GOP Strategist Defends Trump Sharing Classified Information With Russia: It Wasn’t “Launch Codes For Our Nuclear Weapons”

From the May 15 edition of CNN Tonight:

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DON LEMON (HOST): If [the White House is] denying something that's not in the report, how is that a denial of the report? 

JOHN BRABENDER: They're saying that, as written, the report that people are sourcing is wrong. They were very clear about that, three people who were in the room. Second of all, let's be clear of one other thing. We keep acting like he gave them the launch codes for our nuclear weapons. The truth of the matter is, as much as we're an adversary with Russia on many things, we're actually an ally with Russia in the fight against ISIS. The only topic that he shared with them, evidently, information on is relative to the fight against ISIS. Third of all, let's also not forget that it wasn't him, but it was President Obama who was caught on tape secretly telling the Russians that after the election he was basically going to give them the store when it came to missile defense. If Donald Trump would have done that -- 

LEMON: What does that have to do with sharing classified information? That's apples and oranges.

Previously:

Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia On Trump Revealing Classified Info: “This Is A Complete Disaster”

Hannity Ducks Trump Disclosure Of Classified Info By Repeating “Alt-Right” Smear Pushed By Fake News

Fox News Downplayed Trump Revealing Classified Info, Focused On These Other Stories Instead