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Biden Does NOT need a BILL to close the border
He only needs a PEN. Thats all he needed to open it.
Thats all he needed to close it. Thats all Trump needed.
Maybe this is just Proof Trump is better than Biden.

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wvit1001
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« on: 08 21, 18, 11:11:53:AM » Reply

Trump threatens clearance of former official after seeing him in heated TV debate



Trump is threatening to revoke the security clearance of another former U.S. intelligence official, in this case after watching him in a heated debate on cable television.

In a tweet Monday night, Trump accused former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd of becoming “totally unglued and weird” during a CNN appearance on Friday night, asserting that “Mudd is no mental condition to have such a Clearance.”

“Should be REVOKED?” Trump asked his nearly 54 million Twitter followers. In the tweet, Trump flagged Fox News host Sean Hannity, who aired a segment Monday night on Mudd’s appearance.

During the CNN segment, Mudd, who is an analyst for the network, debated pro-Trump commentator Paris Dennard on whether Trump is revoking security clearances to punish his political enemies — a hot topic since Trump last week announced the revocation of former CIA director John Brennan’s clearance.

Mudd grew visibly angry after Dennard accused officials such as him of profiting from their clearances.

“I have zero relationships with the private sector that involve my security clearance,” Mudd said, his voice rising. “Zero. Zero. I get zero dollars from consulting companies that deal with the U.S. government. Are we clear?”

As Dennard persisted in his argument, Mudd yelled: “We’re done. We’re done. Get out!”

Video of the exchange circulated widely on social media over the weekend. Trump appears to have seen it for the first time on Hannity’s broadcast Monday night.

The president later acknowledged in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he had moved against Brennan in part because of his role in the beginning of the investigation into whether Trump’s campaign conspired with the Russian government. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is now leading that inquiry.

Trump has also threatened to revoke the clearances of several others involved in the Russia probe and who have criticized him publicly.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-threatens-clearance-of-former-official-after-seeing-him-in-heated-tv-debate/2018/08/21/3917e034-a529-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.8ba66479ac88
wvit1001
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« Reply #1 on: 08 21, 18, 11:13:07:AM » Reply

The worst part of this, to me, is the call for his Twitter followers to weigh in on revoking clearance for Mudd. The office of the president is now so debased that executive powers are used to rally social media engagement.

What’s next? “If I get a million retweets I’ll pardon this man?”
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