YOU CAN'T JUST LET HIM LIE ABOUT THAT
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) September 8, 2016
How on earth does Matt Lauer let Trump get away with the well-documented lie that he opposed the Iraq war without a single follow-up?
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) September 8, 2016
And that was within the first minutes of Lauer’s Trump tongue-bath!
To be fair, a lot of the tweets here are from newsroom professionals. But the suits in charge of what gets said on the Big Megaphone are blatantly tipping the scales for a thoroughly unqualified, self-confessed liar and amateur. Because optics! horse race! eyeballs! both sides! chickenshit cowardice!…
Let's Reviewhttps://t.co/oo6wHfe5Nk pic.twitter.com/3YoC8U0i8z
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 8, 2016
Nope, not sarcasm. Trump said all that — and more!
Trump was on stage for 30 minutes and managed at least 8 statements that in another year would be a major scandal.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) September 8, 2016
VIDEO: Trump says he could tell his classified intel briefers aren't happy with Obama because of their body language https://t.co/vBEAPKJk7d
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) September 8, 2016
It seems possible the uncomfortable body language of Trump's classified briefers was because they had to brief Trump.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 8, 2016
Trump managed to kiss Putin's ass and lie about the American economy in the span of a minute. Clearly, he's pivoted.
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) September 8, 2016
Much more below the fold — and, believe me, it’s still a heavily pruned selection…
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