As we told you yesterday, Hillary Clinton press secretary Brian Fallon accused Daily Beast reporter Betsy Woodruff of misquoting Tim Kaine from 2002 when he reportedly said that Bill Clinton should resign over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Woodruff had the exact quote in her article, but that didn’t stop Fallon from accusing her of being spun:
Except there is no quote contained in your story where he actually said that
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 17, 2016
The AP story you gave only passing mention to gives his full quote and debunks your premise.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 17, 2016
Lousy piece of oppo. You shd ask whoever pitched it if they knew about AP and just misled you, or if they missed it entirely
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 17, 2016
But it’s Fallon who has egg on his face as last night Tim Kaine himself admitted to calling for Clinton’s resignation:
Kaine on @woodruffbets story re: Bill Clinton/Lewinsky: "It was not inaccurate, that's true." cc: @brianefallon https://t.co/jl4qfdPcjr
— Dan Merica (@merica) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/766052532997197824
Oops. Time for Fallon to apologize, in public.
Update. Clinton senior spokesperson Karen Finney retweeted all of Fallon’s tweets from yesterday, so she should apologize, too:
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Editor’s note: The title of this post has been edited to correct a typo.
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