Donald Trump on Monday attributed the Democratic National Committee hack that led to the ouster of its chair to “one of our many, many ‘friends’” in Russia or China.
At a campaign event with running mate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Roanoke, Virginia, Trump said although outgoing DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz worked “very, very hard to rig the system” in favor the of presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton “threw her under the bus” after emails between top DNC staffers were leaked online.
“Little did [Wasserman Schultz] know, Russia, China, one of our many, many ‘friends’” – Trump emphasized with air quotes – “came in and hacked the hell out of us. Can you imagine?”
Trump was discussing the cyber attack on the DNC, which has been widely attributed to Russian intelligence forces.
The public release of thousands of messages stolen from the DNC’s servers and published online Friday by Wikileaks has been a high-profile embarrassment for Wasserman Schultz and other top staffers, who discussed trying to get Broadway tickets to see “Hamilton” and weighed an attack on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) religious beliefs.
Watch below via BuzzFeed News:
Trump on DNC email hack: “China, Russia or one of our many, many ‘friends’ came in and hacked the hell out of us” pic.twitter.com/lxQYZbCb4o
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 25, 2016
Show of hands…surprised, anyone?
Not that there weren’t already Russian fingerprints all over this hack and data theft. But awfully nice of the GOP nominee to confirm it on video.
Thanks Kremlin Don!
So he will deny that his wife plagerized Michelle’s speech…but he can’t stop himself from bragging that he is using foreign enemies to illegally hack into Democratic systems.
He just admitted to a version of Watergate.
Call up the DoJ and lets start the investigation. Bury his happy orange butt in court.
He’s not even denying it anymore, Maybe he sees himself as FDR and sees Putin as Stalin, in Yalta, preparing to carve up Eastern Europe again.
Though this wont happen, Manafort seriously needs to gag him, because he just stated an obvious and very stupid answer to any inquiries.
See, this is the kind of stuff I expect him to blurt out now that he’s getting security briefings. He’s got NO filter.
Daesh isn’t the biggest security threat to the United States. Donald Trump and his giant gaping ego-driven maw are.