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jpak

(41,759 posts) Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:23 AM Aug 2016

Clinton campaign manager calls Trump a Kremlin puppet

Source: Politico

The campaign manager for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Robby Mook, faced tough questions on Sunday about the Clinton Foundation’s decision to stop taking corporate and foreign donations if Clinton wins the White House.

Mook’s response: Dodge the questions and go on offense, accusing Republican rival Donald Trump of being a Kremlin puppet.

On ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, the host pressed Mook on why it was OK for the Clinton Foundation to accept corporate and foreign donations when she was secretary of state but not if she becomes president.

Mook provided no clear answer and instead raised questions about Trump’s own financial dealings.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-russia-mook-clinton-foundation-227237#ixzz4Hyrj1pk0
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-russia-mook-clinton-foundation-227237

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Clinton campaign manager calls Trump a Kremlin puppet (Original Post) jpak Aug 2016 OP

because the president is the boss nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #1

Yes! Russia, Russia, Russia piechartking Aug 2016 #2

I thought Mook did well. The Politico writer's tone sounds like he doesn't approve. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2016 #3

My thought exactly as I started to read this article. Then I thought--it's Politico!! riversedge Aug 2016 #4

Attacked for doing something ethically right BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #5

Trump stands with the Dictator who bombs children in Syria and against the United States. onehandle Aug 2016 #6

So, don't get him wet or feed him after midnight? jmondine Aug 2016 #7

Mook did not "dodge" any questions. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #8

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

1. because the president is the boss nt

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:24 AM

Aug 2016

piechartking

(617 posts)

2. Yes! Russia, Russia, Russia

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:27 AM

Aug 2016

Oh man, I really hope that they end up digging up Manafort's shit and it turns out someone was a KGB operative within the Trump campaign. That would be Christmas in September.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)

3. I thought Mook did well. The Politico writer's tone sounds like he doesn't approve.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:36 AM

Aug 2016

"Dodge"?

riversedge

(70,299 posts)

4. My thought exactly as I started to read this article. Then I thought--it's Politico!!

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:01 PM

Aug 2016

BumRushDaShow

(129,441 posts)

5. Attacked for doing something ethically right

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:18 PM

Aug 2016

They must be having a sadz.

Meanwhile this happened 25+ years ago -

In the first year of his presidency, President Bush founded the Points of Light Foundation (now known as Points of Light) to promote the spirit of volunteerism. He launched the modern volunteer service movement by signing the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the first piece of federal service legislation in almost 20 years.

http://www.pointsoflight.org/people/board-members/president-george-h-w-bush

But IOKIYAR.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

6. Trump stands with the Dictator who bombs children in Syria and against the United States.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:52 PM

Aug 2016

Clearly.

Deport the Trump Klan.

jmondine

(1,649 posts)

7. So, don't get him wet or feed him after midnight?

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Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:20 PM

Aug 2016

SunSeeker

(51,697 posts)

8. Mook did not "dodge" any questions.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:41 PM

Aug 2016

I love how Mook pointed out that the media did not give a shit about the existence of the Bush Foundation run by Poppy Bush when Dubya took office.

What "tough question" did Mook not answer? Politico is full of crap on that headline.

And as far as calling Trump a Kremlin puppet, that is not accurate reporting either. Mook said Trump may be a puppet of Putin, judging by an increasingly alarming series of actions by Trump, which Mook listed in that very interview, most notably:

1. Trump is financially tied to Russian oligarchs for debt financing -- and his businesses are $650 million in debt--yet he refuses to disclose his financial ties or his taxes.

2. Trump parrots Putin in his remarks in bashing NATO and changing the GOP platform to delete support of Ukraine as it is being slowly swallowed by Putin.

3. The man Trump brought to his first classified national security briefing last week with him is on the payroll of Putin's propaganda arm, RT, and was sitting just two seats away from Putin at it's tenth anniversary gala.

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