that turned out to be somewhat less than accurate. They came from the head of an ultra-nationalist group in Britain - who was just convicted of a hate crime - and purported to show immigrants doing bad things. One was Dutch; the Dutch embassy later tweeted, "Facts do matter," and that the man in question was not an immigrant but a Dutch national - born, raised and educated in the Netherlands.
When asked why Trump would retweet these videos without first confirming their accuracy, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders gave an astounding explanation - it doesn't matter if the videos are real, the threat is real. Really? You're justifying the use of fake videos to illustrate what you claim to be a real threat? There's a word for that - propaganda.
As a follow-up during a press "gaggle" On Air Force 1 en route to Missouri, Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah was asked about Trump's view of Muslims, and responded that the President "has already addressed that in his travel order." Really? I thought it wasn't a Muslim ban.
The amount of lies and misinformation that comes out of this administration on a daily basis is unprecedented. |
