D’OH: John Brennan Does A Liiiiittle Backtracking, And Maddow Is T*CKED

Remember when John Brennan called Trump “nothing short of treasonous?”

I do:

His feelings on this one seem ABUNDANTLY clear, do they not?

Nothing. Short. Of TREASONOUS.

But um… about that…

John Brennan was on Rachel Maddow’s show last night… and it’s looking like someone’s feeling a little less brave now that their security clearance has been scrubbed.

Remember when John Brennan said Trump’s behavior was “treasonous”? Turns out he didn’t mean it: pic.twitter.com/PVm7mVkiJ5

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) August 18, 2018

So it’s “nothing short of treason” …but not TREASON?

Really, m’dude?

Maddow asks “But you didn’t mean that he committed treason, though?”

“I said it was nothing short of treasonous. That was the term I used, yes.”

That means TREASON. Nothing short of treason means TREASON. Maddow calls him out: That’s the – if we – if we diagram the sentence, nothing short of treasonous means it’s treason. I mean, the reason – the reason I’m bringing this out is because when you say, I know what the Russians did and when you – knowing what the Russians did, observing the president’s behavior, you go to the word “treason” suggests that you think the president may be serving a foreign country rather than our own.

He responds with the WEAKEST BS ever: “Well, yes. I think he has crossed the line repeatedly in terms of his failure to fulfill the responsibility of the office. And to look Putin square in the eye and say, this should never, ever happen again.”

Womp WOOOOMP.

The WIMP probably just realizes he’s going to have to try a little harder if he wants to keep up the “OMG I’m TOTALLY Non-Partisan” game he’s trying to play.