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‘You Can’t Make This Stuff Up’: CNN Analyst Says After Going Viral For Making Up A Story About Republicans
Daily Caller ^ | January 22, 2020 | SCOTT MOREFIELD

Posted on 01/24/2020 12:05:20 PM PST by Mount Athos

CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart experienced backlash Wednesday after he posted a “convo between two Republican Senators” on Twitter that he later claimed was “satire.”

“Overheard convo between two Republican Senators who only watch Fox News,” Lockhart, a former White House press secretary under former President Bill Clinton, wrote during Wednesday’s impeachment hearings. “‘[I]s this stuff real? I haven’t heard any of this before. I thought it was all about a server. If half the stuff Schiff is saying is true, we’re up shit’s creek. Hope the White House has exculpatory evidence.'”

Minutes later, Lockhart tweeted that he had “made up” the conversation, but insisted everyone knows “that’s exactly what they’re thinking.”

“You can’t make this stuff up. Actually they can and continue to make up stuff every day,” Lockhart tweeted after his “made up” conversation, referring to a different tweet about the president being out of the country.

The former White House press secretary’s tweet went viral for all the wrong reasons, with thousands of responses, most of which were highly critical of the CNN analyst:

The reaction was strong enough for another tweet telling everyone to “relax” because his tweet was “satire.”

Lockhart sent out another tweet several hours later lamenting that he’d “poked the bear” and now the “purveyors of Pizzagate and the Seth Rich conspiracy are lecturing me on honesty.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Mount Athos
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21 posted on 01/24/2020 12:40:06 PM PST by timestax
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22 posted on 01/24/2020 12:41:01 PM PST by timestax
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23 posted on 01/24/2020 12:42:14 PM PST by timestax
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To: Made In The USA

Fake but accurate.


24 posted on 01/24/2020 12:54:25 PM PST by Jvette
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To: timestax
Always remember THIS !!Youthey-Are-After
25 posted on 01/24/2020 12:55:15 PM PST by timestax
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To: gogeo

LOL, I should have read a little further. :)


26 posted on 01/24/2020 12:55:35 PM PST by Jvette
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To: Mount Athos

That’s why hearsay is not valid as evidence. You never know when some guy is making stuff under the guise of “you can’t make this stuff up”.


27 posted on 01/24/2020 1:13:23 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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exculpatory evidence rings a bell for General Flynn
28 posted on 01/24/2020 1:16:13 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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To: Mount Athos

“Fake but accurate “


29 posted on 01/24/2020 1:18:47 PM PST by Lazamataz (I cannot spare this man. I cannot spare President Trump. He fights.)
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To: Mount Athos

Yes, JOE FAT GUY....you DID make it up!


30 posted on 01/24/2020 4:18:03 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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