What’s the difference between presidential lies? According to Chris Cillizza, formerly of the Washington Post and now with CNN, some are much worse (and more frequent) than others:
Donald Trump is re-defining the expectations of a President to tell the truth all the timehttps://t.co/n7uWYk1EBm
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 12, 2017
But what about Obama?
"if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor" #honesty https://t.co/z0IrDk2DS7
— Corinne Clark (@corinnec) April 12, 2017
Brace yourselves:
No question that was misleading (at best). But it was an exception. For Trump, misleading is a rule. https://t.co/1vk2V6vBWi
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 12, 2017
That’s a bit of a downplay:
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/852207905814261760
https://twitter.com/MrJoshPerry/status/852206941224960000
Fact check: TRUE. And so much more:
"Benghazi was because of a video", "Syria disposed of their chemical weapons", "I cut Bush's deficit in half". Just some highlights.
— Cameron (@CletusTSJY) April 12, 2017
“Assad gave up his chemical weapons. That’s not speculation on our part. That, in fact, has been confirmed…” – @BarackObama
— Captain Raybs, Ahoy! (@RayburnThompson) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/SlappyWhite17/status/852209834929901568
Bengazi was caused by a YouTube video, not a "smidgen" of corruption at IRS, etc. Why are Obama's lies only "misleading at best," hmm? #Hack https://t.co/yqDBJM1Kq9
— Matthew K. Burke (@MatthewKBurke) April 12, 2017
okay but only if you agree Obama had A LOT of exceptions.
— Cameron (@CletusTSJY) April 12, 2017
That much is certain.
Ah it is just "misleading" when Obama does it but pathological when Trump does. https://t.co/Wz71kuuMzV
— Cameron Cruz (@ccruz280) April 12, 2017
"I learned about ______ the same way everyone else did, watching the news."
— Hugh MFB (@hughknowit) April 12, 2017
Amazing pic.twitter.com/lB52ernBMX
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 12, 2017
"Obama always told the truth, except for just that one sort of misleading time"
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 12, 2017
"Reporters don't take sides." @thefix That was then…
— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) April 12, 2017
"Presumptive negative" on full display in just THIS tweet.@KellyannePolls was right. Again. https://t.co/UW3EXLbAt1
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) April 12, 2017
"Obama only lied sometimes" is a pretty weaksauce defense if you ask me. https://t.co/ucCQO4jsec
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) April 12, 2017