Lawrence O'Donnell: What kind of pathological liar lies about his lies to people who have video

[iluvtennis]

Lawrence O'Donnell@Lawrence·16m
What kind of pathological liar lies about his lies to people who have video recordings of the lies he’s lying about and who actually read his previous lies to him word for word as he tries to lie about those lies?

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Spot on Lawrence.

[winetourdriver01]

1. Lies

What kind of liar? One with serious and pervasive personality disorders. He should NEVER have been allowed near the levers of power. The republican/fascist party will pay for their greed and racism.

[iluvtennis]

2. Indeed. nt

[niyad]

37. Unfortunately, so will the rest of us.

[soldierant]

53. Lawrence already said "pathological." That's part of it.

The other part is "delusional."

[Demovictory9]

3. i know!! my jaw dropped watching the video.

[Ms. Toad]

6. What video? n/t

[Demovictory9]

10. here

Link to tweet

starting about 52 minutes in

[Grokenstein]

19. Ha ha ha! He thinks THAT's "threatening"?

Stupid bastard has no idea what's coming.

[Ahpook]

31. I wouldn't have been able to contain myself

He would have eaten a word salad of every vulgarity I could spit out before being thrown out.

Fuck this rat fucking asshole! So sick of this.

[PCIntern]

32. Here:

[dalton99a]

4. No liar, no liar, you're the liar if you repeat exactly what I said

[sop]

5. It's positively Cheney-esque. Lying taken to a whole new level, without any hint of pretense.

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." (from Ron Suskind interview)

[tblue37]

29. That was Karl Rove. nt

[sop]

34. You're correct. The quote from the NYTimes Magazine article (Oct. 17, 2004) was originally

unattributed. Suskind said it was from a highly-placed official, and it represented the philosophy of the entire Bush administration. Most thought at the time it was Cheney, later it was revealed to be Rove.

[DENVERPOPS]

49. Karl Rove, another supreme asshole I had almost forgotten about

There are Soooooo many of them, an ever growing, massive group.....

Cabal has become my favorite word to perfectly describe what the entire Republican Party has proudly become…...………

cabal: the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)

I know Trump broadcasts that HE only uses the “Best” words…..

Cabal is the most perfect, beautiful “BEST” word for describing Trump and the entire Republican Party…….

[uponit7771]

7. BIDEN WILL HAVE TO SHOW VIDEO OF TRUMP LYING !!!

[WyattKansas]

8. Remember the 'Draft Day' movie?

The all stud QB had the balls to lie about the first lie to cover it up... Yea, good one guys.

Maybe reporters need to start their questions with:

'We live in a whole different world than we did fifteen minutes ago... What is your plan to protect healthcare workers and stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 across every town in the U.S.?'

'We live in a different world than we did five minutes ago... What is your administration's plan to recover from the initial lack of response?'

'Whoa, this is a new day and an entirely different world the United States is facing on their own front doors... How do you plan to stop this virus?'

Force him to come up with the answer, instead of begging him for it. He wants to say this is something we have never faced, then run into his BS statements and he will collapse.

[procon]

9. He lies because:

1) He doesn't care who knows he's lying


2) His zombie followers don't care if he lies


3) Few reporters challenge his lies


4). He will steamroll over anyone who questions his lies

[Aussie105]

25. Don't call it 'steamrolling'.

Call it what it is:
Bullying, avoiding the questions, degrading the person asking.

I always wondered why others don't stand up, and ask the same questions.

Might get an answer, or Trump may go down with blood pouring from his ears.

Either response is acceptable.

[TrogL]

40. The correct term is "gaslighting"

I’ve been typing this so much it pops up on autocomplete.

[mdbl]

42. How did Bif get elected president?

Rhetorical question of the day, I know.

[olegramps]

51. Unfortunately, he has intimidated the reporters into silence. They fear being blackballed.

I used to have admiration for the reporters who challenged administrations and held them accountable. Very few of the present lot have the balls to challenge this monstrosity. Trump knows this and takes advantage of these wishy-washy spineless fakes.

