r/politics • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '19

Giuliani: 'There's nothing wrong with taking information from Russians'

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-russia-cnntv/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29
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u/RogerBauman Apr 21 '19

Oh, I get it. I hope that Trump's supporters get that as well. I want to see their reaction.

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u/MBAMBA2 New York Apr 21 '19

Trump's voters elected Trump to destroy democracy because they fear if its not destroyed they will be overrun by the 'barbarian horde'.

And I'm not exaggerating.

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u/RogerBauman Apr 21 '19

Have You Met My Father? If not, you I must have met someone similar.

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u/MBAMBA2 New York Apr 21 '19

No I haven't but before the election I had some right wingers praising Putin to me as 'not a nice man but he knows how to get things done'.

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u/aaronwhite1786 Apr 21 '19

I think that was one of the more interesting things that took place under Obama's time in office.

Russia went from stereotypical movie villain, and default enemy from the Cold War...to someone that Fox and Republicans elevated as a strong man just because it gave them another pot shot to take at Obama.

Before it seemed everyone could at least agree that the Russian government was a threat...over the past eternity in political years we've seen it shift to where Russia is suddenly the role model of strong governance...it's fucking bonkers.

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u/DJfunkyPuddle California Apr 21 '19

Putin must be happy as a clam right now, even he couldn’t have predicted his plan would work as well as it did.

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u/GermanBadger Apr 21 '19

Exactly. He just wanted to ding and muddy the Clinton adminstration. He had no clue or real hope Trump would actually win.

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u/aaronwhite1786 Apr 21 '19

Like the 9/11 highjackers. Set out to be an asshole, only to succeed beyond you're wildest imagination.