AP FACT CHECK: Trump seems in denial about Gorsuch's jabs
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominees don't often bite the hand that picks them and President Donald Trump is having trouble accepting the fact that his hand was bitten.
Trump on Thursday disputed what at least three senators and a Republican operative have said — that Judge Neil Gorsuch voiced complaints about the president's recent attacks on the judiciary during the nominee's round of meetings on Capitol Hill.
Trump's missive came in a reality-bending tweetstorm about a variety of topics. Here's a selection:
TRUMP: "Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who never fought in Vietnam when he said for years he had (major lie), now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?" In a lunch with senators later, Trump said of Gorsuch: "His comments were misrepresented."
THE FACTS: Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut who falsely claimed in years past that he had served in Vietnam, offered an account of his meeting with Gorsuch that was corroborated by Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist serving as communications director for the team that is working to get Gorsuch confirmed by the Senate.
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