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Chuck Todd has a message for Republicans still harping on Benghazi: it's over, people.
The panel on Tuesday's "Morning Joe" was discussing the new House Select committee formed to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks. The inquiry comes after several others into the attacks, all of which led Todd to suggest that the latest investigation is not necessary and is more of a "partisan" process than anything else.
"Ill hear from Republicans that say, But there are unanswered questions! Well, no, all the questions have been answered," he said. "Theres just some people that dont like the answers, that wish the answers were somehow more conspiratorial, I guess."
Todd said that there were a number of issues, like policy or the United States' response to Arab Spring, worth discussing. "But to sit here and investigate talking points seems to be totally missing the larger point here," he added. "Its like investigating who cut down one tree in a forest thats been burned down."
His comments echo his remarks earlier this month that the new committee "looks nothing more than a partisan stunt. House Speaker John Boehner recently named Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy to lead the investigation, while some Democrats who are threatening to boycott the committee.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/13/chuck-todd-republicans-benghazi_n_5317210.html
Justice
(7,188 posts)blm
(113,101 posts)That still won't change the minds of those personally invested in continuing to lie about Benghazi.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Look at how long it took for the whole "Barack Obama is a Kenyan" conspiracy theory to die down.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Muslim hate short movie? The b-grade short movie that was filmed in the USA and sent to the Imam just 3 days before memorial of 9-11 date. The Imam who called for riots on usa Embassies because of that b-grade movie.
The riots/protests that gave much cover and distraction when there was an armed attack at the outer offices of our Libya officials.
I think Todd is scared to ask republicans any real journalist questions.
He only spreads their message that republicans bengaziiii misinformation crap is back firing on their party big time.
Meanwhile someone, some American group!!!??? got away with that Muslim-hate movie that gave cover to that attack.