Anderson Cooper Gets Heated With GOP Rep. Over Benghazi: ‘What You’re Saying Is Factually Not Correct’
by Josh Feldman
9:32 pm, November 16th, 2012
Anderson Cooper invited Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher
on tonight to defend his position that the Obama administration engaged
in widespread lying and covering-up of the terrorist attacks in
Benghazi. Cooper pressed Rohrabacher to explain what exactly the White
House lied about and what proof he has to make such a claim. Cooper
repeatedly got frustrated with Rohrabacher and told him, “what you’re
saying is factually not correct.”
RELATED: Bill O’Reilly: Could Benghazi Be Obama’s Watergate?
Rohrabacher cited the administration’s early claims about the movie Innocence of Muslims
having to do with the violence, which was proved as false at the time.
Cooper told Rohrabacher he was being untruthful, citing a statement by
the Director of National intelligence explaining all the information
they received leading to that possible conclusion, but Rohrabacher
brushed the response aside.
He cited David Petraeus‘s testimony from today that
the administration knew right away it was a terrorist attack, which
Cooper immediately responded to by saying that Petraeus gave a very
different testimony two days after the initial attack. Rohrabacher
continued to insist the Obama administration knew it was a terrorist
attack on day one, while Cooper continued to insist that he was just
repeating untrue statements. Rohrabacher told Cooper he was
misinterpreting the testimonies of Petraeus and the director of national
intelligence.
WIth Rohrabacher continuing to criticize the misleading over the
intelligence, Cooper admitted he was trying to figure out his logic,
which Cooper said was basically an indictment of what the director of
national intelligence said. Rohrabacher scolded Cooper for putting words
in his mouth, telling him “that is your conclusion based on… you’re
trying to ome to that conclusion.” Cooper responded by pointing out that
Rohrabacher keeps shouting over him.
Cooper directly asked Rohrabacher why he thinks the president of the
United States, the United Nations ambassador, and the director of the
CIA would all lie to the American people when the truth was bound to
come out eventually. He said the alternate explanation is that they were
all just given erroneous intelligence and spun it as it was given to
him. Rohrabacher said a cover-up is much likelier than widespread
incompetence in the entire intelligence community.
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9:32 pm, November 16th, 2012
Anderson Cooper invited Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher
on tonight to defend his position that the Obama administration engaged
in widespread lying and covering-up of the terrorist attacks in
Benghazi. Cooper pressed Rohrabacher to explain what exactly the White
House lied about and what proof he has to make such a claim. Cooper
repeatedly got frustrated with Rohrabacher and told him, “what you’re
saying is factually not correct.”
RELATED: Bill O’Reilly: Could Benghazi Be Obama’s Watergate?
Rohrabacher cited the administration’s early claims about the movie Innocence of Muslims
having to do with the violence, which was proved as false at the time.
Cooper told Rohrabacher he was being untruthful, citing a statement by
the Director of National intelligence explaining all the information
they received leading to that possible conclusion, but Rohrabacher
brushed the response aside.
He cited David Petraeus‘s testimony from today that
the administration knew right away it was a terrorist attack, which
Cooper immediately responded to by saying that Petraeus gave a very
different testimony two days after the initial attack. Rohrabacher
continued to insist the Obama administration knew it was a terrorist
attack on day one, while Cooper continued to insist that he was just
repeating untrue statements. Rohrabacher told Cooper he was
misinterpreting the testimonies of Petraeus and the director of national
intelligence.
WIth Rohrabacher continuing to criticize the misleading over the
intelligence, Cooper admitted he was trying to figure out his logic,
which Cooper said was basically an indictment of what the director of
national intelligence said. Rohrabacher scolded Cooper for putting words
in his mouth, telling him “that is your conclusion based on… you’re
trying to ome to that conclusion.” Cooper responded by pointing out that
Rohrabacher keeps shouting over him.
Cooper directly asked Rohrabacher why he thinks the president of the
United States, the United Nations ambassador, and the director of the
CIA would all lie to the American people when the truth was bound to
come out eventually. He said the alternate explanation is that they were
all just given erroneous intelligence and spun it as it was given to
him. Rohrabacher said a cover-up is much likelier than widespread
incompetence in the entire intelligence community.
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