'Is that tweet in a sarcastic font?' Mark Knoller gets iffy answer about US troops being sent to Iraq

https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/530830160711655424

LOL https://t.co/jD2UaTFqOG @markknoller

— RBe (@RBPundit) November 7, 2014

Did President Obama purposely wait until after the elections to go public with plans to send up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq? Leave it to CBS’ Mark Knoller to find out:

Officials say no political factors in announcing additional troops and funding for Iraq on Friday afternoon 3 days after Midterm Election.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 7, 2014

Hmmm …

@markknoller Not a smidgen of political factors!!

— A Meh Gal ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@GallSueJoe) November 7, 2014

.@markknoller If you have to say there were no political factors, well… https://t.co/a5kJr5zE4t

— BT (@back_ttys) November 7, 2014

Knoller doesn’t seem all that convinced, either.

I imagine @MarkKnoller was thinking to himself “Riiiiiiiiiiiight” as he typed thishttps://t.co/29DMDEXzDU

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) November 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/530830160799760384

.@markknoller Did anybody laugh in their faces?

— J.T. Gilgo (@JTGilgo) November 7, 2014

We certainly would have.

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