We’re kind of split here because CNN’s Jake Tapper posted video from President Trump’s rally in South Carolina Friday night showing that he never called the coronavirus a “hoax,” but that Democrats were politicizing it against him, as they did with the Russian collusion hoax. But then again, seeing how journalists can never root for a side, 20 minutes earlier Tapper whiffed and tweeted that Trump “says” he didn’t mean the coronavirus was a hoax. That 20-minute gap was enough for the TDS-inflicted to insist Trump was lying — not that it matters, because they’d never watch the video anyway.
Trump says he used the word "hoax" NOT about the coronavirus itself but about what Democrats were saying about his administration's response.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 29, 2020
here's the video from last night: https://t.co/TjJalPyXVN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 29, 2020
Amazingly enough, that video clip was provided by Vox’s Aaron Rupar, who still claims those undercover Planned Parenthood videos about selling baby parts were “deceptively edited.” Credit to him, too, we guess, for not cutting down the president’s remarks to an eight-second clip.
So, kudos to Tapper, we guess, for sort of calling out the big lie of the weekend.
this was very obvious at the time https://t.co/03RCurU2Wk
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 29, 2020
Sad that this even needed clarification. The left's ability to latch onto propaganda and spread it like wildfire is incredible. The meaning was apparent in his rally. To anyone listening.
— Great Plains Girl ?? (@HeartlandRaised) February 29, 2020
Anyone who watches the clip would ascertain the same thing. Anyone pretending he said coronavirus was a hoax is an adamant liar.
— Bradley Brewer ?? (@realBradBrewer) February 29, 2020
If you were a real reporter, in touch with reality, you would've known this arleady.
— Ben Jammin ?? (@xBenJamminx) February 29, 2020
I didn't vote for Trump, and you guys are so bad at your jobs that it's annoying.
— It's still 2016 apparently (@jtLOL) February 29, 2020
Some of us were able to figure that out without being told.
— ? Pink Lady ? (TEXT TRUMP to 88022) (@pink_lady56) February 29, 2020
As anyone that listened to it understood. The only people saying otherwise are those that have an agenda.
— Steph (@steph93065) February 29, 2020
I bet a guy who runs a hot dog stand on the sidewalk understood what Trump meant but the fake news always like to add their own ingredients to a simple dish.
— Steven VB ???? (@vbislands) February 29, 2020
Jake is finally fully up to speed with something every other non-partisan, non-#TDS afflicted person in the country has known since Trump first said this. Glad to have ya' Jake! lol
— CDB (@quietnolonger) February 29, 2020
The video proves that. Watch it with an unbiased eye. #CNNSucks #FakeNewsCNN
— Scot Boden – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@scotny7) February 29, 2020
That’s what I heard him say Jake. Maybe you should look at the raw video & not the edited video of his speech…..
— Sherry Everety (@ccbugggg) February 29, 2020
Fact check: true
Also, this was obvious to anyone with a brain, which explains the make-up of the group pushing the lie.
— InTheRightColumn (@TheRightColumn) February 29, 2020
Any sentient human being with average comprehension skills understood that when they heard it. Fake News tried to lie about his message, as usual.
— Lowbush Lightning (@docand2611) February 29, 2020
Suggesting he meant anything other than that is extremely stupid
— Wes (@wesman0615) February 29, 2020
It's ok Jake, you can say that Trump is right. We all know.
— George Smith (@P1B_WMichigan) February 29, 2020
Aaaaaand non-partisan, cutting-edge journalist Jake is finally up to speed. Took a while cutting through all that liberal hack stuff, but he finally got there.
— CDB (@quietnolonger) February 29, 2020
It was clear as a bell unless you WANTED to hear something different.
— Jim Czyzewicz (@zipowitz) February 29, 2020
We all knew that.
— David ?? (@dtt170) February 29, 2020
Not only does he "say this", it is what he actually said.
At least you are man enough to put up the video and show that your organization is intentionally being deceitful.
— Dunclecorp (@dunclecorp) February 29, 2020
And that's exactly correct. Which brings up an interesting point, Jake. Why would you couch this as something "Trump says" rather than just stating that is indeed exactly how he used the word "hoax?"
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) February 29, 2020
Didn’t CNN tout themselves as the “Facts First” network? So why does Tapper leave it up to the audience to decide what Trump said?
Related:
‘You’re proving him correct’! Dana Milbank’s claim that Trump called the coronavirus a ‘hoax’ melts BS detectors (ROLL TAPE) https://t.co/tQTBg56Sd6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 29, 2020
