Conservatives on Obama and Russia: 'Putin Was Not Impressed'

Conservatives ripped President Barack Obama on Twitter Friday after he declared publicly for the first time that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and other party operatives — saying that he told President Vladimir Putin in September in China to "cut it out" or "there would be serious consequences if he didn't."

Here are some of the tweets:

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham:

Clearly Putin was not impressed by Obama threat in September to cut it out or face consequences.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 16, 2016

 

There would be no strong Putin without a weak Obama.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 16, 2016

 

I hope President-elect Trump won’t become the 3rd American president to misjudge Vladmir Putin.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 16, 2016

Radio talk-show host Ann Coulter:

List of CIA ineptitude (partial): Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Iranian Rev, 9/11,
Weapons of Mass D, now Russia. Awaiting list of CIA brilliance.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) December 16, 2016

CIA: "Our biggest successes must remain secret." Nice work if you can get it.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) December 16, 2016

Radio talk-show host Bill Mitchell:

 

Russia devilishly exposed the Democrats' plans to completely screw every American.

The horror.

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) December 16, 2016

John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine:

 

None of this makes any sense. If it hadn't been a crisis before the election why is it a crisis now?

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 16, 2016

 

So he didn't act because it would have been bad for Hillary but what happened was bad for Hillary so there was nothing he could do

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 16, 2016

And this came from actress-comedian Roseanne Barr:

 

HOW COULD @TheDemocrats CARE SO LITTLE ABT AMERICA? MAKING UP LIES ABT RUSSIA? THEY HAVE 0 SHAME! #OBAMA LEADS THEM LIKE LEMMINGS. #SUICIDAL

— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) December 15, 2016