Trump shuts down briefing after he's fact-checked by reporter (McCain, health care, Clinton)

[movin2Reston]

You can run, but you can’t hide.


https://www.primepublishers.com/news...a60eb4e66.html

When fact-checked by a reporter about his false claim that he signed into law the Veterans Choice bill, President Donald Trump swiftly ended a news conference with reporters.

Press conference turned protest where everyone puts on a mask after they are caught on camera.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...en-ctn-vpx.cnn

[RiotAct41]

I strongly condemn these actions by our President.

[DorianRo]

Trump shuts down briefing after he's fact-checked by reporter 02:53
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump abruptly ended a Saturday news conference after a reporter challenged him on a lie about veterans health care he has told more than 150 times.

Trump, speaking at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, had claimed again that he is the one who got the Veterans Choice program passed -- adding, "They've been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and decades and no president's ever been able to do it, and we got it done."
In fact, former President Barack Obama signed the Choice program into law in 2014. The law, which allowed eligible veterans to be covered by the government for care provided by doctors outside the VA system, was a bipartisan initiative spearheaded by two senators Trump has repeatedly criticized, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and the late John McCain of Arizona.
What Trump signed was a 2018 law, the VA MISSION Act, that modified and expanded the eligibility criteria from the Choice program. Rather than tout that bill, Trump has claimed over and over that he created Veterans Choice itself -- after others had failed for "50 years."
"Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice?" CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid asked Trump at the Saturday news conference, during which Trump announced executive actions on coronavirus relief.
As Trump tried to call on another reporter instead, Reid continued, "You said that you passed Veterans Choice. It was passed in 2014...it was a false statement, sir."
Trump paused, then responded: "OK. Thank you very much, everybody." He then walked away as the song "YMCA" played.
Trump had either never or almost never been challenged on the Veterans Choice claim before Reid did so.

Dont throw FACTS at a career sociopath. They buckle with no retort. Nov can't come soon enough.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/polit...eid/index.html

Funny how all the sociopath dictators just run away when they can't handle the pressure

[andywire]

If journalists tried that in China, they would be tossed in jail to rot for the rest of their lives. But the left insists American needs to be more like China, after all, they handled the virus so much better than we did, according to the left...

[vkhmini]

Originally Posted by andywire

If journalists tried that in China, they would be tossed in jail to rot for the rest of their lives. But the left insists American needs to be more like China, after all, they handled the virus so much better than we did, according to the left...

"Journalists"? All I heard was howling jackals.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by vkhmini

"Journalists"? All I heard was howling jackals.

That was the golfers in all their Dad bods......golf such a work out --- lol.

It was telling.

Whatever happened...Trump ran -- tail between his legs and that's the takeaway.

[ben young]

Obama once sucked his teeth on camera that was later edited out for the evening news.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by ben young

Obama once sucked his teeth on camera that was later edited out for the evening news.

Oh look -- still wailing about Obama.

This must have really got your goat.

Trump ran -- tail between his legs. Had no come back. Had nothing smart to say.

This woman got the best of him.


and cue....this post being removed.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by andywire

If journalists tried that in China, they would be tossed in jail to rot for the rest of their lives. But the left insists American needs to be more like China, after all, they handled the virus so much better than we did, according to the left...

So American journalists shouldn’t ask tough questions?

I can’t believe you posted this paragraph! Wow.

[boneyard1962]

Im sorry but after the Clinton, GWB, and Obama admins, a POTUS who lies is the norm. It's kind of hard to out do the Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video, lie. You will be able to buy good health insurance for about the same amount as your cable or cell phone bill. I can go on and on. Trump is a complete disgrace, but lets not pretend like he invented lying while in office. He is just worse at it than those before him.