CNN’s Chris Cillizza took issue with a tweet from President Trump today concerning FBI spying on his 2016 campaign and attempted to add the preferred Resistance spin:
My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019
Carter Page, via FISA warrant that was approved and then re-approved 3 times by by a FISA court, was surveilled because the FBI had reason to believe he was being targeted by the Russians and was susceptible to those entreaties. https://t.co/b5YHGzOOaL
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 17, 2019
But it was “even worse” than that, according to Cillizza:
CORRECTION (and it's even worse for Trump): The FISA Court found probable cause that Page was an agent of a foreign power
(hat tip @carriecordero) https://t.co/dJpYmrPm02
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 17, 2019
It never fails:
The FBI's got Trump right where they want him!
It's like Lucy and the football with you people. https://t.co/CXwMhsLbNt
— jon gabriel (@exjon) May 17, 2019
Hey Chris, did you ever hear about Lucy and the football?
POTUS is Lucy. ??? https://t.co/B4tDRTHeWV— Steel Magnolia (@Southrngirl77) May 17, 2019
Every. Darn. Time.
And where might the FISA Court have gotten that idea, Chris?
NO, The FISA court was given frivolous, unverified information that led them to make that conclusion. https://t.co/q62GFYmSbU
— Daniel (@ddwalk34) May 17, 2019
You won’t give up. Probable cause based on a phone dossier that Comey swore was verified https://t.co/YSXrgFf3C6
— Inglewood Jack (@Inglewoodjack99) May 17, 2019
Chris, it's not about what the FISA court "found". It's about what information was presented to the court.
Crap in, crap out.
— From Flyover (@FromFlyover) May 17, 2019
Maybe he doesn’t know or care about the difference, because “journalism.”
The 'probable cause' that the FISA judge found was a bunch of FBI officials totally swearing in his courtroom that the Steele Dossier provided good, solid verified evidence that Page was a Russian agent.https://t.co/VWt4zKzzTB
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) May 17, 2019
@CillizzaCNN this abdurd statement should at minimum cost you your blue check mark #MAGA https://t.co/HQu2v09lZp
— TUNAX (@TUNAX12) May 17, 2019
CORRECTION: You still have it wrong, you dolt. https://t.co/JpdAmhDhF2
— JWF (@JammieWF) May 17, 2019
It’s nice of Cillizza to host these almost daily ratio parties on Twitter.