Two questions in, Ratcliffe says Russia wasn't successful in changing the outcomes of elections.
Maybe he should listen more to the intel community he's nominated to lead, which *explicitly* did not come to that conclusion (or even analyze that question).
dni.gov/files/document…
Maybe he should listen more to the intel community he's nominated to lead, which *explicitly* did not come to that conclusion (or even analyze that question).
dni.gov/files/document…
Ratcliffe says he has "no reason to dispute" either House Intelligence's "conclusion" that Russia didn't have a clear preference for Trump—or the Senate's, which, like the entire intel community, found that it did.
He's trying to have both sides of the issue—just like Trump.
He's trying to have both sides of the issue—just like Trump.
He also repeated the lie that the intelligence community concluded that Russia was not successful in changing the outcome of any election.
Seems like we'll be hearing that one a lot from him...
Seems like we'll be hearing that one a lot from him...
As Ratcliffe pays lip service to defending whistleblowers, here's a rundown of his key role in Trump's campaign against the Ukraine whistleblower:
justsecurity.org/70013/ratcliff…
justsecurity.org/70013/ratcliff…
Rubio is lobbing Ratcliffe softballs about how his background makes him so qualified for the job.
Lying about and exaggerating his background is exactly what got Ratcliffe's nomination yanked in the first place back in July. nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/…
Lying about and exaggerating his background is exactly what got Ratcliffe's nomination yanked in the first place back in July. nytimes.com/2019/08/02/us/…
Ratcliffe says he'd be willing to communicate the intelligence community's conclusions to Trump even if he feared Trump might fire him.
He's got a long track record is doing the exact opposite—toeing the president's line *against* the IC. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
He's got a long track record is doing the exact opposite—toeing the president's line *against* the IC. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
"I won't shade the intelligence for anyone...I will deliver the unvarnished truth," says Ratcliffe, who's spent the last three years aggressively spinning the intelligence community's conclusions on Trump's behalf. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Ratcliffe is pretending he doesn't know what Trump meant when he said Ratcliffe would "rein in" an intelligence community "run amok."
What Trump meant is that Ratcliffe would help him politicize the intelligence community for his own purposes. cnn.com/2019/07/30/pol…
What Trump meant is that Ratcliffe would help him politicize the intelligence community for his own purposes. cnn.com/2019/07/30/pol…
We're now up to three instances of Ratcliffe saying that Russia did not influence the outcomes of any elections.
He should really read the intelligence community's actual conclusions on the subject.
dni.gov/files/document…
He should really read the intelligence community's actual conclusions on the subject.
dni.gov/files/document…
Ratcliffe says it wouldn't be ok for a political campaign to share internal polling data with a Russian spy.
That's exactly what Trump's campaign chairman did.
So why has Ratcliffe gone to bat so hard defending Trump in the Russia investigation? themoscowproject.org/dispatch/break…
That's exactly what Trump's campaign chairman did.
So why has Ratcliffe gone to bat so hard defending Trump in the Russia investigation? themoscowproject.org/dispatch/break…
Ratcliffe is still refusing to commit to supporting the IC's conclusion that Russia favored Trump over the House Intel committee's assertion that it didn't.
Maybe that's because he knows that if he did Trump might pull the plug on his nomination again. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
Maybe that's because he knows that if he did Trump might pull the plug on his nomination again. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
Ratcliffe says he doesn't believe there's a "Deep State" targeting the president.
Some of the people he follows on Twitter do, though:
Some of the people he follows on Twitter do, though:
Ratcliffe continues contorting so he doesn't have to acknowledge his history of comments supporting the president's conspiracy theories attacking the intelligence community Ratcliffe is now nominated to lead.
themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
.@MarkWarner states a plain fact: Trump has spent much of his administration gutting the intelligence community because they were willing to stand up to him and speak truth to power. themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
@MarkWarner "If the president says that the intelligence agencies in this country are running amok, would you publicly disagree with the president?"
Ratcliffe avoids answering—and pretends he doesn't understand how "I would tell the president the truth behind closed doors" isn't an answer.
Ratcliffe avoids answering—and pretends he doesn't understand how "I would tell the president the truth behind closed doors" isn't an answer.
