Another day, another lie from The Atlantic about Donald Trump.
We know. We're not shocked either.
Here's the smear Jeffery Goldberg penned:
In an Oval Office meeting on December 4, 2020, officials gathered to discuss a separate national-security issue. Toward the end of the discussion, Trump asked for an update on the McCarthy investigation. Christopher Miller, the acting secretary of defense (Trump had fired his predecessor, Mark Esper, three weeks earlier, writing in a tweet, 'Mark Esper has been terminated'), was in attendance, along with Miller’s chief of staff, Kash Patel. At a certain point, according to two people present at the meeting, Trump asked, 'Did they bill us for the funeral? What did it cost?'
According to attendees, and to contemporaneous notes of the meeting taken by a participant, an aide answered: Yes, we received a bill; the funeral cost $60,000.
Trump became angry. 'It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f**king Mexican!' He turned to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: 'Don’t pay it!' Later that day, he was still agitated. 'Can you believe it?' he said, according to a witness. 'F**king people, trying to rip me off.'
This story was immediately refuted by Mark Meadows. Notice how Meadows publicly denied this exchange took place, while the 'sources' for the piece are all conveniently anonymous.
I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic’s latest hit piece against President Trump. Let me say this.
— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) October 22, 2024
Any suggestion that President Trump disparaged Ms. Guillen or refused to pay for her funeral expenses is absolutely false.
He was nothing but kind, gracious, and…
The entire post reads:
Any suggestion that President Trump disparaged Ms. Guillen or refused to pay for her funeral expenses is absolutely false.
He was nothing but kind, gracious, and wanted to make sure that the military and the U.S. government did right by Vanessa Guillen and her family.
We do not despise the media enough.
Not nearly enough.
And here's the sister of Vanessa Guillen, also refuting those claims:
From the sister of the soldier mentioned in this story👇 https://t.co/eF1iYN2irn pic.twitter.com/lPC12JT4sV
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 22, 2024
This writer would very much like to know where the 'norms' and 'decency' crowd is.
Where are the folks who breathlessly warn us about misinformation?
Why are the things Trump says -- even true things -- 'lacking evidence', but anonymous sources are always taken as Gospel truth when smearing Trump?
We all know why.
Seems weird you left out the part where everyone who was there who’s willing to have there name printed vehemently denied that this happened, also strange you left the response you received from her sister out before baselessly insinuating that Alex Pfeiffer wrote it pic.twitter.com/ITizp67NBz
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) October 22, 2024
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So weird.
You really suck. pic.twitter.com/TdSGJ4ZBYp
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) October 22, 2024
They sure do.
You’re a contemptible liar.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) October 22, 2024
All they do is lie.
This is compelte bs, everyone knows it, and smacks of desperation because your candidate is losing badly.
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) October 22, 2024
How do you all look yourselves in the mirror every day?
They all know it's B.S., and they're desperate because Kamala is gonna lose.
New anonymous horses**t just dropped. https://t.co/Gkir2fgxgW
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 22, 2024
And it stinks.
This is a disgusting smear by unnamed people, while people who were present are on record confirming it never happened. https://t.co/MPclVXjIeB
— Becca Lower (@BeccaJLower) October 22, 2024
Disgusting doesn't even begin to cover it.
Quite disgusting you share this unattributed garbage when the family says otherwise.
— Brad Slager: A Folksy Coach & Joyful As a K-Hive! (@MartiniShark) October 22, 2024
The press disregards all of its own lectures on misinformation as it proves to be 100% in the tank for one party. https://t.co/VnzjL1rdIc
They really don't respect family wishes. They use Vanessa Guillen for political gain despite her family's wishes, just like Kamala uses Amber Nicole Thurman, despite her family's wishes.
In the waning days of the presidential race, the Left certainly aren't acting like a team confident in victory. They're acting like desperate smear merchants, attempting to sink Donald Trump by lying.
It won't work.
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