[central scrutinizer]

11. He would lie about the time of day

Just to stay in practice

[MarianJack]

12. Donald Trump is an idiot and an ass hat.

I will not say anything that might earn me a visit from the Secret Service, but for he and his miserable progeny I wish nothing but misfortune and public humiliation.

#notmypresident

RESIST

[Warpy]

13. You answered your own question.

The "pathological" part signifies someone for whom lying is part of an underlying disease, he'll lie about things even when the truth would serve him and everybody around him much better.

He is a malignant narcissist. They lie because they are driven to say whatever will make them feel better in any given situation. They are often incapable of telling the truth if it will either make them look less than omniscient and omnipotent or especially if it takes the focus off them and their fantasy accomplishments.

I just wonder how bad this is going to get before somebody gets him out of there.

[iluvtennis]

14. Malignant narcissit - that fits trump to a tee.nt

[smirkymonkey]

15. Such an asshole.

I so want to see him humiliated in public in the biggest way.

[Pillow talk]

16. Simple answer. Simple questions

[Grokenstein]

17. What has two thumbs and lies about the lies he's lying?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Psychology will have to define a new category of disorder just for trump.

[NBachers]

20. His rabid followers are just gleeful with joy about this. It's owning the libs, with no consequences

for him. He's got free reign to get away with it as long as he wants.

[cwydro]

21. He's delusional.

Astoundingly so.

[dchill]

26. Yep. He convinces himself of everything...

...he says. Even things that are diametrically opposed. No one could have foreseen...

[Aussie105]

22. Once this pandemic is over,

sometime in 2021 or beyond, and the survivors look around, will they be able to clearly see it need not have been such a disaster?

Will they know who to blame?

Will there be repercussions, of the magnitude of post WW2 in Italy?

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Hidden the picture because it is gruesome. not suitable for the squeamish.

Just replace XXXXX with https if you want to see it, or just go to that wikipedia page

[quakerboy]

23. The kind who has never in his life been held to account

Why wouldn't he lie? It has literally always worked out for him to do so in the past. He has absolutely no reason not to lie, based on his life experience.

[bringthePaine]

24. wait, I know this one...

[DenverJared]

27. Lawrence is great

His show soothes me

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Yeah, I noticed that too

Trump is totally about altering his present reality to make himself feel good about himself in the present moment. I have known a few people like that. They expend tremendous mental energy to maintain their self-talk and positive vision about themselves, but then the downside is that at another point they must flush the suppressed negativity. This comes in the angry tweets, but I've also seen it in cynical views of everything and everyone. If you ask about something they said at a later time, they deny it, it just never happened. It's self-deception, but is frustrating for others to whom the reality of facts and figures matter.

[C_U_L8R]

30. Trump doesn't care

Because no one will hold him to account.

[Bengus81]

33. Don't get mad,run a thousand commercials of Trump doing just that.........

[Haggis for Breakfast]

35. Have you ever noticed the way he treats ALL the Black female reporters ?

He must be terrified of our strong, intelligent Black Sisters !!! He turns into a two year old in their presence.

[Gothmog]

36. Yamich was asking trump about a statement he made

Link to tweet

[Cha]

38. The sick fuck at the bottom of the cess pool who's personally

perpetrated the trumpVirus on America

[BSdetect]

39. k&r

[Brainfodder]

41. A toddler. Ta da! That's who!

[SunSeeker]

43. K & R & Retweeted!

[JHB]

44. A Newtonian liar

"Anyone who quotes me is lying" - Newt Gingrich

[AtheistCrusader]

45. When Trump says 'that's a nasty question' it means you've caught him, and his only path

is admitting a lie or mistake, or some sort of failing.

He can't. He's pathologically unable to admit even the slightest weakness.

[iluvtennis]

46. So, true. nt

[Hassler]

47. Lying is Chump's native language. He knows no other languages.

[npk]

48. Just remember

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[kairos12]

50. He will claim the videos were altered. The MAGA clowns will believe him.

[ancianita]

52. This kind, Lawrence -- The Devil.