Political pundits James Carville and Bill O’Reilly sparred on Wednesday evening over the Trump administration’s claims alleging former President Obama influenced findings related to Russian interference in the 2016 election.
“This is idiotic. Let’s just call it what it is. And please, fact check me, please do that, okay? And then let’s put this aside. This is all nonsense. Complete, utter nonsense that’s been spelled 100 times,” Carville said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Cuomo.”
“Of course Russia tried to interfere. Of course it tried to intervene on the behalf of [President]Trump. We know that. What are we arguing about?” he added.
The Justice Department announced that a “Strike Force” would investigate next steps late Wednesday evening after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released new documents about the 2016 election.
On Tuesday, Obama’s spokesperson denied the president’s accusations and said they were “bizarre” and a “weak attempt at distraction” from controversy inside the White House.
Carville on Wednesday, like Obama, cited the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee’s findings, which confirmed Russia’s attempts to interfere as evidence of an ethical investigation. The two reminded President Trump that the current Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, led the group’s probe.
But O’Reilly was quick to push back on Carville Wednesday.
“I want to give James Carville anything that he wants, and he asked to be fact-checked, so here I am…,” he said, pointedly.
“The Senate report said that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin tried to meddle in the election, which is true. The House report upped it to discombobulating the Russian collusion whereby Putin’s minions met with Donald Trump Jr., had people inside the Trump campaign, had a coordinated effort,” he continued.
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo then interjected stating, the administration is a “headline in search of a story.”
“The earth is round, people! Putin tried to intervene on Trump’s behalf,” Carville said.
“Period. End of story. I’m just not going to argue it.”
