Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Shep Smith completely destroys the Republican's, and his cable network's, Uranium One conspiracy theory.

Courtesy of the Washington Post:  

But Smith, in his broadcast, made many of the same points as the fact-checkers. “Now, here’s the accusation,” he said. 

Nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling more than $140 million. In exchange, Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton approved the sale to the Russians, a quid pro quo. The [was] accusation first made by Peter Schweizer, the senior editor-at-large of the website Breitbart in his 2015 book “Clinton Cash.” The next year, candidate Donald Trump cited the accusation as an example of Clinton corruption. 

He then played a video of Trump’s version of the “scandal” in which he claimed: 

Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia. Well, nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. Smith called the statement “inaccurate in a number of ways,” noting that “the Clinton State Department had no power to veto or approve that transaction.” Rather, it must be approved by an interagency committee of the government consisting of nine department heads, including the secretary of state. 

Most of the Clinton Foundation donations in question, he pointed out, came from Frank Giustra, the founder of the uranium company in Canada. But Giustra, 

Smith noted, “says he sold his stake in the company back in 2007,” three years before the uranium/Russia deal and “a year and a half before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state.” He added:

 . . . The accusation is predicated on the charge that Secretary Clinton approved the sale. She did not. A committee of nine evaluated the sale, the president approved the sale, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others had to offer permits, and none of the uranium was exported for use by the U.S. to Russia.

I have to admit that hearing actual facts spouted by somebody on Fox News still seems like an out of body experience.

However Shepherd Smith, who I cannot believe is still working there, has done just that on a number of occasions and seemingly in defiance of his network's official position on certain stories.

I think we can all agree that the REAL victim here is Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert who probably spent hours yelling at his congressional aides to hurry up and put this graphic together so he could "Get them Clintons!"
(I understand that if you drop acid it makes perfect sense.)

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:07 AM

    'Acquired' brain$'T'orming?

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  2. Anonymous11:25 AM

    Joy Reid said all this on her AM MSNBC Show last week. Guess Shep was listening.

    How long does Shep have at Fox?

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  3. Anonymous11:29 AM

    Don't forget. The Republicans live on conspiracy theory.
    It's getting worst. Even if you show them evidence, their brains will not accept that they are awash with nonfacts. It's just how they are. Any truth would threaten their world as they know it so they fight hard to stay afloat. Even at the expense of truth and democracy. That's why they like Putin because he personifies untruths.

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  4. Anonymous11:41 AM

    CNN:
    House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump

    (CNN)House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment Wednesday against President Donald Trump, though they acknowledged their efforts have no chance of success while Republicans control both houses of Congress.

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    1. Anonymous12:16 PM

      I so wish the impeachment process would work w/regard to Trump. But, it's going to take Republicans to vote for it too. Let's say lots of prayers and keep our fingers crossed.

      Trump is a cancer upon our country.

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    2. Anonymous2:27 PM

      Just listened to an Economist reporter on NPR today and the rest of the world realizes that Trump is in it for the full 4 years and they are just hoping that this tenure teaches us a "lesson" and we do better in 2020 as far as POTUS goes.

      Still, the rest of the world has no illusions that Trump has not put us back a full generation in regards to very important foreign policy, but perhaps that is the price we pay to learn our lesson?

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  5. Anonymous11:51 AM

    Trump's speech:

    I, I, I, I, I, I.....

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    1. Anonymous12:30 PM

      Me, me, me, me.....

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  6. Anonymous11:56 AM

    I thought we were all friends with Russia now, so what's the big deal?
    One day: Hillary sold them our uranium! Lock her up!
    Next day: Vlad and I are best buddies and we should live in peace and harmony with Russia.

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    1. Anonymous1:54 PM

      How's those accounts doing?
      Word is "biggest loser" is
      the USA and USSR. Too bad.
      No one likes a THIEF...

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  7. Anonymous11:57 AM

    When Donald Trump speaks, he sounds like someone who did too many drugs back in the 60's. Perhaps Louie Gohmert ate too many psychedelic mushrooms in the 70's.

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    1. Anonymous2:52 PM

      Someone should sent him a middle school vocabulary book,then he could work his way up to high school.

      I put the TV on mute to prevent him killing off my brain cells.

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  8. Anonymous12:00 PM

    I love President Trump
    -Lou Sarah

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    1. Anonymous1:08 PM

      And Trump loves you, too, Slow Sarah - as he jokingly refers to you. He once thought you were kind of hot, but now, it's not. Also too - you didn't get a job CUZ even Jr. thought you were too stupid for anything important.

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  9. Anonymous7:56 PM

    Can we give Ms. Kelly back to Faux and take Mr. Smith. He, at least, has moments of lucidity.

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