# Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping him

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**Created:** [March 4, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-accuses-obama-of-wiretapping-him/781384 "2017-03-04T15:07:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-accuses-obama-of-wiretapping-him/781384/220 "2017-03-09T03:40:07Z")

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> [@aurora\_maire](#):
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> …  
> I know I’m just spitting in the wind here. But I never thought I’d see the day when the idea that the President is a delusional pathological liar is common knowledge and it seems that no one can/will shut him down.

I believe this explains it:

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/1932):
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> This is ALL that matters to House Republicans. Nothing else about Trump, his so-called policies, his behavior, his tweets, his lies-- nothing matters except  
> _“House Republicans set fundraising record in President Trump’s first full month”_  
> [http://wapo.st/2nciDAW](http://wapo.st/2nciDAW)
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> > [@](#):
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> > Quote:
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> > President Trump has been very good for Republican congressional fundraising.
> > 
> > The National Republican Congressional Committee said Wednesday that it raised a record $10.5 million in February — the first full month of solid GOP control in Washington, with Republicans running the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives. That is more than double the $5 million that the NRCC, the committee charged with electing Republicans to the House, raised in the last February of a non-election year.
> > 
> > That haul follows another record month for the NRCC in January, in whichthe committee raised $10 million. That outpaced thecommittee’s counterparts at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who reported raising $7.8 million in January…
> 
> Even if it’s a case of [_post hoc, ergo propter hoc_](http://skepdic.com/posthoc.html). Doesn’t matter. Right now he’s the gander that’s shitting golden eggs.

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