Posted on 01/20/2019 1:33:27 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
House Majority Whip James Clyburn defends Democrats who jumped on Thursday's Buzzfeed story that was debunked by special counsel Robert Mueller's office by noting that they all qualified their statements with, "if this is true."
"When you preface your statement with 'if this is true,' that, to me, gives you all the cover you need," Clyburn said on FOX News Sunday. "If they had said something as if it were true, then that would be one thing to be concerned about, but they've all said, 'if this is true.'"
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REP. JAMES CLYBURN: Well, Chris, when you preface your statement with 'if this is true,' that, to me, gives you all the cover you need. And I would say that. If it is true -- now, if they had said something as if it were true then that would be one thing to be concerned about, but they've all said if this is true. There are a lot of things that I hear daily. If it were true I would be concerned about it.
Sometimes, you would preface it with that and sometimes you just don't say anything.
So I don't think that my Democratic friends in any way rushing to judgment because the qualified right upfront, if this is true.
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Rep. Clyburn (and most media type) didn't realize that "If True" fig leaf is worn so thin that it is completely transparent. And, most importantly, what's been revealed is NOT pretty.
I hope they come to the realization too late for them.
Clyburn robbed three banks and assaulted several women. If this is true, he should be kicked out of Congress. (Hey, think it will work?)
He said WITH NO EVIDENCE.
Someone should ask Clyburn if it’s true that he’s party to not just one, but several non-disclosure agreements....
More correctly it should be "If it's true that Clyburn robbed three banks, assaulted several women, and has had sex with dead people, then he should be kicked out Congress." That way, it ALL falls under the "if it's true...".
Any journalist who prefaces a remark with “if this is true” is not a real journalist, because it’s their JOB to find out whether a thing is true or not, and report the facts.
Any politician who says it is just a weasel-wording coward who hides behind the thinnest of excuses for mnaking defamatory statements and is not morally fit to hold a seat in Congress.
Whatever happened to “Let’s wait and see.”?
There is plenty that IS true about Hillary and company that would be prosecuted against anyone else that we know truth is not relevant to the left.
If it is true that Clinton jeopardised national security by having a server in a broom closet, she should be in prison.
To me,
What’s been revealed with the Democrats and media in general is SOOOOOOO infuriating.
"If this is true..."
WAG THE DOG 1997
Funny. Goes to show how ridiculous liberals really are. They know they are wrong and grab any straw to try to justify it.
Are there ANY black democrats in congress with an IQ above 70? I haven’t seen any evidence that there is.
Amazing what a good live one can make for themselves saying things like that. Cowardly.
That is how gossip and slander begin. More lie than truth.
That is how gossip and slander begin. More lie than truth.
I heard a rumor that Clyburn is a human sack of fecal matter..IF this is true
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