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Trump: Did the Obama administration 'want to hurt Hillary?'
The Washington Examiner ^ | June 24, 2017 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 06/24/2017 2:37:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Trump openly questioned on Saturday whether the Obama administration wanted to damage Hillary Clinton's chances in the 2016 election by not immediately reacting to evidence of Russian meddling.

"Obama Administration official said they 'choked' when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn't want to hurt Hillary?"," Trump tweeted Saturday afternoon.

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The Obama administration official he is quoting is one from a Washington Post report on Friday that said former President Barack Obama was given information in August 2016 about Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering specific instructions to his operatives to undermine Clinton's campaign in favor of Trump's. It wasn't until October that Obama finally addressed the public about the suspected Russian hacking. Obama then slapped sanctions on Russia in December and reportedly authorized a cyber weapons project targeting in Russia's infrastructure.

Clinton served as Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillary; obama; obamahillary; obamarussia; trump; trumpobama
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1 posted on 06/24/2017 2:37:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Point to Mr. Trump.

Continue play.


2 posted on 06/24/2017 2:39:45 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think his tweet implies the opposite, that Obama didn’t want to threaten Hillary’s coronation by doing anything about the Russian interference. I think Obama probably saw it as an unpredictable “wild card” that he didn’t want to introduce into the game.


3 posted on 06/24/2017 2:42:46 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey dems let’s not lose focus here!

The narrative is Russia collusion and obstruction of justice.


4 posted on 06/24/2017 2:43:36 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Arm_Bears

The infantile donks don’t understand that DJT is on an entirely different plane than they are


5 posted on 06/24/2017 2:43:49 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s really gettin’ under their skin now!

Go Trump!


6 posted on 06/24/2017 2:48:47 PM PDT by JPJones
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This I doubt.ILLary made it clear publicly (and,I'll wager,privately) that hers would be Obola's third term while,OTOH,DJT made it clear that he would smash everything Obola did to pieces.

There can be no doubt that Obola specifically instructed Lynch on "matter" vs "investigation" and there can be no doubt that the Phoenix meeting was approved by him.

7 posted on 06/24/2017 2:48:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
1. Hillary was certain to win no matter what the Russians did.
2. An honest investigation of the DNC and Hillary's computers might change rule #1.

Thus Obama was silent and kept this buried, like someone running a meth lab in his basement won't call the cops over neighborhood kids breaking a few windows.

8 posted on 06/24/2017 2:49:09 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: BigEdLB
Trump is now asking why Obama who knew of Russian hacking but did nothing. The spotlight is slowly moving onto Obama and off Trump. Trump has changed the Russian backing game. Why didn't Obama protect America?
9 posted on 06/24/2017 2:50:50 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the Russians helped Trump and Obama knew about it, then Obama must have wanted to hurt Hillary.


10 posted on 06/24/2017 2:51:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Arm_Bears
Point to Mr. Trump.

Continue play.

None of them can be sure what DJT got when they took everything out of Comey's office when he was out of town giving his stupid speech.

Not even Comey can be sure.

11 posted on 06/24/2017 2:53:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: BigEdLB

...and he isn’t a lunatic as each LIB/DIM is.


12 posted on 06/24/2017 2:54:06 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let’s all step back a little and marvel at how Trump gets in his opponents faces about tough issues.

Imagine McCain or Romney even intimating such. Gotta be polite ya know.


13 posted on 06/24/2017 2:57:19 PM PDT by freedomlover
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The buzz is the Clintons and the Obama detest each other. Hillary got ousted in the 2008 primary so that Obama could become the first half-caste president.....but the deal included her getting the Secy of State job.

The Clintons monetized official State Dept policy-----Obama was supposed to get a cut of everything. But he later found out thy were doing lucrative deals and omitting him. Obama made threats and the Clintons caved in. Remember the picture on the golf course?

"How much to leave me and Hillary alone?"

But in 2016 Obama realized Hillary could be his third term He seized on the idea w/ a vengeance and forced her into running as an extension of Obama.

"This cunning criminal is going to be my third term."

14 posted on 06/24/2017 2:58:40 PM PDT by Liz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Chicago Machine versus the Arkansas Mafia.

This is the ‘Rat leadership.


15 posted on 06/24/2017 2:59:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL...

Trolling for idiot demoncrats..

Go Trump Go!

WINNING!!


16 posted on 06/24/2017 3:00:18 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Can anyone actually itemize just what the Russians did?
DNC was not proven as a hack, as they never handed over the server and who was Seth Rich? (Who is John Galt?)

Podesta was a dope and clicked on something (we all have) and exposed his gmail. Why are you running a $1B campaign using gmail with a simple password? Stupid is as stupid does.

So evil boggy man Russia did what? Oh they did social media and fake news. Likely less fake news than CNN and MSNBC

It is not the hack. It is the content..

Now Diddler Podesta will testify behind closed doors (call for pizza!) and we will only get selected leaks and spin

So what exactly did Russia do? We sure as hell know that Obama (typical) did Nothing. So I guess the Russia interference must not have been that bad,noun?


17 posted on 06/24/2017 3:04:25 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Covfefe!


18 posted on 06/24/2017 3:15:59 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I question myself if the Obama team wanted Hillary to win. Biden would have a better choice for them. Even though he's a multi time looser.
19 posted on 06/24/2017 3:18:03 PM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.)
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To: Liz
But in 2016 Obama realized Hillary could be his third term He seized on the idea w/ a vengeance and forced her into running as an extension of Obama.

If 0bama weren't such an over the top narcissist I would suspect that of being a cunning plan to scuttle her campaign.

But I'm sure he really did think that tying himself to her would help her.

20 posted on 06/24/2017 3:22:11 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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