'That's just a lie'! Did Andrea Mitchell really think she'd get away with this whopper about Broward SOE Brenda Snipes? [video]

Andrea Mitchell clearly graduated from the Make Crap Up As You Go School of Journalism:

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Says Broward Election Supervisor Snipes ‘Is a Republican’: ‘She’s Hardly a Democratic Official’ https://t.co/DhacsceoJO pic.twitter.com/dXIqmRI4G0

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 12, 2018

Suuuuuure, Andrea.

What?

— Rev. Ducati ⚠️ (@Reverend_Ducati) November 12, 2018

pic.twitter.com/QpLswwKPb2

— will6750647 (@will6750647) November 12, 2018

That's just a lie.

— mediapostate (@mediapostate) November 12, 2018

Yes. Yes it is. More from Caleb Howe at Mediaite:

“We should also point out that Brenda Snipes in Broward County is a Republican appointed by former governor, then-Governor Jeb Bush,” said Mitchell. “So, she was put in by a Republican governor after the mess that we all remember from 2000. And she’s hardly a Democratic official, or someone doing the bidding of the democratic candidates there.”

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It is easily fact-checked. In addition to hundreds of media reports, Snipes self-identifies as a Democrat, and in her elected position, she runs as a Democrat. She won her last Democratic primary in 2016.

Listen for yourself:

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell: "We should also point out that Brenda Snipes in Broward County is a Republican appointed by former governor, then-Governor Jeb Bush…And she’s hardly a Democratic official, or someone doing the bidding of the Democratic candidates there."

This is a lie. pic.twitter.com/FiwOA251zP

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 12, 2018

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Smell that smoke? That’s Andrea Mitchell’s pants on fire.

What media bias? https://t.co/sUlvm4Ixxk

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 12, 2018

Andrea Mitchell, as part of huge effort on cable to prove all in Broward is super pro and therefore Trump is wrong some more, snottily says Brenda Snipes "is a Republican", "hardly a Democratic official". You know, so no way there's bias dummies. EXCEPT… https://t.co/bSGvgzV2RD

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) November 12, 2018

Bias and stupidity are a dangerous mix.

You'd have to literally be an idiot to believe this. https://t.co/tuh8yEaqRT

— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 12, 2018

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and a tweet and the headline amended to reflect that video was added.