Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Botany

(72,479 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:49 AM Dec 2016

McConnell and Trump are guilty of treason

1) McConnell was told that we had to increase security around our elections because of Russian actions and he blocked it.

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House

Though U.S. intelligence agencies were skeptical that hackers would be able to manipulate the election results in a systematic way, the White House feared that Russia would attempt to do so, sowing doubt about the fundamental mechanisms of democracy and potentially forcing a more dangerous confrontation between Washington and Moscow.

In a secure room in the Capitol used for briefings involving classified information, administration officials broadly laid out the evidence U.S. spy agencies had collected, showing Russia’s role in cyber-intrusions in at least two states and in hacking the emails of the Democratic organizations and individuals.


snip

The Democratic leaders in the room unanimously agreed on the need to take the threat seriously. Republicans, however, were divided, with at least two GOP lawmakers reluctant to accede to the White House requests.

According to several officials, McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to the administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.62bd935992b9 happened in Sept. 2016


2) Trump publicly called for Russia to hack the DNC and HRC’s campaign.

Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton’s Missing Emails


DORAL, Fla. — Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen, essentially urging a foreign adversary to conduct cyberespionage against a former secretary of state.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said during a news conference here in an apparent reference to Mrs. Clinton’s deleted emails. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html?_r=0 happened in July 2016

3) McConnnel knows that the elections have been rigged for sometime now. In Nov. 2015 the democratic Sec. of State in KY was 5 or 6 points up going into the race for governor ….. he lost by 9 or 10 points which is a 14 to 16 point swing.

22 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
McConnell and Trump are guilty of treason (Original Post) Botany Dec 2016 OP
There have been some incredible blow-outs... Blanks Dec 2016 #1
It is all across the nation Botany Dec 2016 #2
I wondered about Kansas gubernatorial race in 2014... Blanks Dec 2016 #3
Brownback had done such a shitty job that Ds, Rs, and Is did not like him but .... Botany Dec 2016 #11
Mcconnel I think is just a hyper partisan who was duped I think. Trump may actually have complicit. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #4
of course they are-- the fucking GOP is a treasonous party Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #6
Welcome to DU. Enjoy your pizza. n/t livetohike Dec 2016 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #10
And you KNOW this exactly HOW? apcalc Dec 2016 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #14
Vladimir is that you? Botany Dec 2016 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #12
Your English is very good .... do you want some food from the "motherland?" Botany Dec 2016 #13
Do you know what social engineering is Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Dec 2016 #15
Yes they are. And I support LGBTQ rights wholeheartedly, but Mitch McConnell is on the dl LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #17
Our new nation anthem Botany Dec 2016 #18
This should be its own OP. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #19
it's kind of catchy! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #21
I salute your dad's servicebut are we now subscribing to the domino theory here? onenote Dec 2016 #22
how about Democrats push this message in some sort of unified way???? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #20

Botany

(72,479 posts)
2. It is all across the nation
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:54 AM
Dec 2016
http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=aa64e1b3819716e3e24805728&id=746d4cec48&e=51ae16a5eb

Exit poll results in southeast Kansas show machine votes were altered.
These exit poll results clearly point to manipulation of the machine counts of our votes. These are not random errors. There is no other reasonable explanation for large and consistent errors in favor (or against) particular candidates in this situation.

Presidential race results show votes shifted from Clinton to Trump in four of the five locations – all except Sumner County.
Votes in the Senate and 4th district Congress races were skewed toward the Libertarians at all five exit poll locations.
The data from the Supreme Court Judges show Yes votes stolen in four of the five locations – all except Sumner County, where they received extra Yes votes.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
3. I wondered about Kansas gubernatorial race in 2014...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:00 AM
Dec 2016

It seemed like Brownback was getting his ass kicked, then he was swept in by plenty.

It seems even in cases where the republican candidate is going to win, they win by more.

Botany

(72,479 posts)
11. Brownback had done such a shitty job that Ds, Rs, and Is did not like him but ....
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:19 AM
Dec 2016

.... somehow he "won" re-election?

BTW the father of Cross Check* is the Sec. of State in Kansas and he worked for Trump too.




* http://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/

 

hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)
4. Mcconnel I think is just a hyper partisan who was duped I think. Trump may actually have complicit.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:00 AM
Dec 2016

Either he or members of his team working with the Russians.

You can be sure after insulting the CIA if there's evidence of it it will be found.

Response to Botany (Original post)

Response to livetohike (Reply #7)

Response to apcalc (Reply #8)

Botany

(72,479 posts)
9. Vladimir is that you?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:16 AM
Dec 2016

Reading is fundamental. The Washington Post article says that Russia was
trying to hack the election to help Trump.

Response to Botany (Reply #9)

Botany

(72,479 posts)
13. Your English is very good .... do you want some food from the "motherland?"
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:29 AM
Dec 2016



Leaking emails does not amount to "hacking an election", even if Russia was responsible, which is highly doubtful.

The leaked emails were given to republicans to "investigate" and to keep the "Crooked Hillary"
meme going. And some were used in order to piss off Bernie supporters.

Response to Name removed (Reply #6)

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
17. Yes they are. And I support LGBTQ rights wholeheartedly, but Mitch McConnell is on the dl
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:05 AM
Dec 2016

and there are LOTS of people in DC who know it.



Botany

(72,479 posts)
18. Our new nation anthem
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:11 AM
Dec 2016


My dad who is 88 has two hearing aids because of the Korean war (he was in the
the Navy and was in battle) and he was fighting against Russian influence expanding
around the world.

onenote

(44,628 posts)
22. I salute your dad's servicebut are we now subscribing to the domino theory here?
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:39 PM
Dec 2016

Because a bunch of us fought very hard against the Vietnam War, which supposedly was fought to stop Russian influence expanding around the world.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
20. how about Democrats push this message in some sort of unified way????
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 11:00 AM
Dec 2016

would that be possible???

We need to stop letting the GOP AND the Media kick us around, when we're the fucking grownup patriots.

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»McConnell and Trump are g...