Politics Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose

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    Cognitive dissonance - those who despise Hillary for her sliminess and then excuse Trump and his team of shitsters
     
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    "In that campaign...."
     
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    When Sessions spoke with Kislyak in July and September, the senator was a senior member of the influential Armed Services Committee as well as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers. Sessions played a prominent role supporting Trump on the stump after formally joining the campaign in February 2016.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/invest...ns-contacts-with-russian-officials-1488424871
     
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    But was he officially a member of the campaign?
     
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    He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”

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    I was a Bernie dude. You would have gone with Trump no matter who the Democrats elected.

    Dems fucked themselves over this election cycle. No one wanted Hilary. That should have been clear.
     
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    I may have voted for Biden. But I got in a self destruction mode for the country so I voted out of spite,
     
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    Ever? Any Russian?
     
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    Well, at least you feel bad about fucking the country up.

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    The status quo was fucking the country up. Better everything crashes now versus making it worse.
     
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    Whenever you get a door ding in a parking lot, do you drive your car into a bridge abutment at high speed?

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    Yes.
     
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    You mean you don't?
     
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    Since he is the Top Lawyer his career should be hanged twice. With our luck he would probably resign with Federal benefits. He was not the right choice in the first place.

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    Theres a story about James Woods (no idea if it's true) that in his height as an actor he ran out of gas in an expensive car and walked away from it and just bought a new car instead of going back for his old car.
     
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    This. I took it as he did not communicate with "the Russians" as a member of his campaign team, or for the campaign. Because that was the context of the discussion/inquiry while he was being interviewed.

    But we all know, Senators in their capacity have discussions with foreign officials. Specially as Sessions was on the Armed forces committee. This is a non-story.

    But let's all jump to conclusions and call Trump an evil Russian collaborator, and his cabinet bad dudes.

    This is a hit job again due to the huge success of Trumps speech. Luckily the people are getting wiser to these sorts of tactics on the left, and Obama supporters in the intelligence committee..

    If anything needs to be drained, its the god damn IC.


    Edit: Pretty much this:

    New York Times Details How Obama Administration SABOTAGED Trump
    http://www.dailywire.com/news/14016/new-york-times-details-how-obama-administration-james-barrett
     
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    Then why not say that during his confirmation hearing? Instead he said this:

    At his Jan. 10 Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Sessions was asked by Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, what he would do if he learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign.

    “I’m not aware of any of those activities,” he responded. He added: “I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.”


    Why not say, "As part of my duties as a senator I speak with the Russians."
     
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    Lies aren't lies when Trump or his campaign says them. Instead of listening to what they said, you are supposed to imagine what they must have meant.
     
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