As Twitchy reported, the White House on Sunday released a photo of President Trump and top U.S. brass in the Situation Room as the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was taking place.
President Obama’s official photographer, Pete Souza, weighed in with a tweet suggesting that the photo was staged after looking at the metadata of the picture and comparing it to the timing of the raid. That tweet earned more than 58,000 likes; way more than the tweet Souza followed up with, correcting his mistake:
The latest reporting from the NYT: the helicopters left Iraq at 5PM (Washington time), and they reported it was about a 70-minute flight to Syria. So actual raid had to happen some time after 6:10PM. https://t.co/rErbPLJlpD
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) October 27, 2019
So everyone going with the false narrative that Souza helped promote believes that Trump was golfing while the raid went down and the photo was staged. As you can see, Souza himself corrected his own tweet early Sunday afternoon, so there’s no reason (other than TDS) for Jimmy Kimmel to claim in his monologue Monday night that Trump was on the golf course at the time.
Last night @jimmykimmel chose to spread the #fakenews that Trump was not in the WH during the al-Baghdadi raid for “comedy”
This lie was debunked on Sunday
A simple google search shows the raid began around 5PM
There’s no excuse for not knowing the truth. Kimmel was lying. pic.twitter.com/wWj9Tio0ty
— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) October 29, 2019
Here’s the REAL timeline of the raid, published by WaPo yesterday afternoon… HOURS before Kimmel’s show. @jimmykimmel should retract his lie. pic.twitter.com/n2i5w9miQt
— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) October 29, 2019
Jimmy Kimmel should retract his lie. Will he? Of course not — why would he? It would spoil the “comedy.”
Great work @PeteSouza
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) October 29, 2019
Pete does think it’s great work.
— Nick in LA (@NickinLA2) October 29, 2019
Don’t worry, @AOC @RepAOC will make sure Facebook refuses to play this clip lest it influence an election.
— Daniel Lucca (@dlucca2222) October 29, 2019
At least he wasn't crying over Baghdadi's death.
— David Hohbach (@dhohbach) October 29, 2019
He was, backstage.
— njshoregirl (@ck515) October 29, 2019
He doesn't need to know the truth, nor does he need to spread it. He's accepted regardless and unfortunately also are his words.
— Eric (@eazily9) October 29, 2019
He’s been a liar for so long he can’t tell the truth when you ask him the time of day.
— Robert (@ltfire178) October 29, 2019
Leftists are allowed to lie. MSM never calls them on anything.
— Janet T (@JanetMI2018) October 29, 2019
Maybe CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter will call out Kimmel for spreading disinformation.
The trouble is you have comedians dishing out the “news” this includes the clowns @CNN @MSNBC this is an insult to the intelligence of every American citizen with an IQ
— The World Loves #DonaldTrump (@AdamFoil) October 29, 2019
Hey Jimmy you going to apologize for lying to the public?
— Rubio_Francisco (@RubioFrancisc12) October 29, 2019
Kimmel, not telling the truth, the hell you say?
— David Hohbach (@dhohbach) October 29, 2019
With no consequences- ever.
— JustThink41second (@JustThink41sec) October 29, 2019
Left wing late night hosts lying about the news and then hiding behind creative license so they dont have to retract. What else is new?
— Xinnie the Pooh (@valkenmurder) October 29, 2019
At what point are 'comedians' held accountable for when they slander and defame others..??
Do they really get to just call it comedy everytime and get away with it?? Unbelievable.
— Trumpublican (@TheTrumpublican) October 29, 2019
Kimmel is a two faced piece of trash. All the stuff he has done and he turns around and now says it’s wrong and bad, but was okay when he did it. And even now his sleeziness leaks out.
— Nick (@RNickinfinite) October 29, 2019
he's an ass trying to please his phony hollywood friends when some of us can remember him laughing at women jumping around to watch their boobs jiggle. quite a guy.
— DJ Biscuit (@wbvt97fm) October 29, 2019
He is the absolute poster child of the despicable liberals in Hollywood. Well maybe Hanoi Jane should be in the pic also.
— Gerald Whitaker (@Tappett) October 29, 2019
The left lies when the truth would be better. It’s just their nature. It’s why I never watch!
— Victoire (@VSHankins) October 29, 2019
Related:
FAKE NEWS: Obama photographer Pete Souza corrects his viral tweet suggesting Trump wasn't in the WH when the raid began https://t.co/RHYD3gXeL6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2019
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