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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA reporter asked Trump for evidence of wiretapping. He didnt answer.
By Peter W. Stevenson
March 10 at 2:12 PM
... The accusations, and Trump's assertion that he just found out about the alleged wiretapping, were so direct that onlookers quickly asked, Where's the evidence? Obama quickly denied that he had ordered a wiretap of the Trump campaign, so it would have helped Trump's case to provide some any evidence.
So far, he hasn't.
That's why, in a short photo op on Friday at the White House, reporters pressed him for that evidence. In the video above, you can hear ABC's Jonathan Karl repeatedly, and bluntly, asking Trump if he had any evidence at all to support his accusations. And other reporters shouted questions about former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to Turkey.
But handlers and security officers quickly began to usher the press out of the room, using a phrase thank you, press that seems polite, but really means, It's time to stop asking questions and leave ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/10/a-reporter-asked-donald-trump-repeatedly-for-evidence-of-wiretapping-he-didnt-answer/?utm_term=.50d1ee9dc39c
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(82,849 posts)After all the water you carried for Republicans and Tea Baggers over the last several years, it would appear that you have figured out that the people you helped install aren't really good for the country. Now you can't get President Trump to answer your very pertinent question, or even acknowledge your existence. Does it shame you to look in the mirror in the morning and see a Charms Blow Pop looking back? Sucker.
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)as he goes about other means of destruction.
He thinks he has diminished Hillary Clinton and while she may never run for office again, she is made of the stuff that's hard to put down or keep down.
Now he wants to destroy the legacy of Barack Obama. Obama is still more popular and he can't stand it.
And he wants to punish America for not liking him. The loss of the popular vote still eats at him.