Kennedy Upholds DNC-Ukraine Conspiracy Theory, Says Fiona Hill Is ‘Entitled To Her Opinion’

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Sunday still pushed President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory that Ukraine was behind the DNC email hacks even after former NSC senior director Fiona Hill firmly debunked the claim.


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Ah, John Kennedy, one of the July 4th Moscow delegation.

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I prefer Kennedy’s who rely on facts and logic. Work with friends and foes and inspire the country and world to live up to decent values.

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Do these people have any idea how stupid they look to the “reality-based community?” There aren’t enough votes among the lunatics to guarantee 45’s re-election…

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Republicans also subscribe to the theory that if you repeat a lie often enough…

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“Ms. Hill is entitled to her opinion…”

Argggh ! No! She is entitled to her INFORMED opinion. It’s the shitkicker 30 miles out of Shreveport who is the one entitled to HIS opinion.

Stop hinting that the two are somehow equal!

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John Kennedy is right up there in the Pantheon of Despicable Louisiana Politicians with Diaper Dave and Bobby Jindal. They should build a monument to them next to a toxin-spewing chemical plant.

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We’re not their targeted audience.

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But it’s not even her informed opinion. It’s an absolute fact agreed to by every single American Intelligence agency. They have the goods, and have even presented it in a classified setting to Republicans. He’s just pushing Putin’s propaganda here.

This is the same guy that called Speaker Pelosi “dumb” at a Trump rally. I don’t think he’s dumb, just corrupt in all dimensions.

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Have they ever said why Ukraine would have hacked HRC’s emails?

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“I’m not saying that I know one way or the other,”

if you don’t know by now, you have been a major source of what is known as,
A waste of taxpayers money, especially to those who voted for you.
hopefully, they won’t make that mistake again.

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The Ukrainians wanted the truth about the risotto recipe, and they thought Podesta sent it to her?

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…and Rep. Elise Stefanik is a brazen liar, a requirement to be a Republican in good standing.

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That’s very much true but my point was Kennedy is hinting that we can’t really know whereas I’M saying_ “No, we can’t but we CAN have a degree of certainly so high that you would have to be perverse to argue otherwise.”

Plus Dr. Hill is an expert in this area. She deals with it all the time. I would guess that she’s learned a few things about the subject just from going to work. Why would you give equal weight to the opinion of, say a Louisiana corn farmer who doesn’t even know where Ukraine IS? Cause he voted for you last time?

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Which is why McConnell and the others have gerrymandered, pandered, and outsourced our election to the Russians.

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So, still bitter over a Dem getting reelected, eh?

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Dr. Hill does not apparently have a political agenda, having worked under presidents of both parties, but the Republicans who have conspired to pursue this nonsensical counter-narrative clearly do.

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And yet hers is not the usual case. She’s smart enough, has supported some “moderate” legislation, and has even opposed some of Trump’s policies – but in coming to Trump’s defense in re impeachment, she is showing herself to be quite the party hack.

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No Senator Kennedy. You may be entitled to your own delusions, Dr Hill stays with the facts.

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They’re too stupid to know how stupid they look. Duh!

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