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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:31 PM Jan 2017

White House press secretary says Trump hasnt tried to disprove accusations

Source: BuzzFeed News

Posted at 2:59 p.m., Jan. 11

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the president-elect has fallen short of meeting the bare standard of transparency in proving that accusations lodged against Trump are false.

Earnest went on to compare the current accusations to the birther conspiracy theory stoked for years by Trump that president Obama was not born in the United States.

The conspiracy theories were propagated even in the face of significant, overwhelming, and convincing evidence, Earnest said, referring to the presidents birth certificate. He went on to say that Obamas administration sought to disprove the claims by providing evidence against it, whereas Trumps administration has taken a different approach.

Theres ample evidence they could marshal to make public, to refute those claims, those accusation they say are baseless, but they refuse to do so, Earnest said. That kind of secrecy only serves to sow public doubt. If you recall, during the campaign as the president-elect was refusing to release his tax returns, people were asking what hes hiding. People are asking that question again.

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/trump-president-elect-news-conference?utm_term=.juqRAAZVg&sub=4438713_10307297

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White House press secretary says Trump hasnt tried to disprove accusations (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #1
Give 'em hell, Buzzfeed. herding cats Jan 2017 #2
Hiding in plain sight ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #3
With Respect To The Alleged Trump Sex Tapes... Corey_Baker08 Jan 2017 #4
I hear that they have tape proving McConnell like watching turtles have sex! Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #5
LOL Corey_Baker08 Jan 2017 #7
Much to this persons dismay pbmus Jan 2017 #12
Day off to worst start since morning after election day. Dorian Gray Jan 2017 #16
Dumb Ass will ruin himself. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #6
Hope that happens before he ruins the U.S. elleng Jan 2017 #8
Well done... dhill926 Jan 2017 #9
Oooooh, you'll make him mad. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #10
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Jan 2017 #11
Exactly BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #13
And the Cheeto-Butthead keeps claim.."nobody cares"?? Hulk Jan 2017 #14
Hard to disprove something that is true. nt sheshe2 Jan 2017 #15

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)
4. With Respect To The Alleged Trump Sex Tapes...
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 05:04 PM
Jan 2017

I do believe they exist & I believe the Russian Government is holding such tapes as well as other damaging material over Trumps head blackmailing him.

Trump will do anything & everything to keep the Kremlin happy because as egotistical as Trump is and as much as he tries to convince Americans that he's a healthy well hung stud (ewwww) I truly believe that Trump would lose it if the world saw him for what he truly is an overweight perverted 70 year old man with long fake hair & a baby penis...

Sorry for those who are now picturing this..

Dorian Gray

(13,496 posts)
16. Day off to worst start since morning after election day.
Thu Jan 12, 2017, 08:20 AM
Jan 2017

There isn't enough bleach in the world to clean my mind of this image.

BumRushDaShow

(129,053 posts)
13. Exactly
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:31 PM
Jan 2017

Right now I am hearing local media with panties in a wad about the release and reporting of that info. Yet they were completely MIA for fucking 8 years when lunatics like Drumpf and Arpaio and Orly Taitz hawked their idiotic birther and "madrassa" stories via press conferences, films, and books that the "media" eagerly reported on without a shred of fact checking.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
14. And the Cheeto-Butthead keeps claim.."nobody cares"??
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:44 PM
Jan 2017

How long does he get to use the absurd, false, bull shit claim???

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