As Twitchy reported earlier, either CNN legal analyst Susan Hennessey either forgot to delete her tweets or she still hasn’t seen the irony in her being disturbed by the idea that a sitting president might use the intelligence community to investigate the other party’s campaign.
What had her bothered was this tweet from POLITICO, which followed a 15-minute phone interview with the president:
Trump told POLITICO on Friday that it would be “appropriate” for him to speak to Attorney General Bill Barr about launching an investigation into his potential 2020 rival, Joe Bidenhttps://t.co/f3FGEBoRA4
— POLITICO (@politico) May 11, 2019
Oh, that Ukraine thing with his son, Hunter. “Certainly it would be an appropriate thing to speak to [Attorney General William Barr] about, but I have not done that as of yet. … It could be a very big situation,” Trump told POLITICO Friday.
So, in short, the president hasn’t done anything, but that hasn’t kept liberals from freaking out about it. Ronald Klain, whose Twitter bio is a potpourri from which we’ve plucked former Ebola czar, was also outraged.
If he can do this to @JoeBiden, he can do this to any other Democrat.
If he can do this to any Democrat, he can do this to any Republican in Trump's way.
If he can do this any political rival, he can do this to any American. https://t.co/dkDaOkzp46
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) May 11, 2019
That’s kicked off a back-and-forth with Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Irony much? Consider this exact tweet, with “Trump” replacing “Biden.” That describes the exact state of affairs w/ the Obama Admin launching investigations on Trump. Did you ask these Qs then? Have you since? Why not? #LawEnforcementShouldntBePoliticized https://t.co/R0ZZTVaacL
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 11, 2019
Seriously? You don’t get the difference between the FBI launching a counter- intelligence investigation, and a President ordering DOJ to investigate his opponent? Did you go to class while you were in law school? https://t.co/UBvxnN4tly
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) May 11, 2019
Oh, they’re still going with the angle that they were “spying” on Donald Trump to protect him from Russian interference.
Ok, since D talking points change with the weather, y’all’s current position is that “the FBI” made the decision? So it would be different if Lynch signed off? Brennan? Biden? Obama? Or do you not care which political operatives may have ordered the surveillance of the GOP? https://t.co/nsxfSzGXWY
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 11, 2019
Cruz seems to have hit a nerve here with the usual suspects:
I’m not surprised you can’t tell the difference between the FBI launching an investigation because of national security concerns versus a president ordering a DOJ investigation of his political opponent.
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) May 11, 2019
I can attest that @tedcruz went to class when he was in law school, @RonaldKlain, because he was my (very smart) student! Maybe he skipped high school & college, though. That’s where they teach the really basic stuff. Like right v. wrong and such . . . https://t.co/5DKQt0qqs6
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 11, 2019
Oh he knows the difference
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 11, 2019
This is going to get so good.
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Republicans pounce: Trump and his allies are promoting conflict of interest questions involving Biden https://t.co/QF8pB2Sxd5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 2, 2019
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