Sen. Kennedy Walks Back DNC-Ukraine Conspiracy Theory: ‘I Was Wrong’

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 05: John Kennedy, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, greets fans at a tailgate party before a football game between the Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama in Baton Rouge, La., November 5, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 5, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Just a day after touting President Trump’s DNC-Ukraine conspiracy theory during an interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) retracted his claim.

During an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo Monday night, Kennedy walked back the conspiracy theory that accuses Ukraine of hacking the DNC’s email. Last week, former NSC senior director Fiona Hill told the House Intelligence Committee during her public testimony that the conspiracy theory was a “fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.”

When Cuomo asked Kennedy if he “really believes it wasn’t Russia,” Kennedy admitted that he was “wrong.”

“I was wrong,” Kennedy said. “It was Russia who tried to hack the [Democratic National Committee] computer. I’ve seen no indication that Ukraine tried to do it.”

Kennedy also claimed that he misheard Wallace when asked whether it was Russia or Ukraine who was responsible for hacking the DNC and the Clinton email computers.

“I was answering one of his questions, and he interjected with a statement and asked me to react to it,” Kennedy said. “What I heard Chris say was only Russia tried to interfere in the election, and I answered the question. That’s not what he said.”

Watch Kennedy’s remarks below:

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  1. Anyone wanna predict the next few steps from Kennedy?
    Retract the retraction?

  2. Kennedy is like a whirling dervish without the spiritual balance.

  3. Avatar for JorgeP JorgeP says:

    All I can think of is that they just found pictures of the Ukraine conspiracy with a live boy, a dead girl, and volunteering at a planned parenthood clinic.

  4. Emphatically spout the Russia/Trump propaganda on FOX so it gets to the intended audience.

    Walk it back on CNN which can then be dismissed as ‘fake news.’

    Let’s see you walk it back, issue a correction, and tell the truth on FOX, you prick.

  5. Avatar for byteme byteme says:

    He bullsits on FOX and then goes to CNN to tell the truth. When he tells the truth on FOX, I’ll be impressed. Until then, he’s just another Republican political hack trying to hold onto his job.

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