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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 04:19 AM Aug 2016

Trump Spokeswoman Says He Was 'Very Serious' About Obama 'Founding ISIS'

Source: Talking Points Memo

Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson told MSNBC on Friday afternoon that Trump was indeed "very serious" when he said that President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State terror group.

When Pierson was first asked if Trump was being sarcastic, she replied, "yes and no."

Pressed again, she said, "He was being very serious. He was being very serious when he talked about what happened and why ISIS is here today, and it is their fault."

"No, he was not saying that President Obama personally went to the Middle East and filled out the paperwork that incorporated ISIS. That's obviously not what he's saying," she continued. "But what he is saying is that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had the intel that they needed to make decisions, particularly arming the rebels in Syria, which turned out to be ISIS, and as Gen. Flynn reports, they ignored that willingly and created ISIS."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/katrina-pierson-trump-very-serious-obama-isis

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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
3. sorry 'bout the all caps but HER WORDS ARE EXACTLY KREMLIN BOILERPLATE AGITPROP
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 05:16 AM
Aug 2016

And she cites "Gen. Flynn" who is one of the now-infamous Russia gov't connections to the Trump campaign.

Sorry to keep stressing this point, but even FOX does not go this far (with exceptions).
RT link that you don't have to click on showing "Gen. Flynn" on Putin media: https://www.rt.com/usa/312050-dia-flynn-islamic-state/

Yes it's "Gen. Flynn" she's citing but he's just an useful idiot mouthing the Kremlin's agenda. He literally PARTIES WITH PUTIN:

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KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
9. to validate and amplify your sarcasm, this linked article
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:48 AM
Aug 2016

explains in excruciating detail exactly why Trump's claim is both absurd AND outrageous:

www.vox.com/2016/8/11/12438744/obama-founded-isis-trump

mwb970

(11,365 posts)
8. Trump said he would surround himself with geniuses to make up for his abysmal ignorance.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 06:46 AM
Aug 2016

When is that scheduled to start?

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
10. My favorite comment from the site....
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:16 AM
Aug 2016

brooklyndweller14h
I believe this is what's referred to by "stepping on your own dick."

Yes, it also applies to women.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
11. ISIS filled out paperwork to be incorporated?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:18 AM
Aug 2016

So if they filled out the form wrong or if the request was denied, there would be no terrorist organization lopping off heads today?

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