Trump and the "But what about Hillary?" defense.

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Hillary has been known as a liar long before Trump came on the scene.

but, lets ignore that, m'kay?

But when scores are compared Hillary lied much less than Trump.

Hillary Clinton

Democrat from New York


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Donald Trump

Republican from New York


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Yeah, I know, fake news, right.

 

[Meathead]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

 

[Auld Phart]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

I'd like to compare the transcript of Hillarys testimony to the FBI to her public comments.

Any idea where I can find it?

 

[Aletheia4u]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

Who lied first, Hillary of Flynn? Flynn only lied one time like Martha Stewart. But Hillary is a habitual liar, that nobody cannot stop that flow of lies that comes from out of her mouth. The lie that Flynn had told was unnecessary. He didn't had to lie. But he did. But Hillary had to lie to prevent her from being locked up. But I do want Flynn locked up for years in a state facility. because he had opened up a can of worms for no reason at all. By him lying, that it had put stress on the President's administration. He had lied for no reason at all.

 

[NightFox]

I'd like to compare the transcript of Hillarys testimony to the FBI to her public comments.

Any idea where I can find it?

Patience, it's only a matter of time before they show up on WikiLeaks, after all it's not like the Federal Government can keep anything a secret from Julian Assange and crew.

 

[dudmuck]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

Who lied first, Hillary of Flynn? Flynn only lied one time like Martha Stewart. But Hillary is a habitual liar, that nobody cannot stop that flow of lies that comes from out of her mouth. The lie that Flynn had told was unnecessary. He didn't had to lie. But he did. But Hillary had to lie to prevent her from being locked up. But I do want Flynn locked up for years in a state facility. because he had opened up a can of worms for no reason at all. By him lying, that it had put stress on the President's administration. He had lied for no reason at all.

As irrelevant as Hillary is today..
Did Hillary lie to the FBI?

 

[NightFox]

As irrelevant as Hillary is today..
Did Hillary lie to the FBI?

Depends on whose definition of lie you want to use......

The Democrat Partisan Lemming definition "everything Republicans say"
--OR---
The Republican Partisan Lemming definition "everything Democrats say"

 

[Aletheia4u]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

Who lied first, Hillary of Flynn? Flynn only lied one time like Martha Stewart. But Hillary is a habitual liar, that nobody cannot stop that flow of lies that comes from out of her mouth. The lie that Flynn had told was unnecessary. He didn't had to lie. But he did. But Hillary had to lie to prevent her from being locked up. But I do want Flynn locked up for years in a state facility. because he had opened up a can of worms for no reason at all. By him lying, that it had put stress on the President's administration. He had lied for no reason at all.

As irrelevant as Hillary is today..
Did Hillary lie to the FBI?

 

[NYcarbineer]

The defense that someone else may have gotten away with something you're accused of is no defense.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

looks to me like it is not only working but is very necessary...when liberals stop complaining about it I'll start wondering about how effective it is...it's like twitter, the hoopla from the left is starting to wane, gotta wonder if it is still working, your response may be a barometer for me.

 

[Aletheia4u]

The defense that someone else may have gotten away with something you're accused of is no defense.

Sometimes in court cases. That they will bring up past rulings in other court cases to help out with theirs.

 

[NYcarbineer]

The defense that someone else may have gotten away with something you're accused of is no defense.

Sometimes in court cases. That they will bring up past rulings in other court cases to help out with theirs.

There is no other Hillary Clinton court case.

 

[ColonelAngus]

There is no collusion between Trump and Putin to rig the election.

The Flynn deal proves it.

Sorry, Libs. 7 more years of Trump. Slurp shit and die.

 

[easyt65]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

There is a mountain of evidence against Hillary ... and Mueller, and Comey, and Holder, and Lynch, and Obama ... while the real criminals are doing the investigating and indicting. Oh, and there is no evidence against Trump.

Gotta love it when the President is right.

 

[easyt65]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

If only the GOP was in charge so they could investigate/indict H. Clinton.....if only .... if only .... if only

If only the GOP had a spine...if only.... if only.

If only Democrats actually held their own criminals accountable instead of protecting them ... and running them for President.

 

[deanrd]

Trump hasn't used the "But what about Hillary" method for a couple of days.

 

[Siete]

every Republican on the planet agrees Hillary is piece of shit scumbag

ergo;

saying its ok because Hillary did it they admit Republicans are piece of shit scumbags

but I'll go them one better- they are too damn dumb to fathom the gravity of their own stupidity so they qualify as dumbass piece of shit scumbags.

THEY WIN AGAIN

youre welcome.

 

[Dragonlady]

What about Hillary will work forever with his lemmings, they use the same thing on here all the time.

Hillary has been known as a liar long before Trump came on the scene.

but, lets ignore that, m'kay?

Hillary is known as a liar because Republicans have been saying she lies since Bill was President. That doesn’t mean she’s a liar, just that Republicans say she’s a liar.

If you look at all of the negative things “everybody” says about Hillary, you’ll find they're based on the lies told by Republicans over and over, but they have no basis in facts.

 

[Billy000]

I'm watching the news and Trump is asked whether he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI.

The first words out of Trump's mouth were "What about Hillary?"

Then he said that Flynn lies and his career is ruined but Hillary lies and "nothing".

So what is he talking about? What did she lie about? Denying ridiculous GOP conspiracies isn't the same as lying.

The FBI didn't accuse her of lying.

How much longer does he think he can get away with "But what about Hillary"? It's not working.

So if you are going to say what about Hillary, then what about Hillary? Give us the "what".

Republicans NEED Hillary. They just can’t let go of her. They can’t defend Trump so they just to deflect to why they didn’t vote for Hillary. It’s all they have. No one gives a shit they didn’t like Hillary. What liberals actually care about is why they were stupid enough to think Trump was better.

 

[Dragonlady]

It's not just Trump. Every right winger I know does the same thing. They can't just stick to one subject. As soon as you ask something they can't answer, they go to Hillary, or Nancy Pelosi, or gender,or a combination of all three and everything else they can think of. Listen to Hannity sometime. He does the same thing. Constantly jumping from one thing to another just to confuse the subject.

If you think that the left doesn’t do that, you are naive. YOU do it yourself.

Ah yes, the other right wing defence “Democrats do it too”. No they don’t because Democrats have real policies.

Republicans lie because if they told the truth, no one would vote for them. If they told you they’re going to start pointless wars, expand the government, cut taxes for the wealthy and make the middle class pay for it, run up massive deficits and crash the stock market, who would vote for them?

That’s what Trump is doing right now. He’s not bring back manufacturing jobs, building a wall, or making American great again. He’s dividing the nation as never before, there are mass shootings ever week, and the tax cuts will be a fiscal disaster.