‘It was Trump himself who said he could commit murder on Fifth Avenue and still be popular, or words to that effect.’
No it wasn’t. Trump didn’t say that; I corrected this lie a hundred times during the primary—all to no avail. For Trump-haters/NeverTrumpers, it’s too good not to be true. So what if it’s a lie? To a NeverTrumper, it’s a lie in a good cause.
Smh.
[The original statement was made by either a journalist or a blogger—I believe the former, but it’s been a while since I’ve needed to correct this particular lie, so I don’t have it off the top of my head—and Trump ***repeated/quoted*** what that other source had said. In his actual references this is clear—Trump mentions the fact that someone ELSE said it, not him. Why this is so hard for NeverTrumpers to grasp idk. Just blinded by Trump-hate, I guess.]
Let us see, Trump did not actually say it but he repeated it. Did he repeat it or adopt it?
Does it really matter? The point is the Trump is in the 30s in the approval ratings and has to reach out beyond his 43% base which has obviously deteriorated. No doubt the fiasco over healthcare has alienated even parts of his base but the kerfuffle over Russia probably did not help. The revelations concerning government spying on an opposition party in a general election might have helped a lot more if it had been properly introduced by something other than a 5 AM tweet containing misstatements that have to be corrected and then walked back when the administration said it would not comment until after Congress had finished its investigation.
That is my point and nothing more. It is unfortunate that full advantage was not taking of one of the juiciest scandals to come along since Watergate because it was impetuously tweeted at 5 AM.
