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Post by tigercpa on Mar 14, 2016 15:00:49 GMT
Well, now the truth is out, their BS story didn't hold water. Trump is not lilly-livered like the rest of the GOP, who would have folded over such a story
Shapiro and Fields have resigned from Breitbart for FALSIFYING their assault story on Trump's team.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/breitbart-s-michelle-fields-ben-shapiro-resign-over-trump-incident-n537711
The video angle that came out Saturday countered their preferred narrative - it was false at worst and heavily exaggerated at best.
A big nothingburger of a smear.
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Post by Bevo on Mar 14, 2016 15:29:33 GMT
I think, the question here is a matter of severity. I don't doubt that someone grabbed her arm, and pulled her back. There is doubt about WHO did that. But, does that act rise to the level of assault? Puh-lease.
If a Secret Service agent has a concern, his action may have been quick and forceful... maybe even, forceful enough to cause bruising on a dainty female. But, again.. is that assault? Hardly.
There isn't even an "OW!" on the audio tape. All I hear are hurt feelings.
If Michelle can't handle that, without filing a lawsuit? She might want to consider a career change.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 15:37:10 GMT
I read the article carefully, and it didn't say that: "Shapiro and Fields have resigned from Breitbart for FALSIFYING their assault story on Trump's team."
Why do you continually make stuff up?
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Post by tigercpa on Mar 14, 2016 15:39:26 GMT
I think, the question here is a matter of severity. I don't doubt that someone grabbed her arm, and pulled her back. There is doubt about WHO did that. But, does that act rise to the level of assault? Puh-lease. If a Secret Service agent has a concern, his action may have been quick and forceful... maybe even, forceful enough to cause bruising on a dainty female. But, again.. is that assault? Hardly. There isn't even an "OW!" on the audio tape. All I hear are hurt feelings. If Michelle can't handle that, without filing a lawsuit? She might want to consider a career change. I can even accept that she was initially mistaken about who touched her arm, but a clarification would have fixed it. Instead, as usual, it is the cover-up that makes it worse.
When the video proved her wrong then things got weird with people deleting “tweets” they had made and acting like it did not happen
The media have lost all sense of reason or decency to see what happened in that video as a violent assault. She even claimed that he almost dragged her down to the ground. What could inspire her to lie so outrageously but a desire to harm the Trump campaign?
Charges need to be pressed against her for filing a false police report. I think Lewandowski should sue her for defamation also.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 15:46:18 GMT
I think, the question here is a matter of severity. I don't doubt that someone grabbed her arm, and pulled her back. There is doubt about WHO did that. But, does that act rise to the level of assault? Puh-lease. If a Secret Service agent has a concern, his action may have been quick and forceful... maybe even, forceful enough to cause bruising on a dainty female. But, again.. is that assault? Hardly. There isn't even an "OW!" on the audio tape. All I hear are hurt feelings. If Michelle can't handle that, without filing a lawsuit? She might want to consider a career change. Lewandowski admitted to Brietbart that he assaulted Fields, and that he mistook her for adversarial media. Fields was covering for Brietbart's Trump reporter, who had the flu.
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Post by EvilVodka on Mar 14, 2016 15:47:09 GMT
"It will never dawn on most people that they will get duped by the Cruz / GOPe machine." I am trying to decipher your secret code. Does GOPe stand for the Republican establishment, to wit, the "Cruz/Republican establishment machine"? If so, I have to confess - that is the first time I have seen anyone link Ted Cruz' name with the Republican establishment. Ted Cruz is about as far from the Republican establishment as a Republican can possibly get. One major difference between Cruz and Trump is that Cruz is undeniably a Republican. Cruz is more establishment than most people realize. It's subtle, but it's there. Agreed...I don't even find it all that subtle Cruz, initially deemed an outsider, was quick to round up the evangelical and Reaganite votes. IMO, he looks like the traditional republican candidate...and for this reason, I don't think he'd win the election I find it crazy how the establishment is viciously going after Trump...both right and left The Republican party doesn't connect with the American people at all....
