Nancy Pelosi Cites Fake Mike Flynn Twitter Account As Justification For Wider Investigation
Posted By Tim Hains
On Date February 14, 2017
This morning on Capitol Hill, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi cited a parody account of outgoing National Security Adviser Gen. Mike Flynn as a reason to launch a wider investigation of what the Trump administration
@GenMikeFlyn is labelled: [Parody Account]
Shortly after news broke that Flynn was resigning, the parody account tweeted: "While I accept full responsibility for my actions, I feel it is unfair that I have been made the sole scapegoat for what happened... But if a scapegoat is what's needed for this Administration to continue to take this great nation forward, I am proud to do my duty."
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While I accept full responsibility for my actions, I feel it is unfair that I have been made the sole scapegoat for what happened. (1/2)
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But if a scapegoat is what's needed for this Administration to continue to take this great nation forward, I am proud to do my duty.
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"Scape goat," Pelosi repeated from the fake tweets. "Do you know what a scapegoat is? In a community where people want to absolve themselves of guilt, they get a goat, and they heap all of the ills onto the goat, and then they run the goat out of town."
"So the inference to be drawn from his statement is that other people have blame that should be shared in all of this," she added. Flynn was accused of illegally speaking with the Russian ambassador before Trump's inauguration.
"The good news is that General Flynn is gone," Pelosi said.
The fake @GenMikeFlynn twitter account has been tricking people across Washington all day.
The rest of Pelosi's news conference:
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