WASHINGTON — President Trump took aim at reporters on Thursday for more than an hour at an impromptu White House news conference.
“The press has become so dishonest,” he said, and not talking about it would be “doing a tremendous disservice to the American people.” He added that the “level of dishonesty is out of control.”
In accusing the news media, though, Mr. Trump uttered several falsehoods of his own. Here is a list of some of the most important.
‘It was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.’
Mr. Trump won 306 Electoral College votes, well above the threshold needed to secure the presidency but well behind several of his most recent predecessors. President Barack Obama won 332 Electoral College votes in 2012 and 365 four years earlier. President Bill Clinton received 370 Electoral College votes in 1992 and 379 in 1996. And President George Bush won 426 Electoral College votes in 1988.
When a reporter pressed Mr. Trump on the claim, he laid the blame elsewhere. “I was given that information,” he said.
‘That circuit is in chaos and that circuit is frankly in turmoil.’
Mr. Trump said the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld a temporary restraining order on his targeted travel ban, was “in chaos.”
There is no evidence of that. The Ninth Circuit’s decision in the travel ban case was unanimous.
Mr. Trump also claimed that the court was “a circuit that has been overturned at a record number.” He was apparently referring to the Ninth Circuit’s reversal rate, which the president cited correctly: “I find that hard to believe, that is just a number I heard, that they are overturned 80 percent of the time.”...
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 02:33 pm
"That's a President focused
"That's a President focused on his bad press.
It was unhinged.
It was wild." - Jake Tapper
Wild!
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 02:54 pm
Leaks are Real News is Fake
Leaks are Real
News is Fake
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 02:55 pm
Not Fade Away...
Not Fade Away...
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 03:20 pm
HAHAHA, ha, yep, cb, Wild!
HAHAHA, ha, yep, cb, Wild!
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 03:57 pm
When are the feats of
When are the feats of strength?
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 04:54 pm
I want to see Rosie wrestle
I want to see Rosie wrestle Trump.
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 06:49 pm
Kudos to this reporter
Kudos to this reporter
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-trumps-victory-was-not-the-biggest-electo...
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 07:20 pm
"Trump Calls Press ‘Dishonest
"Trump Calls Press ‘Dishonest,’ Then Utters Falsehoods of His Own"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/trump-fact-check.html?smi...
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WASHINGTON — President Trump took aim at reporters on Thursday for more than an hour at an impromptu White House news conference.
“The press has become so dishonest,” he said, and not talking about it would be “doing a tremendous disservice to the American people.” He added that the “level of dishonesty is out of control.”
In accusing the news media, though, Mr. Trump uttered several falsehoods of his own. Here is a list of some of the most important.
‘It was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.’
Mr. Trump won 306 Electoral College votes, well above the threshold needed to secure the presidency but well behind several of his most recent predecessors. President Barack Obama won 332 Electoral College votes in 2012 and 365 four years earlier. President Bill Clinton received 370 Electoral College votes in 1992 and 379 in 1996. And President George Bush won 426 Electoral College votes in 1988.
When a reporter pressed Mr. Trump on the claim, he laid the blame elsewhere. “I was given that information,” he said.
‘That circuit is in chaos and that circuit is frankly in turmoil.’
Mr. Trump said the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld a temporary restraining order on his targeted travel ban, was “in chaos.”
There is no evidence of that. The Ninth Circuit’s decision in the travel ban case was unanimous.
Mr. Trump also claimed that the court was “a circuit that has been overturned at a record number.” He was apparently referring to the Ninth Circuit’s reversal rate, which the president cited correctly: “I find that hard to believe, that is just a number I heard, that they are overturned 80 percent of the time.”...
The Liar In Chief.
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 09:11 pm
This motherfucker is full on
This motherfucker is full on war with the press.
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on Thursday, February 16, 2017 – 09:39 pm
A fine tuned machine
A fine tuned machine
That's when you have to fire your national security advisor after 23 days because he's a Russian spy.
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on Friday, February 17, 2017 – 12:39 am
Yep!
Yep!
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on Friday, February 17, 2017 – 12:39 am
Yep!
Yep!
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on Friday, February 17, 2017 – 12:42 am
double post
double post