{"id":337503,"date":"2017-12-02T02:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T01:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/michael-flynns-guilty-plea-sparks-zany-reactions-from-resistance-pundits-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T02:22:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T01:22:35","slug":"michael-flynns-guilty-plea-sparks-zany-reactions-from-resistance-pundits-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/michael-flynns-guilty-plea-sparks-zany-reactions-from-resistance-pundits-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Flynn\u2019s guilty plea sparks zany reactions from resistance pundits \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.12\/thumbnail\/5a21fc94fc7e9330608b456a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 01:09 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Liberal and neoconservative pundits overflowed with glee at the news of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn\u2019s deal to plead guilty to lying to FBI investigators about his contacts with foreign officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>Leading the way was Joy Behar of the morning talk show, <em>\u201cThe View.\u201d<\/em> After cheerfully reading the news of Flynn\u2019s plea deal aloud to her studio audience, Behar threw her hands in the air as the audience erupted in cheers.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYay,\u201d<\/em> Behar shouted, <em>\u201cThis is the antithesis of election night!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When her fellow panelist Meghan McCain commented that the collective reaction resembled an Oprah Winfrey-style show giveaway, Behar pointed her finger around the room and shouted, <em>\u201cHe goes to jail! He goes to jail! He goes to jail! Lock \u2018em up! Lock them up!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sunny Hostin, another panelist, hyped the news, but offered no analysis.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDoes everyone understand how significant that is?\u201d<\/em> she asked. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLYNN PROMISES &#8216;FULL COOPERATION&#8217;: The co-hosts react to breaking news that Michael Flynn promised &#8220;full cooperation,&#8221; prepared to testify that Donald Trump &#8220;directed him to make contact with the Russians&#8221; during campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KtmDGuyqfy\">pic.twitter.com\/KtmDGuyqfy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The View (@TheView) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView\/status\/936639672666562560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>The gravity of the development was surely felt beyond The View.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m quoting the one and only Flo Rida: It\u2019s going down for real,\u201d<\/em> said MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis shows that Mueller is going up the food chain and Trump is going to have an explosion,\u201d<\/em> neoconservative commentator Max Boot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/stephanie-ruhle\/watch\/michael-flynn-to-plead-guilty-to-making-false-statement-to-fbi-as-nat-l-security-adviser-1107791427918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> MSNBC\u2019s Stephanie Ruhle.<\/p>\n<p>Former FBI Director James Comey tweeted a Bible verse following the announcement:<em> \u201c\u2018But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream\u2019 Amos 5:24\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don&#8217;t think Hillary is gloating, because she&#8217;s not that person, and none of this is good for America. But I think she&#8217;s smiling at how fate is playing out.\u201d<\/em> tweeted former Clinton campaign aide Peter Daou.<\/p>\n<p>Rejoicing that <em>\u201cthe rule of law does prevail,\u201d<\/em> former director of national intelligence James Clapper said Flynn\u2019s plea carries <em>\u201chuge implications for the White House.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f525;Former DNI chief James Clapper on Misha Flynn pleading GUILTY to a *felony*: \u201cHe is not a coffee boy, this is not a hoax, it\u2019s not fake, it\u2019s real.\u201d\u203c\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AxQ2OreZEI\">pic.twitter.com\/AxQ2OreZEI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrDenaGrayson\/status\/936730117614612480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cI do think the larger interest here is served, as to try to understand exactly what was going on with the transition, the campaign and the Russians,\u201d<\/em> Clapper continued.<em> \u201cAnd we need to get to the bottom of what today remains still a mystery to me, is this singular indifference to the threat posed by Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Representative Adam Schiff (D-California) of the House Intelligence Committee said Trump has lied about contacts with Russia<em> \u201cabundantly and frequently and in just about every way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/411691-flynn-fbi-reactions-plea-deal\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 01:09 Liberal and neoconservative pundits overflowed with glee at the news of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn\u2019s deal to plead guilty to lying to FBI investigators about his contacts with foreign officials. Leading the way was Joy Behar of the morning talk show, \u201cThe View.\u201d After cheerfully reading the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-337503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}