Political Quotes

“I would like to read a column by Max Boot, conservative, and very well known. I am quoting completely. ``President Trump is willing, under duress, to briefly and begrudgingly admit that Russian meddling took place in 2016 before reverting to calling it a `big hoax.' But he always maintains that the plot against America had no impact; he describes it as a `Democrat excuse for losing the '16 election.' Faithfully echoing the President, other Republicans, such as House Speaker Paul Ryan, say it's `clear' that Russian interference `didn't have a material effect on our elections.' White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders even claims that the U.S. intelligence community reached that conclusion. ``Not quite. Here is the intelligence community's assessment, partially declassified in 2017: `We did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election. The U.S. intelligence community is charged with monitoring and assessing the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign actors; it does not analyze U.S. political processes or U.S. public opinion.''' To continue the story that Max wrote: ``When then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo claimed last fall that the `intelligence community's assessment is that the Russian meddling that took place did not affect the outcome of the election,' his own agency rebuked him.…”