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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 11:45 AM Oct 2017

Trump: Coincidence that Russia is bubbling up ahead of tax push? 'NOT!'

Source: The Hill



BY MAX GREENWOOD - 10/29/17 11:39 AM EDT

President Trump on Sunday suggested that it is no coincidence that news surrounding the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference has emerged at the same time that Republicans are pushing tax reform on Capitol Hill.




Trump's comment came two days after reports surfaced that a grand jury approved the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.

The indictment is currently sealed and it's not clear who the charges target, or what they include, though they could be unsealed as early as Monday, according to multiple reports.

House Republicans are expected to unveil their tax reform legislation on Wednesday. Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing to pass a series of tax cuts by the end of the year.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357707-trump-coincidence-that-russia-is-bubbling-up-ahead-of-tax-push-not
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Trump: Coincidence that Russia is bubbling up ahead of tax push? 'NOT!' (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Not! Roy Rolling Oct 2017 #1
Russia has been "bubbling" for almost a year. George II Oct 2017 #2
tRump using tax heist as diversion from Russia. RepubiCONS using Russia as heist diversion. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #3
Nope, no coincedence Lithos Oct 2017 #4
Hell, O Yellar has been pushing his 100 day ,,,,, Cryptoad Oct 2017 #5
He, his press secretary and right wingers are the ones who ramped up the Russia talk wishstar Oct 2017 #6
He thinks other people are like him, focused on what distractions to put out there every day.nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #7
Oh, but his faithful...." SergeStorms Oct 2017 #8

Lithos

(26,403 posts)
4. Nope, no coincedence
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 01:21 PM
Oct 2017

Trump is trying to get his billionaire agenda in before it is shut down by the long running Russian probe.

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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
5. Hell, O Yellar has been pushing his 100 day ,,,,,
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 01:32 PM
Oct 2017

agenda for almost a year now so any move by Mueller is happenstance !

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
6. He, his press secretary and right wingers are the ones who ramped up the Russia talk
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 01:38 PM
Oct 2017

to discredit Hillary and the dossier as a distraction, instead of them promoting their tax cut plan.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
8. Oh, but his faithful...."
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 03:35 AM
Oct 2017

followers will believe every word of it. Trump knows his base. They've both been bitching about the "fake" Russian probe since Trump took office, but now - like magic - it's just "bubbled up" to take the supposed shine off of "his" tax plan.

This Russian probe "bubbled up" when the Rethuglicans were trying to repeal and replace the ACA too. They all must have forgotten that bit of "bubbling up" took place. The Russian probe "bubbled up" when Trump was trying to get his travel ban railroaded through the court system as well. Again, they've conveniently forgotten about those bubbles too.

Trump seems to think the entire population of the U.S. is as ignorant as his base. Otherwise he could tweet all this to his loyal twits, and not subject us all to his fantastic lies.

"Bubbled up" my ass, Donnie, you freaking liar.

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