Trump Camp FABRICATES Quote of Tom Coburn In Order To Smear Ted Cruz

RedState ^ | February 16th, 2016 at 04:30 PM | Caleb Howe

[SoConPubbie]

And Sen. Coburn is TICKED.

This tweet probably alarmed a lot of people. Dan Scavino, of the Trump campaign, claimed that Tom Coburn trashed Ted Cruz as “without a doubt, one of the most dishonest people in DC.” That would indeed be a scandalous and damaging thing if it had happened. But it didn’t happen. It’s a lie.

First, take a look the firestorm:

Unreal! Highly respected Senator Tom Coburn- said this about Cruz: https://t.co/2WswDhyPQD

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 16, 2016

So it is presented as a quote, and retweeted by The Donald himself. No clean hands here.

Luckily, Jake Tapper was on duty:

@DanScavino i see no quote from Coburn saying that

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 16, 2016

And of course, that’s because there is no quote from Tom Coburn saying that. Instead, some liberal blogger spewed that nonsense. This is from the story that Scavino and Trump linked:

The ForwardProgressives writer said that about Cruz. The Trump camp took that line from the article, and in a tweet, faked it as a “quote” from Senator Tom Coburn.

And here is what’s more: Tom Coburn is ticked off about it! The Washington Examiner has this hot off the press:

“It’s an absolute fabrication. I’ve never said that, period,” Coburn told the Examiner. “It’s unfortunate he would use my name to say something dishonest. It’s a total fabrication.”

“To me, it’s more of loose play with the truth and loose play with the words,” Coburn said.

As Jake Tapper notes, how interesting that the question at hand is about honesty. Trump loves to call people liars, and then he lies about calling them liars. Just like he lies about his charitable giving, his eff-bombs, and who knows what else?

Maybe we should make up our own quotes. “Donald Trump’s campaign is the most dishonest smear job campaign in the history of American politics,” says that screaming goat from YouTube! Hey you don’t know. You don’t speak Spanish OR Goat, right?

By the way, one good thing that came out of this? Sen. Coburn just narrowed his choices. “I can tell you now somebody I’m not going to vote for,” he told the Examiner. Would that the sentiment would spread.

UPDATE: Both Trump and Scavino have deleted their tweets. No new tweets with an apology or even a retraction were made.

[SoConPubbie]

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[SoConPubbie]

    CRUZ or LOSE!

[patq]

It was a retweet. And if it is wasn’t it was still a valid quote just attributed to the incorrect author.

[RasterMaster]

Trump STILL LYING about a fabricated quote to smear Ted Cruz HOURS after being caught on it!!

Read more: http://therightscoop.com/trump-still-lying-about-a-fabricated-quote-to-smear-ted-cruz-hours-after-being-caught-on-it/#ixzz40NqlIO7F

[mlizzy]

Here is the actual tweet [now deleted]:

[jessduntno]

“It was a retweet. And if it is wasn’t it was still a valid quote just attributed to the incorrect author.”

Wow.

[DoughtyOne]

Sounds almost like Trump refused to apologize for sending out mailers trying to look like voter violation packets.

I guess Trump screwed up by not threatening to let this guy’s neighbors know what he had supposedly done!

That would probably make it ok. Everyone does that sort of thing...l

[hollyweed]

Clyde got busted again!

[KansasGirl]

Yeah, Trump is a liar, and he is running a dirty campaign.

Can’t believe so many here support him.

[skeeter]

It was a "retweet". So its OK.

Got it.

[DoughtyOne]

[mlizzy]

This from Steve Deace twitter:

“I’ve heard from little birdies that a couple of outside groups polling South Carolina have Trump dropping into the 20s.”

Hope it’s true!

https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/699774163125473281?lang=en

[Resettozero]

Looks like Dan Scavino successfully Cruzed Donald Trump today with a single tweet.

And it’s only Tuesday.

[20yearsofinternet]

One of the most annoying things about Cruz supporters is their pearl clutching hyperbole.

What happens as a result is that, even when they catch a mistake by Trump or Rubio or whoever, they go into such a frenzy of desperation to be able to point at anyone else and say “LOOK THEY ARE LYING TOO SO IT’S OK TED LIES”, that they just end up lying more.

Trump retweeted a tweet that was fake or wrong. That’s his mistake and he should own it. However, that is not “TRUMP IS MAKING UP QUOTES ABOUT PEOPLE”. It’s Trump not verifying crap before retweeting, but no matter how badly you want it to be “making up quotes”, it isn’t. Learn how the internet works.

[austinaero]

Unreal! Highly respected Senator Tom Coburn- said this about Cruz: https://t.co/2WswDhyPQD

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 16, 2016

I get Trump’s tweets and Dan Scavino’s tweets. I do not find or did I see that tweet come from Donald Trump’s account. I would like to see proof of that.

A similar tweet did come from Dan Scavino’s account.

[SE Mom]

Unreal.

[Echo4C]

I’d help you look for your integrity but I’m afraid it’s a lost cause.

[jessduntno]

It’s true! This fruitcake could shoot someone and you lemmings would follow him to the gas chamber bleating “mistaaaaaaaaaake”.

[tumblindice]

“CRUZ or LOSE!”

You can have both.

[austinaero]

Actually Dan Scavino has NOT deleted the tweet. Who told you it was deleted? That’s a lie and it’s still on his timeline.

Dan Scavino ‏@DanScavino 4h4 hours ago
💯“When you tell people you can accomplish something that you can’t, for example...”
@TomCoburn on Ted Cruz
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/former-gop-senator-blasts-pathological-liar-ted-cruz-constantly-misleading-americans/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork …

https://twitter.com/DanScavino

You can find it yourself. It hasn’t been deleted.

Geesh.