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Trump Celebrates ‘Total Exoneration’ After IG Report Shows ‘Bible Photo-Op’ Story Was False
The Political Insider ^ | 6.10.21 | Rusty Weiss

Posted on 06/10/2021 7:52:03 AM PDT by TPIDerek

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1 posted on 06/10/2021 7:52:03 AM PDT by TPIDerek
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/historic-st-johns-episcopal-church-set-on-fire.html


2 posted on 06/10/2021 7:54:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: TPIDerek

Antifa was attacking the White House. Firebombed a church.

But the so-called “news” media didn’t refer to that as an “insurrection.”


3 posted on 06/10/2021 7:54:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: TPIDerek
I am sure glad we got a thorough investigation and timely report on that! /s
4 posted on 06/10/2021 7:55:36 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: TPIDerek

The truth never matters. The damage is done. The media and hack politicians spewed so many vile lies about Trump that the damage was done. The truth inevitably emerges and they shrug.

It’s the Harry Reid school of politics. It worked didn’t it?


5 posted on 06/10/2021 7:56:39 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: TPIDerek

false? try libel...


6 posted on 06/10/2021 7:58:44 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: volunbeer

The thing that “worked” is the mail in vote cheating mechanism and whatever algorithm they used to bump Bidens number


7 posted on 06/10/2021 7:58:59 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: TPIDerek

The DNC and commies lie ... it’s just what 5hey do.


8 posted on 06/10/2021 8:03:05 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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If the president wants to visit a church attacked by black communist rioters, what is wrong with making the rioters land the area? Nobody was very gentle with the protesters on Capitol Hill.

We do not have equal justice.


9 posted on 06/10/2021 8:03:16 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Chode

Check the yes box.


10 posted on 06/10/2021 8:03:58 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: volunbeer

Infuriating, but true.


11 posted on 06/10/2021 8:10:47 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: TPIDerek

What President Trump did that day was inspiring.

The Democrat media just can’t have that.


12 posted on 06/10/2021 8:17:31 AM PDT by JennysCool ('It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain)
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One of these days y’all at political insider are gonna shock everyone by doing some original reporting instead of this copycat trash.


13 posted on 06/10/2021 8:23:13 AM PDT by upchuck (Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
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I noticed CBS This morning attempted to mis-report this total exoneration, as other media did the same. The media needs to be held accountable for their continued fraud.
14 posted on 06/10/2021 8:25:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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Antifa was attacking the White House. Firebombed a church.

Even today they are saying it was peaceful.

15 posted on 06/10/2021 8:25:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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And they need to get rid of that fake minister bitch at the church who took the side of the arsonists against Trump.


16 posted on 06/10/2021 8:29:19 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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The media needs to get burned out.


17 posted on 06/10/2021 8:30:32 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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18 posted on 06/10/2021 9:04:53 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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TPIDerek, over here:

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19 posted on 06/10/2021 9:05:25 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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TPI blog doesn’t write stories. It cuts and pastes stories. No need to post as clickbsit.

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Trump Celebrates ‘Total Exoneration’ After IG Report Shows ‘Bible Photo-Op’ Story Was False

By Rusty Weiss
June 10, 2021 at 10:37am

An Interior Department report published Wednesday shows police never cleared Lafayette Park of protesters last summer so President Trump could stage a Bible photo-op, as was reported by the mainstream media.

Protesters, resistance lawmakers, the media, and Joe Biden all used the incident at the time to portray the former President as a dictator, clearing the park of riff-raff so he could assert his authority.

The report by the department’s Inspector General indicates federal police officers cleared the park instead so a contractor could install fencing.

“That finding … is likely to surprise many critics of Trump, who have long asserted that the president or his attorney general ordered the operation to pave the way for an act of political theater,” NBC News reports.

Ken Dilanian, an NBC News correspondent covering national security and intelligence, provided an interesting spin on the false news narrative that was allowed to permeate for a full year.

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“A narrative we thought we knew is not the reality,” he reported.

