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Showing Original Post only (View all)Fascinating new RW talking point [View all]
great catch by Media Matters:
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/06/26/new-right-wing-media-talking-point-its-no-big-deal-if-trump-colluded-russians/217034
Fox's Gregg Jarrett: "You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election."
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Fox's Brit Hume: Even if the Trump campaign did collude with Russia, its not a crime.
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Foxs Sean Hannity: If the Trump campaign communicated with and asked Russia to release hacked emails, "is that a crime?"
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Foxs Geraldo Rivera: If Trumps team did collude with Russia, what is the crime?
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Right-wing columnist Ronald Kessler: Theres no violation of the law if, in fact, the campaign colluded with Russia.
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Conservative author Michael Reagan: Collusion is not breaking the law.
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Whoops, that's the tell. He or at least the campaign *did* collude;
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2017
#2
Good; then lets get foreign governments who hate Trump help Dems in the 2018 mid terms
Chasstev365
Jun 2017
#3
It is a crime which is why it is being investigated by the FBI...quid pro quo...
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#18
And where are the liberal talking heads? Why aren't they IMMEDIATELY disputing this bullshit?
Mr. Ected
Jun 2017
#19
And if Benedict Arnold did collude with the British, so what? Is that even a crime? nt
tblue37
Jun 2017
#37
Yeah, Trump can say that as they cuff him and cart him off to his luxury prison cell.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2017
#38
"Collusion" is a business term. A political term might be "Electoral Fraud." Even "Coup d'Etat."
WinkyDink
Jun 2017
#41