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Dana Rohrabacher: Well, we know now people are trying to frighten us and others not to meet with people and not to talk to people. I…

On the recordJuly 14, 2017
Well, we know now people are trying to frighten us and others not to meet with people and not to talk to people. I wonder why. As far as I am concerned, I don't have just a blind trust in whatever our intelligence agencies give us. Let me note that many of the things that are being quoted aren't even being quoted from our intelligence agencies during this whole national discussion on what Russia's interaction with us has been for the last couple of years. The fact is that these intelligence reports are filled with weasel words. A weasel word is making it sound like you are saying something, but you put a phrase in that actually doesn't commit you to defending that particular position as being factual. With that said, I would hope that the American people pay close attention to the sinister words, but also the weasel words, and pay attention to the basic nonsense in telling us that: Oh, a horrible crime has been committed now, because someone in the Trump campaign-- whoever it was; I don't care if it was Donald Trump's relatives or his son or whoever it was, anybody in the campaign whatsoever--wants to talk to anybody in the world to get information, I think that is a good thing.…
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California
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Jul 14, 2017

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