Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by defen on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:23AM (#25035674)

I think "Trump asked the Russians to find Hillary Clinton's emails" is entirely uncontroversial. Saying he asked the Russians to "hack" the "Democrats" involves two inferences and seems like a statement designed to maximize discord. The Russians are not in Donald Trump's chain of command, there are other ways to find her emails than hacking, and Hillary Clinton is not "the Democrats".

This will be my last post on the topic because it reminds of the "blue dress/green dress" thing someone posted way up thread. I'm sure you're posting in good faith, and I assure you I am too, but it is just not at all obvious to me why someone would say "Donald Trump asked the Russians to hack the Democrats" instead of "Donald Trump asked the Russians to find Hillary Clinton's emails".

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by lawnchair_larry on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:01PM (#25036854)

Not only that, but this is obvious political riffing.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by jgwil2 on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:29PM (#25038754)

Elsewhere you've asked people to prove that Trump made the statement, which people did. Please now prove that this was "obvious political riffing," whatever that means.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by lawnchair_larry on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:50PM (#25055588)

No, his statement, which was linked, was not in fact what the claim said.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by jgwil2 on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:33PM (#25062663)

Okay, he didn't say "the Democrats," he said Clinton's emails. Is that really better? Please prove he was joking.

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