Posted on 05/18/2021 1:04:01 PM PDT by RandFan
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) called out a CNN reporter for misrepresenting his comment about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
CNN's chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju stopped Massie to pepper him with questions about the riot, but Massie says his report did not document his comment correctly.
"Do you agree with Trump that the election was rigged or stolen somehow?" asked Raju.
"We didn't have hearings, there's no way to litigate that up here. If you're in the minority, the DOJ wouldn't investigate it," responded Massie.
"There's no evidence of widespread fraud," replied Raju.
"That's your opinion," smiled Massie.
"Are you concerned by suggesting that there's something wrong it could lead to more violence?" asked Raju later in the interview.
"No, no," Massie replied.
"Why?" Raju challenged.
"I don't see any violence," Massie said as he walked away.
The CNN report claimed that Massie said, "I didn't see any violence," as if he were denying the attacks on the U.S. Capitol in January.
Massie warned that he may not take any more questions from CNN unless the network corrects its report.
"I said 'don't,' not 'didn't' The audio is there for all to hear," said Massie on Twitter.
"Please fix your article @mkraju @CNN I'm one of the few GOP folks who will even talk to you in the hallway. There will be zero if you insist on misreporting our words," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
Sounds like Rep. Massie did a fact check on CNN.
CNN has very poor ratings. Fake news personified. Need I say more?
For CNN this was pretty minor. They do worse on a daily basis.
Should he be one of the 3 to get selected to replace the turtle? The young atty general would be my other choice. The 3rd I don’t know so a rat gov. would choose him/her. Ann Northrup-what’s she doing these days?
You mean there is someone on the planet that cares what those homos think?
That's about the number of viewers they have anyway.
Anne Northup is 73...but could a caretaker Senator that wouldn’t run again, I suppose.
Thanks. Always liked her.
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