Democrats and the media, but I repeat myself, have been telling us since the moment Hillary’s illegal server came to light that her emails were inconsequential. Much ado about nothing. A big fat nothingburger. And, heckaroonie, what’s the big deal that she deleted 30000+ emails about yoga and weddings and personal stuff, anyhow? Well, Trump made a statement this morning, which I was actually watching, and listening, and they’ve lost their minds. For instance, the NY Times
Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power to cyberspy on a secretary of state’s correspondence.
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,†Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras during a news conference. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.â€
Now comes the apoplexy in a news article
Mr. Trump’s call was an extraordinary moment at a time when Russia is being accused of meddling in the United States’ presidential election. His comments came amid questions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers, which American intelligence agencies have told the White House they have “high confidence†was the work of the Russian government.
There are all sorts of examples of this same thing, with Dems and their compliant media being Outraged!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/758335643764264960
Lots of media folks and Dems were saying the same thing. Of course, they were lying. That is not what Trump said. But, hey, they have a Narrative. And you can expect there will be more Outrage in the opinion pages by tomorrow morning, and surely Outrage on CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, among others.
But, here’s something interesting, per Sean Davis at The Federalist, who first notes this tweet from Team Hillary, echoing their press release
Clinton camp responds to Trump calling on Russia to release emails pic.twitter.com/fKsv03OO9z
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 27, 2016
Davis writes
Sullivan did not explain how the e-mails, which Clinton said were about nothing more than her “yoga routines†and wedding planning for her daughter, could possibly pose a national security risk to the United States. Sullivan also failed to explain how unclassified e-mails “private personal e-mails†wholly unrelated to her work as Secretary of State — Clinton declared in an infamous 2015 press conference that she “did not email any classified material to anyone on my email†— could compromise American security.
If the emails are nothingburgers, then what national security is at stake?