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 15:50:31 GMT
I think, the question here is a matter of severity. I don't doubt that someone grabbed her arm, and pulled her back. There is doubt about WHO did that. But, does that act rise to the level of assault? Puh-lease. If a Secret Service agent has a concern, his action may have been quick and forceful... maybe even, forceful enough to cause bruising on a dainty female. But, again.. is that assault? Hardly. There isn't even an "OW!" on the audio tape. All I hear are hurt feelings. If Michelle can't handle that, without filing a lawsuit? She might want to consider a career change. I remind you that Lewandowski has admitted to Brietbartt that he assaulted Fields.
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Post by EvilVodka on Mar 14, 2016 15:53:25 GMT
Do I think that Trump has the potential to become another Hitler? No. The protests are ridiculous.... Trump has no official office yet, what is there to protest? Funny how no one wants to debate his economic points, they focus on stupid hot air rhetoric (which Trump is full of) I remember the GOP saying the same shit about Obama when he got into office.... How bout we all just vote for who we like best, before we start shitting on other people's rights. Save the protests for when there's actually something to protest
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Post by tigercpa on Mar 14, 2016 16:01:19 GMT
I read the article carefully, and it didn't say that: "Shapiro and Fields have resigned from Breitbart for FALSIFYING their assault story on Trump's team." Why do you continually make stuff up? It's a simple matter of connecting the dots.
The video proves her claims were, at a minimum exaggerated. there was no assault, and at no point was she almost "thrown to the ground". A bunch of people brushed by her exiting the event.
And the transcript and Terris' WaPo story have significant differences too.
Breitbart has to protect its brand. They're quitting because they were going to be fired. Breitbart did jump on board with their initial account of the story most of the day, until they were warned of another video out there that disproved their allegations.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/oh-my-michelle-fields-and-ben-shapiro-resign-from-breitbart-after-her-fudging-story-about-trump-campaign-manager/
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 16:01:22 GMT
EV: "Agreed...I don't even find it all that subtle
Cruz, initially deemed an outsider, was quick to round up the evangelical and Reaganite votes.
IMO, he looks like the traditional republican candidate...and for this reason, I don't think he'd win the election
I find it crazy how the establishment is viciously going after Trump...both right and left
The Republican party doesn't connect with the American people at all...."
The Republican establishment still has utter disdain for Cruz, but even more contempt for Trump. The establishment is wrong when it comes to Cruz, and right when it comes Trump.
However, you are right that the Republican Party is failing to connect with the American people. The same holds true for the Democrat Party. That leaves the door wide open for a populist without principles. Enter Donald Trump.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 16:05:53 GMT
tigercpa: "It's a simple matter of connecting the dots."
No it isn't. You were making stuff up once again.
BTW -- you obviously forgot to connect the dot where Lewandowski admitted to Brietbart that he had assaulted Fields.
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Post by tigercpa on Mar 14, 2016 16:12:08 GMT
tigercpa: "It's a simple matter of connecting the dots." No it isn't. You were making stuff up once again. BTW -- you obviously forgot to connect the dot where Lewandowski admitted to Brietbart that he had assaulted Fields. No one's making anything up, except fields and Terris and her boyfriend.
There's an actual quote where Lewandowski admitted to an assault?
Even Shapiro in his resignation statement said "alleged" assault. I wonder if his attorney advised him to use that word?
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Post by Bevo on Mar 14, 2016 16:51:35 GMT
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Post by Bevo on Mar 14, 2016 16:52:17 GMT
BTW -- you obviously forgot to connect the dot where Lewandowski admitted to Brietbart that he had assaulted Fields. Lewandowski has strongly DENIED this internet rumor.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Mar 14, 2016 18:42:30 GMT
It is not an Internet rumor. It has been published. That is why I said that it will be fun when Field's attorney gets to ask Matthew Boyle when he is under oath: The statement was issued in the wee hours of Wednesday morning but remains Breitbart’s official comment on the matter, hours after sources said Lewandowski acknowledged to Breitbart’s Washington political editor, Matthew Boyle, that he did manhandle Fields. Lewandowski’s explanation to Boyle, said these sources, was that he and Fields had never met before and that he didn’t recognize her as a Breitbart reporter, instead mistaking her for an adversarial member of the mainstream media. Trump’s press secretary, Hope Hicks, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. Nor did the usually responsive Boyle. www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/09/breitbart-rolls-over-after-reporter-grabbed-by-trump-aide.html#pq=f1XBJ0
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