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[Zukkoyaki]

Damage control

https://twitter.com/ejleven/status/758329150612574208

Leave it to the guy who will actually be doing all of the presidential duties should they win.

 

[Spiritreaver]

This is getting silly. Even if isn't a crime outright, this guy might be president. That's... beyond unethical. Joke or not.

 

[Sectorseven]

This is clearly tongue in cheek. Calling for treason charges is just feeding into his narrative about the media being out to get him.

 

[TreIII]

Unbelievable.

"Remember when gaffes were a thing?", indeed, Mr. Dean...

 

[Jawbreaker]

I wonder if there's anything he could say that would hurt him. Many things he's said would end the career of a normal politician.

"Fuck white people."

 

[Mahonay]

He also told Katy Tur to be quiet when she pressed him on this: https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/758325051175297024

The day after we nominate the first female nominee. Fucking hell.

Has Trump ever shown respect for anyone during this campaign?

Oh yeah he has. He said he respects Putin as a leader.

 

[Sickboy007]

Is there a video of his Obama comments?

https://twitter.com/elliosch/status/758321391485743106

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

So many twists and turns in this con. He's good.

 

[minor effort]

For all the "lock her up" chants we heard at the RNC this week, it would be interesting if Trump is the one who finds himself handcuffed when all is said and done.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

What a complete fuckhead. My gosh I hate this man to the core.

 

[Mahonay]

So many twists and turns in this con. He's good.

He's a pro, that's for sure.

 

[Pterion]

"Fuck white people."

He finds me attractive? Yay!

 

[Zophar]

How is this not sedition?

How?

 

[Orbis Tabula]

it's not a crime to make what amounts to a joke or a sarcastic aside about an issue of public interest. like, really. the context here is:

people: trump, you're hooked up with russia
trump: well, if i was i hope they'd find *pivot to standard attack* crooked lyin' hillary's missing emails! make america great again! sad!

Agreed. I mean, as far as legally speaking, this is nothing. Press is gonna have a field day, though, so it's still not good for him. But yeah, no reasonable prosecutor would push for treason or sedition on this.

 

[studyguy]

It's like the plot of The Manchurian Candidate... but only if it turned out the guy was never brainwashed, rather he was just a massive idiot.

 

[Loudninja]

He also told Katy Tur to be quiet when she pressed him on this: https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/758325051175297024

The day after we nominate the first female nominee. Fucking hell.

Man what is going to do during the debates.

 

[labaronx]

Absurd and very worrying. In the same presser, he also said that Putin called Obama the n-word because he didn't respect him, but he's sure Putin will respect and like him.

Wtf

 

[MIMIC]

He also told Katy Tur to be quiet when she pressed him on this: https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/758325051175297024

The day after we nominate the first female nominee. Fucking hell.

He is a mess xD

 

[Angry Grimace]

Any chance he'll go to prison for this?

No. It's not treason, its just politically idiotic, but its always question what obvious political gaffes will actually affect Trump.

 

[Slayven]

Where is paul ryan?

 

[jbug617]

Trump is all about having the spotlight on him. He does not like that Hillary and the DNC are getting the headlines. He will say anything to have the press talk about him. He knows his supporters don't care about his alignment with Russia.

 

[gutter_trash]

OP, it's not Hillary's emails. It's the DNC emails

please fix title

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I cannot wait for the debates.

 

[giga]

Where is paul ryan?

Putting whiskey in his coffee.

 

[Condom]

Hahahaha this guy

 

[ReAxion]

Hey Barack, announce you kept Guantanamo open so you could send Trump there for treason.

 

[Mahonay]

How is this not sedition?

How?

Because the people that should be coming after him for this stuff are not taking him seriously, and so they just treat stuff like this as a joke. Which is a huge mistake.

Or are Trump would say, HUUUUUUUUGE.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

OP, it's not Hillary's emails. It's the DNC emails

please fix title

Unless I misheard he was specifically talking about the emails that Hillary's lawyers deleted from her server without her consent.

 

[Ithil]

Trump is all about having the spotlight on him. He does not like that Hillary and the DNC are getting the headlines. He will say anything to have them talking about him. He knows his supports don't care about his alignment with Russia.

His supports aren't enough to win. The people he needs to win will care about his connection to Russia.

 

[jmdajr]

Has this guy ever been held accountable for like.... anything?

 

[MHWilliams]

This isn't treason, since he couched it as a joke and that will be the defense.

