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SethH

(170 posts)
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 05:42 PM Jun 2017

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, “it’s not a crime.”

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Fox’s Sean Hannity: If the Trump campaign communicated with and asked Russia to release hacked emails, "is that a crime?"

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Fox’s Geraldo Rivera: If Trump’s team did collude with Russia, “what is the crime?”

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Right-wing columnist Ronald Kessler: “There’s 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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Get set, Get ready......... gordianot Jun 2017 #1
Whoops, that's the tell. He or at least the campaign *did* collude; The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #2
Has to be it. Guilty is good. Guilty's not guilty. Hortensis Jun 2017 #11
Good; then lets get foreign governments who hate Trump help Dems in the 2018 mid terms Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #3
Calling all leaders who've had their hands crushed by Trump leftstreet Jun 2017 #5
Unreal jberryhill Jun 2017 #4
col.lu.sion leftstreet Jun 2017 #6
That definition does not define 'collusion' as inherently illegal ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #21
Well, it certainly looks like everyone got the memo. procon Jun 2017 #7
Well I guess there is no crime called "collusion" marylandblue Jun 2017 #8
republican propaganda pimps OK with treason against USA Achilleaze Jun 2017 #9
I wonder if they flipped Flynn? njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #10
Maybe. Flynn offered to flip himself in return for not going Hortensis Jun 2017 #13
Flynn flip would also make it hard for the rump to fire mueller njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #16
That's what I thought... iamateacher Jun 2017 #12
Great minds think alike njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #14
Treason is not so bad either Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #15
+1 AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #42
Next up: "Isn't murder really just population control?" Squinch Jun 2017 #17
+1 AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #43
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
America First! Cosmocat Jun 2017 #20
Despite any other law genxlib Jun 2017 #22
From the US Code of Laws: kentuck Jun 2017 #23
He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother Orrex Jun 2017 #24
Shades of Nixon, only on steroids meow2u3 Jun 2017 #25
They've been saying that for a while underpants Jun 2017 #26
Yup wryter2000 Jun 2017 #27
He didn't know collusion was a bad thing ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #28
Good thing for us Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2017 #29
I am a law nerd and it is clear that collusion is against the law Gothmog Jun 2017 #30
it's called 'whistling past the graveyard' spanone Jun 2017 #31
More alternative facts? 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #32
They are trying to own the narrative, as usual. RedSpartan Jun 2017 #33
IOKIYAR Crunchy Frog Jun 2017 #34
OMG, please make it stop. KatyaR Jun 2017 #35
Republican meme: Russia is our friend. keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #36
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
Yup they have to keep it simple for their simpleton base Brainfodder Jun 2017 #39
Meanwhile ... Barry Goldwater is spinning in his grave. lpbk2713 Jun 2017 #40
"Collusion" is a business term. A political term might be "Electoral Fraud." Even "Coup d'Etat." WinkyDink Jun 2017 #41
If you drive the get away car, driving isn't the crime. LOL Deplorables are so *ucking stupid. nt Snotcicles Jun 2017 #44
Trump's People at their FBI interviews alcibiades_mystery Jun 2017 #45
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