During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Bream asked Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) whether a special counsel was warranted following Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s release of documents alleging that former President Barack Obama led the effort to weaponize U.S. intelligence agencies against Donald Trump in 2016.
“Well, you know, the allegations and the conspiracy theories by Tulsi Gabbard would be sad if they weren’t so dangerous,” Crow replied. “She has turned herself into basically a weapon of mass distraction, is what I’ve been calling it, because it’s very clear what’s happening here. She’s trying to curry favor and get back into favor with Donald Trump, and has concocted these theories to do so.”
He added, “But let’s be really clear here that the Russian investigation and allegations of Russian interference into the election, have been the most examined and reexamined finding in the intelligence community history. There have been four investigations, including a bipartisan Senate investigation led under the first Trump administration and led in part by Marco Rubio. That was very, very clear on these findings.”
Bream pushed back on Crow’s refusal to acknowledge that the newly released documents—particularly a declassified 2020 House Intelligence Committee report—found that the Obama-era intelligence community lacked direct evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help elect Trump in 2016, yet published the claim anyway at Obama’s direction.
Bream read specific passages from the report including one that showed Putin did not care who won the election. According to the House report, Putin had told a confidant that “in either case, Russia was strategically placed to outmaneuver either one.”
Crow’s response? “Well, Shannon, let’s be really clear here. There is no new information.”
And so it went—for nearly nine minutes. The congressman from Colorado came across as disingenuous, defensive, and unwilling to engage in a good-faith discussion. Rather than offering thoughtful responses, he appeared to be just another Democrat rigidly towing the party line, deflecting criticism instead of addressing the substance of the revelations.
There was, however, one talking point Crow left out: he didn’t say that the document release was strategically timed to divert attention from the growing scandal surrounding Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He must have forgotten.
Fox News posted the interview on social media, where several users were quick to highlight Crow’s earlier attempt to downplay reports that members of the transnational gang Tren de Aragua had taken over apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and were engaging in violent acts.
Here’s what Crow told constituents who were worried about gang activity last fall:
If Democrats are wondering why their approval ratings have hit record lows, interviews and social media posts like these may offer a clue. Simply put, the public is tired of being misled by politicians.
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