by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, said he had been a"political prisoner" while comparing himself to Nelson Mandela in a CNN interview Friday.that eventually saw the host deem statements by his guest"bullshit.
"Well, first of all, Nelson Mandela went before a court, he was convicted in a court of law," said Blagojevich."I bet you if you were to ask Nelson Mandela whether he thought the process was fair back in the early 60s in South Africa, he would say what I'm saying today." Blagojevich argued he wasn't comparing himself to Mandela because Cooper had originally broached the subject. He insisted that he had been falsely accused of the crimes that landed him in jail, which included attempting to sell the vacant senate seat of former President Barack Obama.
Trump commuted the sentence of Blagojevich after he had served eight years of his 14-year sentence. The former Democratic governor expressed his gratitude to the president upon his release,
Mandela? What the hell?
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I call bullshit. What apartheid like system was he trying to dismantle? Good grief.?
Stop trivializing Mandela legacy with your crimes
Oh no he didn’t compare himself to Mandela!
Given the current state of GOP acceptable levels of corruption, I guess he has good reason to wonder he’d be in jail just for trying to buy a senate seat. The Russians do it with impunity.
Anderson Cooper always looks like he is surprised. He so full of himself that he actually thinks people like me watch him. Nope
No. He’s just a two bit, crooked politician. No alternate reality is going to change that.
Davidlaz Only reason Trump commuted his sentence is that Trump is out there trying to win Democratic votes
Rod has a very high opinion of himself. Nelson Mandela save his people from white oppression. Rod only cared about himself.
He needs to go back to prison . The nerve!
Blagojevich is so full of crap😂😂😂
He still see a political life
Davidlaz TheOnion
Nope. Just a criminal who happened to be on Celebrity Apprentice.
The level of insanity and narcissism in Trump's crew is unbelievable.
Your not black and you were actually guilty.
OMG! He is the sleaziest man and he looks the part! Hes on tape offering to sell the Senate position!
Another Putin prodigy.
Lol. Gaslighting in spades. Rewriting ‘history’ to fit your game doesn’t change the truth.
I love him. He’s made mistakes but the guy served 8 years! The punishment did not fit the crime.
Par for the course
As delusional as Trump
Another criminal pretending to be a victim ... they all learn from Trump.
Why is media giving this loser face time.
Imagine the conversation between Trump and Blagojevich. Both delusional and it works for them.
Trump and Blago share the same mental illness. Both should be in therapy and neither should ever have held high office.
Gaslighting of the week award! Blag, you were convicted for crimes not for upholding justice. You’re out not because you are black, but because you are white. AC360
Banana republicans
Unbelievable
This is what happens when you pardon people who have no sense of remorse and always place blame on others for their personal conduct. Reflection of the pardoner.
Delusional psychopaths seem to be looking out for each other these days. 'Making Amerikkka Great Again!'
WTF
Bull.
Nelson Mandela I think not!!!
Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, who fought for those who were disadvantaged by the system of racial segregation. He was jailed for a refusal to apologize 4 his willful intent to dismantle an oppressive system. Rod is a pimp, who tried to sell a senate seat and got caught
What about all the kids dying in cages. They are the epitome of 'political prisoners'
And Anderson made sure that lie was not going to be his excuse and he made sure he had that facts to address it with him
What a schmuck
Fk out here
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No!!! What cause where you sent to Jail for Self entitlement?
Best interview ever especially when AC said it was bullshit.
Fuqn idiot
HAHAHAHA no.
Seriously? Nelson Mandela?
Oh no he didn’t
You give dems a bad name
IMPOSSIBLE! Because earlier today I had a Sanders supporter tell me Bernie was Nelson Mandela!!!
This is the only Nelson that garbage human should be comparing himself to.
GeraldoRivera Bro, you might not be an actual turd, but you have turd-like tendencies TheJuanWilliams no, he really is a turd IngrahamAngle didn’t dispute it AnnCoulter insisted Geraldo wasn’t always a turd. He was once a journalist rupertmurdoch doubts that abc nro
Yes andersoncooper called it correctly BS
The guy needs a shrink, more than anything else.
Sure they're both the same, only if you're delusional in the head thinking you're not a felon while trying to shakedown people to fill a senate seat.
No words, Period!
Didn’t this guy have black hair? Was he using Just for Men hair dye during his campaign?
WTH!!!!!
He is delusional.
Rod is a bum and a thief. He has a lot of nerve comparing himself to anyone else.
God bless Anderson Cooper and his poker face. I don’t know how he does it.
andersoncooper did what any rational person would do, he called bullshit on him. lol
Still a lunatic. Let’s set him loose on society. TrumpIsARussianAsset
I guess he and Trump are both victims.
How dare they hold a criminal accountable for his crimes. I mean really, they're acting like this is a country built on the rule of law or something. We all know these white collar criminals hold themselves to a different standard & think the rules & laws shouldn't apply to them.
Him and trump Belong in the same jail cell.
He's garbage.
Obviously he needed the next 6 years of prison.
C’mon, folks. He’s clearly sorry for the crimes he’s committed on tape. 😕
What happened to these trumpian men who all think they should have been allowed to break the law uninterrupted?
Why is andersoncooper giving him a platform on which to spew this twisted logic?
Blagojevich Blago douche
So, he doesn't think the crimes he was duly prosecuted for were in fact crimes? That's odd. And here's why. Hes a lawyer who has worked a state prosecutor. I'm going to call BS on this one. He knows damned well he broke laws and was properly tried and convicted. Period.
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lol
Somebody's got a sick sense of humor.
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