As Twitchy told you earlier, AG Bill Barr testified today that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election cycle.
Barr on whether there was spying on the Trump campaign:
"I think spying did occur. … The question is whether it was adequately predicated."
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 10, 2019
But before you get too concerned about that, Washington Post senior political reporter Aaron Blake has a couple of points for you to consider:
2 points on Barr and "spying":
1) The use of "spying" is obviously a loaded term — and one Trump favors
2) Surveillance of Carter Page came AFTER he left the Trump campaign. https://t.co/Uc3yoLNFCN
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 10, 2019
Thanks for clearing that up, Aaron! Now we know the Obama administration’s hands are clean and we were wrong to ever question them.
See a journalist would have stopped after the tweet with Barr’s quote. A politically biased @washingtonpost hack like Mr. Blake however, needs to add this tweet with his opinion of Barr’s thinking so his readers, who he must think are dumb, can know how to feel about this news.
— Brad Bravo (@BradBravo42) April 10, 2019
All in a day’s work of guarding the truth!
Aaron Blake, the DNC’s janitor, has logged on.
Barr called it “spying” because it is literally spying. https://t.co/g2QvodphXQ
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 10, 2019
Hack.
— Jay Tee Ell Oh Ell (@jtLOL) April 10, 2019
Goalpost moving
— DGK (@DolemiteGK) April 10, 2019
Already trying to change the narrative
— Falter Flow (@falterflow5) April 10, 2019
"Loaded"= Makes our team look bad.
— tab² (@Tommytabtab) April 10, 2019
Which term would you prefer he use
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) April 10, 2019
Says the media who has repeatedly called Trump a Russian asset, Putin’s puppet, accused him of treason and insulted his entire base of support. Sorry if the word spying hurts your feelings
— The OG Hillbilly (@LauraLMonroe33) April 10, 2019
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Related:
D’OH! Sen. Brian Schatz asked AG Bill Barr to rephrase ‘spying’ (and might wish he hadn’t)
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