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After Fox, Donald Trump Also Blamed Florida School Shooting On Russia Investigation

Posted by Ellen -7835.60pc on February 18, 2018 · Flag

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Last night, after at least two different Fox hosts promoted the ridiculous conspiracy theory that the FBI’s failure to properly follow up on warnings about Nikolas Cruz before he committed the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week was because the bureau was too busy with the Russia investigation, Donald Trump parroted the same baloney.

Apparently, Rush Limbaugh also used the talking point on his Friday show. So we can’t be certain Trump got the idea from Fox. But one thing is clear: They are all on the same page of gaslight. As I wrote yesterday, the FBI’s failure to properly follow up on a warning about Cruz happened in a Miami field office. In a bureau of more than 30,000 staffers, it’s impossible to believe that the Russia investigation, no matter how complicated, is the only thing the FBI is capable of working on. I seriously doubt even Limbaugh or any Fox host really thinks so.

Serial liar Trump, on the other hand…

Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018

(Donald Trump caricature by DonkeyHotey via Creative Commons license)


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Anonymous commented 2018-02-19 11:20:03 -0500 · Flag
One can hope Trump’s swagger this time may have plucked too discordant a note for at least a sliver of his base. The right wing talking point on ‘immediately politicizing’ the asymmetric use of assault weapons has in Trump’s tweet been taken to a new personal level. Up until now, the supposedly overly-prompt politicization of mass murder was about relevant policy issues: gun control, mental illness. Details of people having known about the shooter not being clairvoyant have never been central, nor has anyone outside of a tabloid gutter thought it wise to jump to quick conclusions and assign prominent blame about such details. Here, however, the President very quickly and pointedly assigns blame beyond the shooter because he thinks it can be turned to his personal benefit.

According to Trump’s tweets, the locals were all terrific heroes, the only slip up anywhere in sight was the FBI’s. Republican Florida Governor completes Trump’s hit by singling out the FBI Director even though the Governor and his Florida minions and colleagues had far more responsibility than did the FBI Director. Indeed, at this early moment, it would appear POSSIBLE (but of course this is premature speculation) that the FBI was informed about the potential shooter BECAUSE OF fecklessness of local officials. .
Erich Pomfret commented 2018-02-19 08:32:28 -0500 · Flag
I never would have imagined that the ‘Fox-obsessed crazy-uncle-at-Thanksgiving-dinner’ could even escape the nursing home, but in this great country, it turns out that anyone really can be elected President.








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