberal bent?

Most likely zero. Liberals best bet is the internet probably.

[workinclasszero]

57. I signed it

Thanks for making it, great idea!

[Hekate]

2. Words fail me. KnR

[bjobotts]

37. This big mouth should not be allowed anywhere close to an intelligence briefing.He'll blab to Russia

[uawchild]

3. lol Trump is an IDIOT. This can't help him, right?

Is there ANY way at all this is somehow going to boost Trump? Is it an insane plan to distract people from the Democratic convention?

Is there ANY method to Trump's madness at all?

I am truly boggled by all this. lol

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Part of me thinks

tyat he got in the race for the publicity, and is desperately trying to find a way out. It is then only thing that makes any sense.

[uawchild]

27. I think even TRUMP is amazed how well his crappola is working

He just rants about ANYTHING, throws in some insults at his opponent, and he goes up in the polls!

I mean, good lord, after his Orwellian acceptance speech at the Republican Convention, his polls went UP.

Maybe, the angrier he acts the more angry people want to support him. It could be just that simple. Some sort of weird emotional resonance.

[Kingofalldems]

36. Why do you keep posting about Trump's ratings going up?

[uawchild]

45. You want we should ignore his poll results?

Check out the results on realclearpolitics:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

Amazing, isn't it? After all the asinine things he has said and DONE, he's been doing this well.

I don't think we can afford to IGNORE the fact that the demagogue has gained traction to an UNBELIEVABLE extent with the voting population.

[demwing]

38. some Bernie supporters have said the same

Trump was a game and it got out of control. Now the game is real, and it seems as if Trump either cant find way out, or is doubling down and no longer wants out.

[bjobotts]

39. He wants to be CEO and let the VP run things.He told Kasich this.Offered him the deal.

He just wants us to bow and kiss his ring and threaten people to do his will...even if he doesn't know what that is. One meglamaniac detrimental to our democracy

[onehandle]

4. It's clear that Trump is working with the New Soviet Russia. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

47. "the new Soviet Russia"??? Do you have any idea what 'Soviet'

means?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_(council)

[onehandle]

50. 'Dirty Godless Commie'

Details are not for Trump people.

[Old Union Guy]

5. He's deliberately taunting all Democrats. n/t

[63splitwindow]

9. ALL Americans should see this as the traitorous spewage it is.

[uawchild]

10. Sorry, NOPE. Freepers love it.

The rightwing eat this crappola up, they are all calling it a superb piece of trolling by Trump.

Honestly, they are. It's unreal.

[Kingofalldems]

22. He said 'should'.

Interesting post.

[workinclasszero]

55. Of course...

If Hillary did such a thing they would be calling for a public hanging!

I hate the republican party!

[Democat]

11. Taunting Democrats or attacking America?

Which one do you think, comrade?

[Socal31]

6. Sarah Palin can see the bridge from her house.

[awoke_in_2003]

25. Evev she has the sense

to stay off that bridge.

[appal_jack]

7. Yes! Hit Trump where it hurts. K&R, nt.

[MynameisBlarney]

8. Treason?

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Logan+Act

Pretty damned close I'd say.

[liberal N proud]

14. Treason

I would say!

[okasha]

61. Espionage, yes.

Treason, no. There is a very narrow Constitutional definition of treason, and this doesn't rise to it.

[uhnope]

12. yes! If the horribleness of Trump isn't enough, maybe the Putin connection will be. n/t

[uawchild]

13. If only that were true

I am beginning to suspect Trump is doing this with the sinister motive of trying to overshadow the Democratic Convention.

Now its all about Putin and Hillary's emails today, NOT her nomination last night!

Trump just might be a master manipulator -- taking him for a mere buffoon is dangerous.

[liberal N proud]

16. I actually heard that it was a good thing from a Trump supporters today

[uhnope]

18. let's hope that's a minority within a minority.

Plenty of conservative military folks and others who consider themselves patriots are not going to like the sucking up to Russia thing

[uawchild]

23. The problem is

That plenty of conservative military folks and others who consider themselves patriots also happen to be rabidly anti-Hillary:

Military Times survey: Troops prefer Trump to Clinton by a huge margin
In a new survey of American military personnel, Donald Trump emerged as active-duty service members' preference to become the next U.S. president, topping Hillary Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin. However, in the latest Military Times election survey, more than one in five troops said they’d rather not vote in November if they have to choose between just those two candidates.

But given only those choices, 21 percent of the service members surveyed said they would abstain from voting.More than 54 percent of the 951 troops Military Times surveyed said they would vote for Trump, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, over Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. Only about 25 percent said they would vote for Clinton in that matchup.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/election/2016/05/09/military-times-survey-donald-trump-beats-hillary-clinton/84132402/

That's from May, so of course opinions might have shifted.

Things also seem bad among retired military:

More than 80 percent of active and retired military have unfavorable view of Hillary Clinton
Just a 15 percent of active and retired military personnel have a favorable view of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a RallyPoint/Rasmussen Reports national survey released Monday.
Mrs. Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner, is seen unfavorably by 81 percent, including 69 percent who have a “very unfavorable” impression of her.
Three percent said they have a “very favorable” impression of her.
Twenty-seven percent of military women had a favorable impression of Mrs. Clinton, compared to 12 percent of men.
The survey of 1,473 military adults was taken from Oct. 25-Nov. 2 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/16/more-than-80-percent-of-active-and-retired-militar/

That's from 2015.

