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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,666 posts)
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 08:24 PM Sep 2019

White House accidentally sends anti-impeachment talking points to Democrats

The White House accidentally sent its anti-impeachment talking points intended for allies in Congress to House Democrats.

On Wednesday morning, the White House emailed its media strategy for defending President Trump against the charge that he tried to bribe or coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden in a phone call on July 25. Along with House Republicans who will likely be asked about the impeachment inquiry every time they speak to the media, the president’s team also sent them to some of the Democrats investigating him, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. According to copies of the emails obtained by Yahoo News, about 40 minutes after sending the talking points out, the White House attempted to recall them.

The talking points urge allies to reiterate that Trump made no promises to Zelensky and that he didn’t bring up his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, until his Ukrainian counterpart brought him up.

The White House memo summarizing the conversation, released to the public a few hours before, shows that Trump sought Zelensky’s cooperation as a “favor,” but does not contain a specific offer of a quid pro quo. At the time, much-needed American military aid for Ukraine had been held up for unexplained reasons, reportedly at the request of the White House.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-accidentally-sends-anti-impeachment-talking-points-to-democrats/ar-AAHQkkA?li=BBnbcA1

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White House accidentally sends anti-impeachment talking points to Democrats (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP
Someone on PBS Newshour mentioned this tonight. llmart Sep 2019 #1
Even better? CDerekGo Sep 2019 #2
I wonder if it was the same person dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #3
It's beyond me why the media reports this as an "accident" as if it is a fact. gristy Sep 2019 #4

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
2. Even better?
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 08:39 PM
Sep 2019

Then the White House thought they could 'recall' the email from those who received it. It really doesn't work that way guys...

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. I wonder if it was the same person
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 08:41 PM
Sep 2019

who told trump that it was a good idea to release the phone call memo........
we might have somebody who has decided to help
take him down.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
4. It's beyond me why the media reports this as an "accident" as if it is a fact.
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 09:44 PM
Sep 2019

The fact is, they don't know if a person or persons did it on purpose. It's almost unknowable. The headline ought to simply be "White House includes Democrats when distributing anti-impeachment talking points".

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