And no, it wasn’t some brief aside to a reporter or the ladies of “The View”: this was President Obama speaking during a televised news conference Friday afternoon at the White House. Hey world that happens to be on fire, “we tortured some folks.”
And here's the "we tortured some folks" Vine c/o @dorseyshaw https://t.co/Yr6c3M7sF3
— Brian ? Ries (@moneyries) August 1, 2014
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Many were most upset that Carpenter, senior communications advisor to Ted Cruz, had a problem with the president admitting to terrorists having been “tortured.”
.@amandacarpenter maybe we shouldn't have tortured people in the first place
— Stephen Judkins (@stephenjudkins) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter @timothypmurphy Maybe we shouldn't torture people? A Cruz admin would torture and just lie about it?
— grant ?️? (@NotSoNiceville) August 1, 2014
.@amandacarpenter if you don't want to hear a president admit that we tortured people, then perhaps you shouldn't support torturing people.
— ((MarkCC)) (@MarkCC) August 1, 2014
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@amandacarpenter Torture = ok. Admitting torture = bad. Got it.
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter Make the truth stop. Make the truth stop. Torture created more terrorists. That you defend it makes you evil.
— Jason Melrath (@JasonMelrath) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter how about stopping the torture first????
— Robb M (@robbm02) August 1, 2014
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@amandacarpenter that's because we DID. #youcanthandlethetruth
— db771??♀️#BidenHarris2020 #MegaBlueTsunami2020 (@db771) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter how about we stop torturing people?
— Norma Valentini (@NormaValentini) August 1, 2014
people like @amandacarpenter spent 8 years defending torture, get upset when someone calls it what it is.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 1, 2014
"DAMN YOU OBAMA FOR TELLING THE TRUTH!!!" // MT @amandacarpenter I am stunned our President just said "we tortured" people from the podium.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) August 1, 2014
.@amandacarpenter Except we *did* torture people. So, from a factual standpoint, Obama's statement is wholly accurate
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter The torturing was the bad part.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter face up to it.. America tortured, who F'G admits it is moot
— ltmcdies ??? (@ltmcdies) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter actually torturing people was the PR victory for our enemies. telling the truth is the first step to making it better.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter No, the US actually torturing people is a PR victory for your enemies. Admitting it will help repair a little of the damage
— Mikey says hey (@erlking) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter @BarackObama POTUS IS HONEST! We did torture, you just are not comfortable with the truth! You lie so much, it's all u know
— SUMAC (@dsumma) August 1, 2014
.@amandacarpenter The only thing that could be worse is if it is true! Oh wait, it is.
— clydetheslyde (@clydetheslyde) August 1, 2014
@amandacarpenter Thanks for confirming TeapubliKKKlan party has only disdain for FACTS & REALITY. Integrity clearly a foreign concept 2 U.
— Cos2mwiz (@Cos2mwiz2) August 1, 2014
It did seem strange timing to some that Obama would concern himself with talk of torture after a tough week of fundraisers and barbecue dinners out with ordinary folks — not to mention some other issues on his plate.
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@amandacarpenter He didn't just say we tortured people, either. He said "folks." Like we waterboarded the town of Mayberry, not al-Qaeda.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) August 1, 2014
Ah, yes, not terrorists but “folks.”
Dec. 7, 1941: the day some "folks" from Japan swung by Pearl Harbor and dropped off a few bombs.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) August 1, 2014
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Every time a politician says "folks," Satan stabs Will Rogers with a pitchfork
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 1, 2014
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Today's "torture" talk is carefully calibrated to fume at the past administration and not pay attention to problems of the current one.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 1, 2014
So what’s this about a “PR victory” again, for those who haven’t quite caught up?
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/495300560636375040
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