President Trump is under fire for comments he made at his press conference yesterday suggesting that President Barrack Obama never called the families of fallen soldiers:
Trump: "If you look at Pres Obama +other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. A lot of them didn't make calls." Obama aide weighs in: https://t.co/tkcn9opUOe
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) October 16, 2017
Former Obama staffers were outraged over it:
that's a fucking lie. to say president obama (or past presidents) didn't call the family members of soldiers KIA – he's a deranged animal.
— alyssa mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) October 16, 2017
This is an outrageous and disrespectful lie even by Trump standards. Also: Obama never attacked a Gold Star family. https://t.co/JgzTUIzWIa
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) October 16, 2017
As were members of the media:
What is happening to the truth if the president of the United States repeatedly misstates the facts while calling the media "fake news?"
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 17, 2017
.@RyanLizza on Trump claiming Obama didn’t contact families of fallen troops: "With this President, on a daily basis he makes sh** up" pic.twitter.com/Fn0DzQyr9P
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) October 17, 2017
And now for the twist! The Washington Post decided to fact check if Obama actually called these families but they couldn’t find any evidence of it:
WP factcheck: "We could not find any contemporaneous evidence" of Obama calling fallen soldiers. Gives no rating. https://t.co/5lWb8hJbNX
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 17, 2017
Trump wins again.
Video of the presser:
Trump on soldiers killed in Niger: "President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls … I call when it's appropriate." pic.twitter.com/sgj5iEuDhz
— Axios (@axios) October 16, 2017
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