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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 10:59 AM Dec 2017

Conway Defends Support For Moore By Questioning Why Franken Still In Senate

Source: Talking Points Memo




By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published DECEMBER 6, 2017 8:38 AM

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Asked on CNN’s “New Day” why Trump has decided to back Moore despite the allegations he faces, Conway noted that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) did not call on Franken to resign on Tuesday when asked about the accusations that he groped several women.

“Everywhere I turn I see hypocrisy,” Conway said.

She also said that Trump backs Moore because he needs the Republican vote in the Senate, and she argued that Trump’s support has helped Moore in the polls.

“When the President endorsed Luther strange, Luther Strange shot up in the polls by double digits. When the president endorsed Roy Moore, when he started talking about Doug Jones, the opponent here, which you still don’t want to talk about but the president does, Roy Moore took a lead in the polls again,” she said. “Why is that? Because the President himself came out and said he doesn’t want a liberal in the Senate.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conway-hypocrisy-moore-franken

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freddyvh

(276 posts)
2. huge differences
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:02 AM
Dec 2017

1-franken wasn't accused of groping minors.
2-franken even called for a congressional investigation into himself.
3-he hasn't denied it outright.

IronLionZion

(45,466 posts)
7. I'm more concerned as to why they don't understand the difference
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:10 AM
Dec 2017

as in with Trump's bus video, way too many of those idiots were upset by him saying the word instead of what he was bragging about having done.

LakeArenal

(28,827 posts)
20. Yes, when she turns and speaks to the left...
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 12:51 PM
Dec 2017

and then she turns and speaks to the right. All she speaks is hypocrisy..

malthaussen

(17,205 posts)
11. "tu quoque" is still a logical fallacy, madam.
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:15 AM
Dec 2017

Fortunately for Mr Trump and the GOP, their minions are nothing if not logical.

-- Mal

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
12. Why defend a man who would/could LURE her daughters on a "date" without Moms knowledge?
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:24 AM
Dec 2017

Moneys not that good is it Kellyanne? Republican Partys not that 'great' is it Kellyanne?

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
13. Al's not trolling schools for underage victims
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:26 AM
Dec 2017

I remember a time when I thought the Republican party might at least draw the line at assaulting underage girls.

I don't know if Al Frankin should resign or not, but the Republican endorsement of Moore is an incomparable low for a modern U.S. political party.

 

ironman25

(26 posts)
14. Hypocrite
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:27 AM
Dec 2017

Why is the piece of trash still in the White House? Where is John Wilkes Booth when you need him? Republicans are the party of the religious right and suppose to have higher morals.

Yavin4

(35,443 posts)
15. Conway's defense leads me to believe more and more that the accusations against Franken
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:31 AM
Dec 2017

are coordinated and phony. The whole point is to create a false equivalency.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
16. Conway wouldn't know hypocrisy if it bit her in the ass.
Wed Dec 6, 2017, 11:37 AM
Dec 2017

Her whole act is hypocrisy personified. The GOP is nothing if not hypocrisy in action.

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