Trump Likes To Fabricate Helpful Quotes From His Allies — And Is Rarely Corrected | Talking Points Memo

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President Donald Trump has a habit of altering or making up altogether quotes from his allies that bolster his various causes.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1281321
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Per the Times, many of Trump’s allies who are thus misquoted just let it slide. Some quietly point reporters to the transcript of the statement.

And the media lets it slide bcuz you know…

…ratings and ad revenue are always more important than the truth.

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They are afraid of the mean tweets -cowards.

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Per the Times, many of Trump’s allies who are thus misquoted just let it slide. Some quietly point reporters to the transcript of the statement.

The consistent behavior is that those misquoted stay meek and docile, when the country requires that they take a principled stand against the corrupt Aged Orange. Profiles in Courage they are not.

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Here’s a quote:

“Impeachment”

he can’t change that one.

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SImplify it: He lies, period!

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The subjects of those fabrications rarely correct him.

With few exceptions, neither does the media, which is partly why we have Trump.

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Not to mention crying firemen and their investment successes.

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Trump Likes To Fabricate:____________________________

Alex, What is “Fucking Everything”?

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Fabricate? You mean lie, right? It may be just a five-cent word, but is wholly appropriate.

I would have never believed grizzled politicos and media types with years of experience in hand to hand combat on the debate stage, etc., could be so craven when it comes to mean tweets from a sadistic President.

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How do you know Trump is lying? His lips move.
That used to be a nasty joke. With Trump, it’s accurate reporting.

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I’m sorry but his entire life has been a fabrication. Hardly new but we do need to remind ourselves sometimes. This is an ugly, ugly man who will descend to any depths in defence or attack. It is small wonder that Republican cowards would never correct his quotations. They are part of the lie.

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Since an “impeachable offense” and “abuse of power” is defined by Congress, I feel that the Democrats should charge tRump with abusing power of the Presidency in his constant demonstrable lies to the American public in his official statements on twitter.

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Well , mr presidunce IS a dick .

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Sez who? He can change anything he wants to, it’s just that if he changes your personal quote you have the fortitude to publicly correct the record. Trump just knows that even if anyone ever does call him out on such manipulation of their own words he’s got his wish – the bumbleheads who listen to him don’t pay any attention to whatever is done to correct the record later.

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That Chump. Such a rapscallion…

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I’m a fan and $ supporter of TPM. This article was worthless.

I was expecting a long list of Trump’s made up quote claims with the real quote or pointing out that they were total fabrications, like all those times when someone said “Sir, you are totally right and awesome besides” or whatever.

Try a little harder please.

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It’s no wonder at all. They are all complicit, obviously not just Ivanka. The whole thing has been a real eye opener about the stupidity and ignorance of people of the US, particularly the complicit ones in power.

I think it was a mistake to limit the articles of impeachment to the two Ukraine related ones. The Mueller report obstructions of justice and maybe something about the constant lying and maybe a few more should have been included.

No doubt you saw this on SNL some time ago, but if not…

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Given all the lies and propaganda trump’s mouthpieces spew, there’s no need for Trump to make stuff up; what they actually say is plenty dishonest enough to suit his purposes. But through a combination of stupidity, poor memory & attention span, ignorance & conspiratorial thinking, and shamelessness, he can’t help but lie about their lies by taking them to another level of absurdity. And none of it matters to the only group of Americans he needs, and therefore pretends to care about: his base.

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patients my friend.
Nancy is slowly cooking his whole world and when she is done the NYSD is going to pounce as soon as he is unemployed or fired from his current acting job.
his life is going to be miserable from here on out and hopefully it sucks his immediate crime family right into the black hole to no where.

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