{"id":34073,"date":"2018-08-18T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34073"},"modified":"2018-08-18T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:43:09","slug":"the-backtracking-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=34073","title":{"rendered":"The Backtracking Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will be in my office doing my happy dance on the day (if it ever happens) that the political left admits that President Trump has been treated unfairly by the instruments of government–his campaign was spied on, he has been investigated for almost two years without a shred of evidence, and evidence against his political opponents has been carefully ignored. I honestly don’t know if there are any Democrats left who will be honest enough to admit any of that even when faced with overwhelming evidence. However, you can already see some Democrats (and deep state Republicans) covering their tracks. This post is based on two articles–one posted yesterday at Breitbart<\/a> and one posted at The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

Breitbart reports:<\/p>\n

On Friday\u2019s broadcast of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cRachel Maddow Show,\u201d former CIA Director John Brennan stated that he didn\u2019t mean President Trump committed treason when he referred<\/a> to the president\u2019s performance at the Helsinki summit as \u201cnothing short of treasonous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Host Rachel Maddow said, \u201cAfter Helsinki, you were stark, and even a little bit scary in your criticism of his behavior. You said it rose to treason.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brennan responded, \u201cI said it was nothing short of treasonous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maddow then stated, \u201cIn this current controversy, that specific comment has been singled out by a number of people as a comment that maybe, by you, crossed the line, that was maybe \u2013.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brennan cut in to respond, \u201cCrossed what line?\u201d He continued that he has a right to free speech.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Brennan answered, \u201cI know what the Russians did in interfering in the election. I have 100% confidence in what they did. And for Mr. Trump to stand on that stage in Helsinki, with all the world\u2019s eyes upon him, and to basically [say] he wouldn\u2019t \u2014 he doesn\u2019t understand why would the Russians interfere in the election. He\u2019s given Mr. Putin and the Russians a pass time after time after time, and he keeps referring to this whole investigation as a witch hunt, as bogus, as \u2014 and to me, this was an attack against the foundational principle of our great republic, which is, the right of all Americans to choose their elected leaders. And for Mr. Trump to so cavalierly just dismiss that, yes, sometimes my Irish comes out, and \u2014 in my tweets, and I did say that it rises to and exceeds the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and is nothing short of treasonous. \u2026 I didn\u2019t mean that he committed treason, but it was a term that I used, nothing short of treasonous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He does have the right to free speech and he is entitled to his opinion. However, his lack of judgement in making these statements is obvious.<\/p>\n

Next we move to The Conservative Treehouse, which reported:<\/p>\n

The Associated Press published an interview with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr today where the intensely corrupt Senator Burr tries to reverse all his prior positions, publications and manipulated committee findings, against President Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Burr could be the star of a new television series called, “When Republicans Go Bad.”<\/p>\n

The article at The Conservative Treehouse reports:<\/p>\n

Burr said there is \u201cno factual evidence today that we\u2019ve received\u201d on collusion or conspiracy between Russia and President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign. But he said he\u2019s still open on the issue and hasn\u2019t personally come to any final conclusions, since the investigation isn\u2019t finished.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Senate investigation is the last bipartisan congressional probe of Russia\u2019s interference in the 2016 election and connections to Trump\u2019s campaign. Working with the panel\u2019s top Democrat, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, Burr has so far managed to keep the investigation free from the extraordinary acrimony that has plagued work on the House side of the Capitol. The House Intelligence Committee bitterly fought through its entire Russia investigation, which ended earlier this year despite the objections of Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom an institution standpoint I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things,\u201d Burr said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

So why are we still spending millions paying politically biased investigators to continue investigating this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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