Not surprisingly, Democrats in Washington had plenty to say Monday night following the Washington Post’s story alleging that President Donald Trump revealed classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during a White House visit last week.
Many called it careless and dangerous.
.@realDonaldTrump’s carelessness w/ classified information is endangering crucial intelligence-sharing arrangements. https://t.co/KmggfKeQKO
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) May 15, 2017
Deeply disturbing: https://t.co/Cy8yV45Jes
— Senator Jack Reed (@SenJackReed) May 15, 2017
If true, this is a slap in the face to the intel community. Risking sources & methods is inexcusable, particularly with the Russians. https://t.co/CRiSC024F7
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) May 15, 2017
Let's be clear – this is extremely dangerous and a real threat to our security. https://t.co/AOYOHALQQ4
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 15, 2017
Trump’s decision to relay some of our most sensitive intelligence w/ representatives of Russian govt betrays an astounding lack of judgment.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) May 15, 2017
By revealing code-word info to Russia, he may have compromised intel sources, endangered fight against ISIS, undermined trust of intl prtnrs
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) May 15, 2017
Congress must investigate this irresponsible action & take steps to ensure Trump does no addl damage to US natl sec in his dealings w Russia
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) May 15, 2017
Sharing intel w/ adversaries undermines key relationships w/ allies & threatens our national security. If true, this is reckless & dangerous
— Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (@SenatorShaheen) May 15, 2017
A few statements, though, were a little less conventional.
Protip: Don’t give the Russians classified information. #Classified101
— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) May 15, 2017
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island thought the timing was right to bring up some Clinton scandals for comparison’s sake — probably not a good idea to revive those scandals (even in sanitized form) just when Hillary’s launching Onward Together.
Bill Clinton meets AG Lynch on tarmac; Republicans freak out. Trump calls Comey to White House to demand "loyalty"; Republicans say what??
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 15, 2017
Hillary emails have harmless "classified" info; Republicans chant "lock her up." Trump reveals real secrets to Russians; Rs say what??
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 15, 2017
Hmm … Whitehouse’s quotation marks around “classified” suggest his expertise on the subject is right up there with Hillary, who told the FBI she thought the (C) indicating emails were confidential was actually a way to put paragraphs in alphabetical order.
For what it’s worth, not everyone in the GOP is staying silent.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker says White House is “in a downward spiral,” and a lack of discipline is creating chaos. https://t.co/KURkNioRY3 pic.twitter.com/x8JrJGVs1m
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 15, 2017
If true, deeply disturbing… https://t.co/gHc10i1pWv
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) May 15, 2017
Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, who declared the country to be in nothing less than “a full-fledged constitutional crisis” following Trump’s firing of James Comey, took a different tack with Monday’s news.
This feels like a super crappy episode of 24.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/K000_000_000/status/864254996925353989
Make up your minds, Democrats.
The Trump White House: The plot of House of Cards with the characters from Veep
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 31, 2017
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