Barack Obama’s appearance at the virtual Democratic National Convention Wednesday night had Democrats (and the media) pining for the former president, whose administration was “almost famously scandal-free,” according to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, who also made it clear that the idea that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign was a lie.
Of course, journalists remember it as scandal-free because they simply overlooked … a lot.
.@NicolleDWallace: “Let’s just debunk the lie” the Obama Admin spied on Trump; “Obama was almost famously scandal free.”@DanielSGoldman: Obama "was remarkably scandal free." pic.twitter.com/t5GEDCcwuc
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 20, 2020
“Remarkably scandal-free.”
“Scandal Free”…
—Fast & Furious
—Benghazi
—IRS Targeting
—ISIS as JV Team
—Project Cassandra
—Taliban Five & Bergdahl
—VA Waitlists
—China’s OPM Hack
—Clinton Email Server
—Wiretapping Journos
—Disastrous Iran Deal
—Mocking Romney on Russia
—Awful Response to Putin Meddling https://t.co/xlVc1nRtpQ pic.twitter.com/Zjl8TNITzG— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) August 20, 2020
That’s a start.
…that's not what debunking is.
— Regs (@r3gulations) August 20, 2020
That's just two partisans agreeing on a statement. They might feel really warm and cozy while concurring, and it may even very well be true, but it's surely not debunking anything.
— Regs (@r3gulations) August 20, 2020
Isn't it great that you can just debunk something just by saying it's been "debunked" and presenting no supporting evidence for your statement?
— Brockstar?☘ (@brockstar91) August 20, 2020
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And someone else in the media will use that statement as proof.
Lies reinforced with lies.— Capt. Anton Zilwicki, RMN (@antonzilwicky54) August 20, 2020
These folks I swear…. pic.twitter.com/njNqKD0ebH
— Justin Gibbs (@justingibbs33) August 20, 2020
It's easy to be scandal free when the media looks the other way.
— Star-crossed_Liason (@SherriShultz) August 20, 2020
The gaslighting marathon is just getting started.
— Evil English ? (@RealEvilEnglish) August 20, 2020
Adorable.
— MetricButtload (@monkeyboy100001) August 20, 2020
This will age beautifully
— Mattius (@ObeythePaw) August 20, 2020
This here is serious jounalism.
— torpido (@edgecitykid) August 20, 2020
The #MSM will do anything and everything to cover for Obama.
— C. Swickster ?? (@cdswick) August 20, 2020
The AG disagrees with Nicole. Libs just lie all the time. Only way they can get elected is lie and cheat.
— JM TX (@JMuser16) August 20, 2020
Do I really have to once again type the dozen scandals his administration was embroiled in? This is getting tiresome.
— AdamInHTownTX (Postal Justice Warrior) (@AdamInHTownTX) August 20, 2020
Could Dems win elections if we had a neutral media?
— bagelface (@bagelface2) August 20, 2020
That is a really good question.
Obama destroyed the peaceful transition of power.#VoteALLdemocratsOUT.
— RICO aka msm/dem/bureaucracy/and now judiciary (@NikitasDad) August 20, 2020
— MelloBiafra (@wehavebeenhad) August 20, 2020
I guess all the documents and reports that came out were blank or she can't read.
— Brendon Daniels (@bdaniels1996) August 20, 2020
— Mike (@Mike__Arrington) August 20, 2020
Even Eric Holder admitted his biggest regret as Attorney General was spying on Fox News’ James Rosen.
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Buckle UP! With THESE formal investigations, Biden might wanna hold off claiming Obama admin was ‘scandal-free’ (WOW) https://t.co/3pU0Gl7d4I
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 25, 2019