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mia

(8,360 posts)
Sun May 21, 2017, 06:54 PM May 2017

Rubio: Russia 'cloud' impacts everything

Source: CNN


"This cloud is impacting everything else," Rubio said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I think the White House would acknowledge that."

Rubio's comments add to the chorus of prominent Republicans saying questions about contacts between associates of President Donald Trump and Russians, in addition to the controversy surrounding Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey earlier this month, are impeding the Republican agenda.

Rubio, who sits on the Senate intelligence committee, said he would refrain from taking a "firm position" until the committee finishes its investigation and issues a report.

A report in The New York Times this week, confirmed by CNN and other outlets, said Comey kept records of his interactions with Trump, including a memo documenting Trump's request that the FBI drop an investigation into former national security adviser Mike Flynn....


Read more: Link to http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/politics/marco-rubio-senate-intelligence/source

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lastlib

(23,224 posts)
1. Shows ya how dumb Rube-e-o is.....
Sun May 21, 2017, 08:12 PM
May 2017

The White House would NEVER acknowledge that the Russia scandals affect everything. Becuz tRumpf was sent down by God himself.

obamanut2012

(26,068 posts)
5. Well, every time I call his office -- three times a week -- his staffers say differently
Mon May 22, 2017, 09:59 AM
May 2017

They say Senator Rubio lurves and supports Trump.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
6. Let's dispel with this fiction that Trump doesn't know what he's doing.
Mon May 22, 2017, 10:08 AM
May 2017

He knows exactly what he's doing.

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