QOTD
by digby
Guess who said this?
How the hell did this whole thing start? What got us here today?
They opened up a counter-intelligence investigation in July. We know the Russians are messing in our election. And it was the Russians, ladies and gentlemen, who stole the Democratic National Committee’s emails, Podesta’s emails, and screwed around with Hillary Clinton, it wasn’t the Ukrainians. It was the RUSSIANS. And they’re coming after us AGAIN.
So, to be concerned that the Russians are messing with presidential campaigns was a legitimate concern. So, they looked around at the Trump campaign, and said, “Well, let’s see if we can protect the Trump campaign.”
That was Lindsey Graham today. I know. Pigs are flying all over Washington DC today.
But it’s important to remember a couple of important facts. They were already investigating Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort for laundering money for a Russia-affiliated Ukrainian oligarch. His campaign chairman! That’s on top of Trump asking Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, praising Wikileaks and half a dozen weirdos on the campaign who kept traveling to Russia during the campaign and getting drunk and blabbing to Australian diplomats in English pubs about Russian interference!~
How anyone can think the FBI and others wouldn’t investigate that is beyond me.
Update: How about this?
This was how Lindsey Graham defended Trump: "This national security team was literally picked up off the street. If you've had a photo with Donald Trump, you've spent more time with Donald Trump than Papadopoulos and Page." pic.twitter.com/davk9yLaqe— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2019
The world has gone mad.