That said, it's a poor joke coming from a Presidential candidate and one that should give his supporters pause, but it's another one on the pile for Trump.

 

[Revolver]

This is beyond the pale. A candidate for the highest office in the land just encouraged a foreign actor to hack the emails of his rival. Sarcastic or not this is unbelievably irresponsible.

 

[gutter_trash]

Unless I misheard he was specifically talking about the emails that Hillary's lawyers deleted from her server without her consent.

because Trump wants to confuse his supporters that the leaked DNC emails are the very same as the Secretary of State emails on her private server

two different things but a willy move on the part of Trump to twist it

 

[Torokil]

Remember when Howard Dean's campaign crashed because he did a single scream?

 

[labaronx]

Putin called obama the n-word, i hope he likes me

 

[Mahonay]

This isn't treason, since he couched it as a joke and that will be the defense.

That said, it's a poor joke coming from a Presidential candidate and one that should give his supporters pause, but it's another one on the pile for Trump.

He says a lot of legitimately inciting shit as a "joke" or a "take down". At some point he should be held accountable. It's fucking crazy to me that he hasn't been to this point.

 

[Ithil]

Unless I misheard he was specifically talking about the emails that Hillary's lawyers deleted from her server without her consent.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the recent DNC hack that this entire story has been about, of course. But he only has two points, Benjamin Gazzy and emails, so he defaults to that even though it's irrelevant.

 

[rjinaz]

This is clearly tongue in cheek. Calling for treason charges is just feeding into his narrative about the media being out to get him.

It always is with Donald Trump, isn't that something. People expect us to not take the things he says seriously because he basks it as a joke.

I just wish these same people would stop taking his run for president seriously.

 

[Caja 117]

Trump is the Definition of a forum troll.

 

[Resident_UA]

This is clearly tongue in cheek. Calling for treason charges is just feeding into his narrative about the media being out to get him.

Sure it's just "tongue in cheek" treason. Trump is pretty much inventing new ideas! LOL

 

[CopperPuppy]

It's like the plot of The Manchurian Candidate... but only if it turned out the guy was never brainwashed, rather he was just a massive idiot.

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

Damage control

https://twitter.com/ejleven/status/758329150612574208

He's going to get elected then impeached on his first day in office then Pence will be president.

 

[jmdajr]

Remember when Howard Dean's campaign crashed because he did a single scream?

Greatest promo of all time brother.

It's amazing how this guy can't be taken down. I don't know what it would take at this point.

 

[StoOgE]

Jesus Fucking Christ.

This guy.

We have this on video I hope for a good campaign ad.

I think he actually is hoping that Putin is trying to help him.

Biden/Kaine/Obama rewriting their speeches right fucking now.

 

[Jawbreaker]

He finds me attractive? Yay!

Haha, I guess that's one way to spin it.

 

[Corronchilejano]

You can be a joke no one takes seriously and yet you're a serious contender for president of the US.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

This isn't treason, since he couched it as a joke and that will be the defense.

That said, it's a poor joke coming from a Presidential candidate and one that should give his supporters pause, but it's another one on the pile for Trump.

I don't think it's a joke is a valid excuse when you have a connection to Russia like Trump and Manafort do.

If anything he is trying to turn it into a joke to deflect from the reality of the situation.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

I cannot stand my god damned coworker. He is coming off just as bad as Jeff Lord on CNN. Another coworker, who's also a very conservative republican, asked for Trump to go following his comment here. Then the other coworker who's similar to Lord said, "yea, he says dumb things," and was completely dismissive. So they go back and forth and then the coworker says, "yea, but what's the difference between this and Hillary's email scandal?"

I am so surprised that the other republican guy called him out on his bullshit and asked how the fuck he could think the two are equivalent.

But the guy keeps fucking that chicken and supporting Trump.

I am about to lose my lid.

 

[DOWN]

New York Times says this is essentially sanctioning foreign cyberspying, suggesting he would hold bias against Hillary if he were commander in chief and this actually happened to her.

 

[Doc Holliday]

wow, could you imagine if Hilary CLinton or Comrade Socialist Obama had said this??


we have the GOP candidate calling for Russia to hack US servers! He's doing what GOP always imagined Democrats were secretly doing, working with communists lol

Unbeliavable

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tarinipart...-this-election?utm_term=.vjRmKl7R9#.anevMebj6