The Interior Dep’t Inspector General says police forced protesters from Lafayette Square last summer so contractors could install new fencing, not because Trump planned to visit. (This isn’t entirely consistent with what DOJ has been arguing in court recently.) pic.twitter.com/2fSwMzpNwM

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) June 9, 2021

RELATED: Joe Biden Mocks Trump: Just Wish He’d Read The Bible Once In A While

Trump Didn’t Clear Lafayette Park For ‘Bible Photo-Op’

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Former President Donald Trump celebrated news of the Interior Department report which cleared him of a leftist narrative meant to portray him as a tyrant.

“Thank you to the Department of the Interior Inspector General for completely and totally exonerating me in the clearing of Lafayette Park!” he said in a statement.

He added that federal police, as backed up by the report, had decided to install the additional fencing “to protect from Antifa rioters, radical BLM protestors, and other violent demonstrators who are causing chaos and death to our cities.”

BREAKING: Interior Dept. IG report says police cleared protesters from D.C.’s Lafayette Park over fencing installation, not for Trump photo op, @KenDilanianNBC reports. “A narrative we thought we knew is not the reality.” #MTPDaily

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 9, 2021

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Trump would also remind that the protesters at that time tried to burn down St. John’s Episcopal Church.

“They tried burning down the church the day before the clearing,” he stated. “Fortunately, we were there to stop the fire from spreading beyond the basement — and it was our great honor and privilege to do so.”

Trump statement after Inspector General says former president did not clear Lafayette Park for now famous photo op with a Bible in front of St John’s Church near White House pic.twitter.com/puOb4PyPeQ

— Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) June 9, 2021

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RELATED: Pelosi and Schumer Hammer Trump For Attacking ‘Peaceful’ Protesters – Then The Truth Came Out

Critics Pounced On The Fake News Story

Following the release of the Interior Department report on Lafayette Park, it would seem many critics of the former President owe him an apology.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the time issued a joint statement condemning Trump specifically for posing for pictures with the Bible outside the church.

“At a time when our country cries out for unification, this President is ripping it apart,” they wrote. “Tear-gassing peaceful protestors without provocation just so that the President could pose for photos outside a church dishonors every value that faith teaches us.”

The President must immediately reopen Lafayette Square to the public.

This unique park should be a symbol of freedom & openness, not a militarized zone behind which President Trump cowers in fear of protesters who are crying out for justice. pic.twitter.com/xvsVjtfsO2

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 8, 2020

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President Joe Biden also used the narrative to attack Donald Trump and curry favor with the protesters who had engaged in violence against park police and committed arson.

“He’s using the American military against the American people. He tear-gassed peaceful protesters and fired rubber bullets,” Biden wrote.

“For a photo.”

Here’s what @JoeBiden wrote the day the media concocted the Lafayette Park lie…

Every. Single. Word. Is a lie. https://t.co/AJJjuXUGXq pic.twitter.com/BrhZ5tvipF

— Rusty Weiss 🇺🇸 (@rustyweiss74) June 9, 2021

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Biden would later slam Trump for the alleged Bible photo-op, saying the President at the time should read the book once in a while.

“The President held up the Bible at St. John’s Church yesterday,” said Biden. “I just hope he’d open it once in a while.”

Joe Biden: “The President held up the Bible at St. John’s Church yesterday. I just hope he’d open it once in a while.” pic.twitter.com/yorzAu83Qs

— The Hill (@thehill) June 2, 2020

If Biden cared to open up a Bible himself, he might take a look at Proverbs 10:9 which reads:

“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”

Trump spent the entire time securely walking in the knowledge that he hadn’t acted as he was being portrayed. Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, and their media minions, however, just had their ‘crooked’ ways ‘found out.’

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DC reporters just don’t care about being accurate. https://t.co/a9YndWtwZI

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) June 10, 2021

Some may be interested in granting the media credit for reporting on the Interior Department revelation and finally revealing the truth.

They deserve absolutely no credit.


20 posted on 06/10/2021 9:09:53 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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