I remain doubtful that Trump's antics, Russian connections, and now Russian hacking trolling will significantly change these peoples' minds. If anything, polls have proven that the more ridiculous Trump is, the better he does. Sad but true.

[bjobotts]

44. Military were all for McCain also, Obama still won. young voters are changeable

[uawchild]

48. good points

To win elections, you don't need everyone's vote and yes, some young voters are changeable -- but military retirees, I wouldn't hold out much hope, in general.

Cheers

[Kimberly1990219]

15. the irony

being this person expressed admiration for Putin and now the DNC is hacked by Russia?! We must get out there and vote to take this garbage down!

[lakercub]

17. I think Trump was right

when he said he could shoot someone and still get the nomination.

For the people backing him, is there nothing he can't say that won't turn them off completely? His comments about women, all by themselves should have been enough to get him out of this election (not to mention shamed out of the country), but he's done it with women, the disabled, people of color, the press (who still fawn over him), and foreign allies. I know the man is utterly without shame, but is that true of his followers because it appears so? Are there really that many people who will vote for him no matter how much stupid, treasonous, BS vitriol he spews? It's terrifying.

[Kimberly1990219]

20. really

It feels so gross. We can't self-mutilate ourselves like this after we have come this far... I believe Trump will be worse than Hitler, frankly.

[Fast Walker 52]

49. indeed... we are so far down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, inside out

it's freaking mind-boggling.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. When will it be a bridge too far for Ryan & McConnell?

Those two keep on rebuking Trump for his craven idiocy and stupidity.

When will they un-endorse him?

[NewJeffCT]

43. well, as Trump says

he could should somebody in the middle of 5th avenue and he wouldn't lose voters.

[JoeOtterbein]

21. Stop the PC and call it what it is - Treason !

[truthisfreedom]

26. Take away his secret service detail

lock him up, waterboard him, get the facts!

[Cosmocat]

28. He's rattled

keep the pressure on him ...

[Runningdawg]

29. As we are beginning to see

this election has far wider implications than left vs right. This man could have his hand on the button, THE button, in less than 6 months! That absolutely should scare the hell out of anyone paying attention.
He has committed a textbook example of treason. If the American people do not act now, we will be as guilty as he is.

[markj757]

31. I have been saying that for quite sometime..he is becoming a serious threat to our national security

and people need to wake the hell up and realize that. Its not funny anymore, he is extremely extremely dangerous. And Mike Pence will not be strong enough to save President Trump from himself. I don't think no one will be able to do that if he is elected. This is becoming a crisis election, and it is unprecedented in my lifetime.

[workinclasszero]

56. Totally agree with that

The man just invited a foreign government to hack into the DNC!

Can you imagine the damage this clown would do in the White House?!

[Angry Dragon]

32. LOCK HIM UP

[bucolic_frolic]

53. Exactly

as soon as they go over the top with some reckless charge, "lock her up"

you know they are about to do the same thing and expect to get away
with it

It's all a game to the GOP

[Drahthaardogs]

34. The movie Idiocracy is no longer satire

It is now the truth.

[NoMoreRepugs]

40. the goobers n gomers will say its okay, no big deal

cuz 'we need the info to prove what a liar HRC is'

[8 track mind]

42. then Trump immediately replied

"I loved that movie, it was terrific!"

[ashling]

51. maybe the Russian hackers have

Donald Trump's tax returns

[bucolic_frolic]

52. Traitorous

Inviting a foreign totalitarian democracy to interfere with the elections
of the United States.

Traitor. Treason.

[Angel Martin]

58. every time we think Trump has blown himself up

he gets stronger.

In this case, Trump has reminded people about Hillary's emails - and most view how she handled them as negative.

Trump says, "release her emails Putin", which many people assume Putin has because of the security issues on Hillary's server.

What the Hillary campaign is arguing now is that Hillary is the hapless victim of evil Putin and traitorous Trump - which people may be sympathetic to, but doesn't really paint a picture of Hillary as a strong leader ready to take on wicked, unscrupulous foreigners.

We will see. After what has happened this year already, no one knows what is really possible.

[cynzke]

59. COMRADE TRUMP IS SCARED!

He sees Hillary getting a big bump from the convention and this is a BLATANT signal to his buddies....."NOW is the time to leak those emails!!!!!

[sofa king]

60. A delicate choice of words.

The "Bridge too Far" was Operation Market Garden in 1944, an enormous combined-arms operation in which three and a half divisions of paratroopers and glider troops were dropped over the entire length of the Netherlands in an attempt to control the highway and all of the bridges which led to the German border.

Almost nothing worked as hoped, and the Germans were left in control of the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem, and also the Scheldt estuary, which prevented Antwerp from being used as a supply point. It also used the remaining supply of gasoline on which the Allied armies depended, extending the war in Europe into 1945.

It also indirectly guaranteed that the Russians would capture Berlin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden