Meet The Press Allows Trump Surrogate To Lie, But Questions Clinton’s Trustworthiness
Meet The Press Allows Trump Surrogate To Lie, But Questions Clinton’s Trustworthiness
By Sarah Jones on Sun, Aug 7th, 2016 at 4:40 pm
Here's an example of the kind of belabored false equivalency and double standard that is pushed by Republicans and the media about Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness problem. This is just one example from one show, but this narrative is being beaten to death across the mainstream media and by Republicans.
On Meet the Press, Chuck Todd was asking about Donald Trump’s temperament and his comments that are in line with Putin’s goal to diminish NATO. Trump’s surrogate, the conspiracy-fueled General Michael Flynn, got to “explain” by not explaining Donald Trump’s position on NATO after Trump said,”NATO is obsolete and it’s extremely expensive to the United States.”
And by explain this away, I mean Flynn said nothing about Trump’s actual position.
CHUCK TODD:
Let me ask you unequivocally, where is he on NATO? Does he believe in it as a robust, important institution?
LT. GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN:
Yeah. I mean I’m going to state, just like the current Supreme Allied Commander just recently said: What NATO needs to be done with is it needs to be modernized. The organizations, the nations, that are part of NATO, they need to understand what their capabilities are. And they need to understand what their responsibilities are.
And one of those responsibilities, when you become a member of NATO and you sign up for the responsibilities that not only come with providing capability, but also, being able to have others respond for you in time of need, is to pay your bills. And by explain this away, I mean Flynn said nothing about Trump’s actual position.
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By Sarah Jones on Sun, Aug 7th, 2016 at 4:40 pm
Here's an example of the kind of belabored false equivalency and double standard that is pushed by Republicans and the media about Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness problem. This is just one example from one show, but this narrative is being beaten to death across the mainstream media and by Republicans.
On Meet the Press, Chuck Todd was asking about Donald Trump’s temperament and his comments that are in line with Putin’s goal to diminish NATO. Trump’s surrogate, the conspiracy-fueled General Michael Flynn, got to “explain” by not explaining Donald Trump’s position on NATO after Trump said,”NATO is obsolete and it’s extremely expensive to the United States.”
And by explain this away, I mean Flynn said nothing about Trump’s actual position.
CHUCK TODD:
Let me ask you unequivocally, where is he on NATO? Does he believe in it as a robust, important institution?
LT. GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN:
Yeah. I mean I’m going to state, just like the current Supreme Allied Commander just recently said: What NATO needs to be done with is it needs to be modernized. The organizations, the nations, that are part of NATO, they need to understand what their capabilities are. And they need to understand what their responsibilities are.
And one of those responsibilities, when you become a member of NATO and you sign up for the responsibilities that not only come with providing capability, but also, being able to have others respond for you in time of need, is to pay your bills. And by explain this away, I mean Flynn said nothing about Trump’s actual position.
READ MORE: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/07/don...
