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Trump Camp FABRICATES Quote of Tom Coburn In Order To Smear Ted Cruz
This tweet probably alarmed a lot of people. Dan Scavino, of the Trump campaign, claimed that Tom Coburn trashed Ted Cruz as “without a doubt, one of the most dishonest people in DC.” That would indeed be a scandalous and damaging thing if it had happened. But it didn’t happen. It’s a lie.
First, take a look the firestorm:
Unreal! Highly respected Senator Tom Coburn- said this about Cruz: https://t.co/2WswDhyPQD
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 16, 2016
So it is presented as a quote, and retweeted by The Donald himself. No clean hands here.
Luckily, Jake Tapper was on duty:
@DanScavino i see no quote from Coburn saying that
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 16, 2016
And of course, that’s because there is no quote from Tom Coburn saying that. Instead, some liberal blogger spewed that nonsense. This is from the story that Scavino and Trump linked:
The ForwardProgressives writer said that about Cruz. The Trump camp took that line from the article, and in a tweet, faked it as a “quote” from Senator Tom Coburn.
As Jake Tapper notes, how interesting that the question at hand is about honesty. Trump loves to call people liars, and then he lies about calling them liars. Just like he lies about his charitable giving, his eff-bombs, and who knows what else?
Maybe we should make up our own quotes. “Donald Trump’s campaign is the most dishonest smear job campaign in the history of American politics,” says that screaming goat from YouTube!
Hey you don’t know. You don’t speak Spanish OR Goat, right?
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Source: http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2016/02/16/trump-camp-fabricates-ridiculous-fake-quote-tom-coburn-order-smear-ted-cruz/
