Posted on 02/17/2016 12:54:53 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Tonight Donald Trump had a rally in Beaufort, SC, and while on stage, he repeated his campaign's earlier fabrication where they attributed a quote to Senator Tom Coburn that he never said.
The fake quote was identified and debunked by Jake Tapper, it was written about at multiple sites including here, and the offending Tweets were deleted; surely an admission of guilt. Even so, some two or more hours later, Donald Trump went ahead and repeated it and pretended that it was true in his ongoing effort to dishonestly smear Ted Cruz as, get this, dishonest.
This video is courtesy of Soopermexican at The Right Scoop.
Notice how CNN first puts it up there as fact and the guest has to correct. This, after it was CNN's own Jake Tapper who debunked the lie in the first place!
And there are simply no words for unhinged Trump shill Jeffrey Lord, who raves like a lunatic per his usual television performances trying to claim that the lie is not a lie because, after all, people don't like Ted Cruz. They rely on the adage "if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it." Which is why the truth of this post and this video should be repeated from here to there and everywhere else. The only way to combat an onslaught of lies is with an onslaught of truth.
It's truly despicable. There is no place for honesty in the Trump campaign. Just like there wouldn't be in a Trump presidency.
Shameful. Shameless. Ridiculous. Liar. TRUMP 2016.
Put it on a bumper sticker.
Trump isn’t very smart. He needs Cruz supporters to get elected. 60% of the country already despise him, highest negatives of any candidate.
Looks like you got the Trump chumps in a bunch tonight.
Why are you even here?
Please detail your "major problems" with Ted Cruz.
I’m all for Cruz, but I would take Trump if he is the nom.
I just don’t understand my freepers these days! Unreal...
This is the from Red State.
Trump: ["Art of the Deal"]: The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.
I call it truthful hyperbole. It's an innocent form of exaggeration - and a very effective form of promotion. - Source
You have convinced me to vote Sanders. I’m hoping you are in the 1%. If not, will you at least make a donation to freep?
I’m a broke ass bitch.
Redstate is anti-trump and an establishment site, not pro-cruz. They tend to be pro-rubio, pro-bush, pro-kasich
All reasons to reject
That source article should be required reading.
Please explain biblicy how adultry, and fornication along with never having repented before God works with you? Did God not say that men who claim faith yet act this way you are to avoid so that non christians would not think that you support them in their sin, yet here you are publicly backing him.
Or is the Bible null and void in your denomination cause your god “is doing a new thing”?
(And before some knuckle-dragger gets on me, I'm voting for Trump if he gets the nod--so put a cork in it).
I guess you are trying to appeal to people who only scan headlines by saying filthy lies like “debunk”? Who do you think you are fooling???
The Senators have been telling this to Trump in private.
So Cruz is not denying that part. He just says it was never said “publicly” said vs privately.
Wow you think that’s really strong????
Cruz DID LIE about what Trump said about Planned Parenthood. Cruz lied and said Trunp is for harvesting babies when Trump publicly said over and over again that the harvesting of babies was wrong. Oh but that did not stop Cruz from lying about Trumps position.
You’re 0 for 2 this season, mind if I ignore your ignorant azz. Bwahahahahahahshhaha !
The problem for Trump and his drone followers is the vast video library of Trump actually saying what Cruz says he said.
A more honest approach by Mr. Trump would be to say he “evolved”. But all he’s doing is hollering LIE LIE LIE LIE. Pathetic.
Hang on a second. Did you post the video of Cruz lying?
Ah, so if you can 'prove' Cruz lied too then it suddenly makes lying a good thing? That's what we heard about Clinton's lies, that "aw heck everyone lies so it's ok...". No, a lie is a bad thing. Let's work from there. Trump lied. That's bad.
What was Trump doing here?
....”And while Jeb Bush’s statement that “the next president should defund Planned Parenthood” falls in line with the rest of the Republican field, his comments about funding for women’s health earned him scorn from Democrats and Trump alike.
“You could take dollar for dollar — although I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues — but if you took dollar for dollar, there are many extraordinarily fine community health organizations that exist to provide quality care for women on a wide variety of health issues,” Bush said in an interview at the Southern Baptist Forum this month.
When asked if he owes women an apology following his “blood” comments about Fox News host Megyn Kelly, Trump turned the conversation to Bush.
“No, I think Jeb Bush owes women an apology,” Trump said. “He made a terrible statement about women’s health issues. It was a foolish statement, perhaps a stupid statement. It’s a statement that should never have come up and should never have been made and I was shocked that he made it.”
And when it comes to women, Trump said he cherishes them.
“I will be so good to women,” Trump stated. “I cherish women. I will work hard to protect women.”
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Trump was capitalizing on the fact that most every MSM news outlet was lying by omission - leaving the last part of Jeb Bush’s remark on the cutting room floor.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/jeb-bush-planned-parenthood-hillary-clinton/
“Jeb Bush offered a study in how not to talk about reproductive health on Tuesday. Attack Planned Parenthood? Smart politics for a Republican. Tell an audience, “I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues”? Not such a great idea.......
Planned Parenthood’s defenders argue that not only is defunding the organization potentially illegal, it’s dangerous.
The rest of Bush’s quote, after the verbal misstep, offers an interesting argument. “Dollar for dollar, there are many extraordinary fine organizations, community health organizations, that exist, federally sponsored organizations, to provide quality care for women on a variety of health issues,” he said. Other social conservatives have advanced similar claims. Planned Parenthood’s critics say there are plenty of ready alternatives.”....
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