David Gergen flabbergasted: ‘This was a slanderous speech’

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" White House veteran David Gergen accused Donald Trump of going beyond a political attack on Wednesday with a “slanderous speech” against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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“You can’t ignore the truth of what he says or the lack of truth of what he says,” Gergen explained. “I do think in the coming days we’re going to hear and awful lot about a string of lies and exaggerations.”

For example, the CNN contributor said that he was shocked that Trump would rely on Peter Schweizer’s controversial book Clinton Cash. “That book has been basically discredited,” Gergen noted. “He has no evidence that shows money given by donors to the Clinton Foundation then resulted in actions by the State Department that favored those donors. And what Schweizer himself has said is, ‘Well, I think there’s a pattern here and we ought to investigate.’ I’m sorry, at this level, you can’t slander somebody.”
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Read more and see video: https://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/trumps-latest-clinton-attack-leaves-david-gergen-flabbergasted-this-was-a-slanderous-speech/

[malaise]

1. He'd be sued into bankruptcy in most countries

on the planet

[Lucinda]

2. That's the one area he does have some experience in...

[gratuitous]

5. Yeah, but what would Clinton do with $1.62?

Because that's about how close Trump is to bankruptcy (again).

[malaise]

6. Best laugh of the day

[gohuskies]

3. Trump is a megalomaniac

The depth to which this creature lies, exagerates and defames people shows me that he is beyond being a narcissistic racist. He is a scorched earth s.o.b. who will stoop to no limits to bully and attack anyone he perceives is an enemy. He's treads on very thin ice and is willing to trod down a nazi-like path. He is a dangerous psychopathic person and not one to be trusted as commander-in-chief. He's already made the extreme right-wing feel comfortable with pushing violence and bigotry out into the open. We really need to nail the GOP politicians and pundits who areis meekly kow-towing to this disgusting man.

On the other hand, I love and appreciate the courage of Congressman John Lewis for taking the debate of reasonable gun control laws to that completely dysfunctional House of Representative. Kudos to him and the rest of the Democratic members who are joining him in the symbolic sit-down protest.

[Journeyman]

4. Kind of ironic, such a slanderous speech coming from someone who wishes to loosen libel laws . . .

may he one day be hoisted by his own putrid petard.

[Initech]

7. Is he not aware that's what Donald Trump does every minute of every day?

[Hekate]

8. Kick for dawning sanity among Repubs!

[JHB]

9. David Gergen suddenly discovers the Republican Party, is flabbergasted

Gergen quoted as saying "Newt Gingrich? Rush Limbaugh? They're real people? I thought hey were obvious made-up names, like Luke Skywalker or Serverus Snape."

[Boomerproud]

10. Wake up Gergen.

I guess you didn't catch Blitzer's interview with Paul Ryan where he said "I heard it was a terrific speech-a speech I would want the nominee of our party to give." I'm not sure I can eat supper now.

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11. Funny, he (Ryan) didn't watch it...

"I heard it was a terrific speech..."

[struggle4progress]

12. "He should dog-whistle so we have plausible deniability!"