Sanders: Trump a 'pathological liar'

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hit President Trump on Saturday for his frequent attacks on the news media, calling the president a "pathological liar."

"In Trump's view people should ignore all the news except what comes directly from him. That is what totalitarianism is all about. Good thing we have Donald Trump, a pathological liar, to tell us the 'truth,'" Sanders wrote in a series of tweets.

Sanders' message appeared to be in response to tweets by the president Friday night that called news outlets "the enemy of the American people."

Trump has frequently hit news outlets for "fake news" and has been the subject of backlash for his numerous tweets against CNN, The New York Times and other news groups.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sanders-trump-a-pathological-liar/ar-AAn5MoX?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[hay rick]

2. He's the liar in chief.

He is an enemy of American democracy and the American people. Sometimes the truth is as simple as a punch in the face.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Faux News was the #FakeNews all along

and now Trump is trying to make them into the TruthTellers by
labeling the rest of the media Fake News.

These are truthiness games

Lose this and you lose facts and logic, and we're already on that path.

[lordsummerisle]

4. k&r n/t

[WhiteTara]

5. Well, duh. Bernie.

We knew that from the beginning and worked hard to stop him

[mimi85]

13. Exactly.

This is hardly a news flash, Bernie.

[Lucky Luciano]

14. He is not talking to well informed people.

He is talking to those that need to know this...and many don't have the common sense to know this already.

...and calling out asshole to his face is useful too.

[WhiteTara]

16. Yes, it is good to call him out as a pathological liar

will reinforce the message.

[LiberalLovinLug]

18. Exactly

This is hardly a news flash....

WHICH IS WHY IT NEEDS TO SAID AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE

[Stuart G]

6. k and r..nt

[secondwind]

7. Tell it, Bernie!!! K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. "pathalogical liar" is putting it mildly but still putting the finger on the essence.

tRump doesn't even know he is lying half the time he lies and the other half the time he thinks he is just exaggerating the truth a little.

Like when he said he had had the biggest Electoral College victory since Reagan, it was a lie: there were five other bigger wins including four wins by Democrats. So then when called on it, tRump said he meant "by a Republican". If he had meant that he would have said so, but it was still a lie: GHW Bush won more bigly.

He lies so frequently that he forgets what he lied and double-crosses himself to a different audience. But some of that is knowingly and on purpose.

He said to UK PM May's face, on camera, recorded, in front of the press, that he was behind NATO "100%". And then later wavers and equivocates and sends Mattis and Pence out to shake down NATO leaders for money, using threats.

[murielm99]

9. I don't need Bernie to tell me that. n/t

[orwell]

10. Way to take the gloves off...

...AFTER he's in office.

Profiles in courage...

[demmiblue]

12. You must be thinking of someone else. n/t

Edit: And, no, I don't mean Hillary (because I know it will be construed that way ).

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. Here you go, March 13, 2016: Bernie Sanders Calls Donald Trump a Pathological Liar

Bernie Sanders on Sunday slammed Donald Trump as a “pathological liar” who is “inciting violence” as Sanders kicked off a town hall duel with Hillary Clinton.

“I hesitate to say this because I really don’t like to disparage public officials, but Donald Trump is a pathological liar,” Sanders said, in the first exchange of the event at Ohio State University hosted by CNN and TV One.

Sanders also blasted Trump for saying that he might pay the legal fees of a man charged with punching a protester at one of his rallies, adding that doing so was tantamount to “inciting violence.”

“I would hope Mr. Trump tones it down big time and tells his supporters that violence is not acceptable in the American political process,” Sanders said.
http://fox40.com/2016/03/13/bernie-sanders-calls-donald-trump-a-pathological-liar/

[demmiblue]

11. K&R... Dems need to be more outspoken when it comes to Trump and his lies.

Thank you, Bernie!

[NCTraveler]

17. Feel the Bern!!! Nt

[llmart]

19. Pathological liar goes hand in hand with...

malignant narcissism. Always.

[JNelson6563]

20. Well said Senator!

that's exactly what he is.

[Blue Idaho]

21. So Sentaor Sanders joins the throngs that have already said this?

Welcome to the well established club Bernie!

[Lucky Luciano]

27. As mentioned several times, he called him a pathological liar almost a year ago.

It should be repeated often and to that shitgibbon' face. I want that asshole driven mad.

[cannabis_flower]

22. I don't think..

this is the first time Bernie has called Trump a pathological liar.

Here, I found another:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/309581-sanders-trump-is-a-pathological-liar

And I saw another on this thread from March 2016

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. Thanks for posting this example also n/

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. It seems some weren't paying attention

To those who falsely claim that Bernie is playing "catch up" here in attacking Trump, or that he was slow to figure this out, he's said this frequently for a long time. Here is coverage of him saying so almost a year ago, on March 13, 2016:

Bernie Sanders Calls Donald Trump a ‘Pathological Liar’

Bernie Sanders on Sunday slammed Donald Trump as a “pathological liar” who is “inciting violence” as Sanders kicked off a town hall duel with Hillary Clinton.

“I hesitate to say this because I really don’t like to disparage public officials, but Donald Trump is a pathological liar,” Sanders said, in the first exchange of the event at Ohio State University hosted by CNN and TV One.

Sanders also blasted Trump for saying that he might pay the legal fees of a man charged with punching a protester at one of his rallies, adding that doing so was tantamount to “inciting violence.”

http://fox40.com/2016/03/13/bernie-sanders-calls-donald-trump-a-pathological-liar/

[SHRED]

25. And water is wet.

[not fooled]

26. Well, it needs to be repeated

as often as possible, especially in light of the media's reluctance to call dump out on his lies (although there are notable and good exceptions, more of them as time goes by) and dump's efforts to de-legitimize criticism. And, dump's behavior since the installation, which makes it clear he has no interest in being truthful but instead intends to lie and spin however long he is in office.

The information about dump being a pathological liar was out there well before the election, from interviews with the guy who co-wrote Art of the Deal, David Cay Johnston's biography of dump, long-time NY journalists, etc. etc. etc.

[JudyM]

28. Why aren't other members of congress being as forthright as Sanders is about this FACT?

They should be saying it over and over, loudly and clearly.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Totalitarianism. Dictatorship. The words are starting to be spoken...

more often, and by more people. I think that's exactly where we're headed, if someone doesn't stop it (legally, of course).