Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 11:33 am
As Trump was making false statements at a furious pace, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace cut off Trump’s press conference to fact check his lies.
After a rambling series of Trump lies and Biden/Senate Democrat conspiracy theories, Nicolle Wallace cut into the coverage and said, “We hate to do this really. But the president isn’t telling the truth. These allegations against Joe Biden and Hunter Biden that he’s repeating have been investigated by the Ukrainians, none other than The Wall Street Journal” included in their report on Friday that the Ukrainians view this issue as having been investigated and adjudicated. What’s amazing is that what trump appears to be trying to do is to turn his own impeachment into a big deflection.”
Matthew Miller who worked in the Obama administration added, “He’s trying to change the story. First of all, the question on the table here is not about Joe Biden. It’s not about Chris Murphy or any other senators he’s talking about. It’s not about the whistle-blower. It’s about his conduct and whether his conduct as president is impeachable or not. But as it relates to Joe Biden, it’s important to note that this story has been looked at and thoroughly debunked by everyone involved. Joe Biden’s son served on the board of that Ukrainian company. That Ukrainian company that investigated by the Ukrainian attorney general that. Investigation was closed. And the reason Joe Biden asked for the attorney general to be fired, he wasn’t speaking on behalf of himself or his son. He wasn’t even speaking on behalf of the Obama administration. He was speaking on behalf of the West at large, the IMF wanted him gone. Other western governments wanted him gone because this attorney general was known to be corrupt. That’s why Joe Biden pushed for him to be outed. It had nothing to do with his son and everyone that has looked at it has confirmed that.”
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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace cuts away from Trump's press conference to fact check his lies. pic.twitter.com/O1xnt7MC45
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 25, 2019
More corporate outlets need to do this. Giving Trump unfettered live air time is the same as giving him an unchecked platform to spread his lies and misinformation. The Biden/Ukraine conspiracy is false. Biden was fighting corruption, and assisting in helping Ukraine clean up their country. Trump is trying to twist this action into corrupt behavior. Most media outlets are smarter than they were in 2016. They know Trump’s game, and he isn’t getting the unchecked platform to play it.
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