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Demovictory9

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Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:27 PM Aug 2019

The Trump team is now lying about lying

On Wednesday night, Trump reelection campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany did an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo. It was, uh, contentious. But one part of the back-and-forth between the two really -- and I mean really -- stood out. Here it is:

CUOMO: You don't think this President has lied to the American people?
MCENANY: Let me finish, Chris.
CUOMO: You--
MCENANY: No, I don't think the President has lied.
CUOMO: --have to answer that question, first.
MCENANY: I don't think the President has lied.
CUOMO: He has never lied to the American people?
MCENANY: No, I don't think the President has lied.

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That exchange comes hard on the heels of a Washington Post interview with White House communications director Stephanie Grisham in which she said this of President Donald Trump's lies:
"I don't think they're lies. ... I think the President communicates in a way that some people, especially the media, aren't necessarily comfortable with. A lot of times they take him so literally. I know people will roll their eyes if I say he was just kidding or was speaking in hypotheticals, but sometimes he is. What I've learned about him is that he loves this country and he's not going to lie to this country."

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Make no mistake about what is happening here. This is lying about lying. Plain and simple.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/politics/donald-trump-kayleigh-mcenany-stephanie-grisham/index.html

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The Trump team is now lying about lying (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2019 OP
Yes, we know that... Newest Reality Aug 2019 #1

Newest Reality

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1. Yes, we know that...
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 04:51 PM
Aug 2019

But, will they go so far as to lie about lying about the fact that they are lying?

This may actually be how black holes form.

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