HAHAHA: Reporter wants @RealDonaldTrump to credit the 'failing NYT' for his Blumenthal attack

New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt wants everyone to know that the only reason President Donald Trump can call into question Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) Vietnam-era service is because it’s the New York Times that broke the story in 2010:

Best part of attacks on failing NYT and Sen. Blumenthal is that we wouldn't know about Blumenthal's Vietnam issue if NYT hadn't broken it. https://t.co/NdSzwRYOS4

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) August 7, 2017

HAHAHA! So, what the president is tweeting is true? Good to know and thanks!

But let’s not get too carried away with the congratulations just yet, ‘eh?

This is not true at all. The Blumenthal story was oppo fed to the Times by the Linda McMahon campaign https://t.co/D8U5StcFdA

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 8, 2017

So much for the big scoop:

We know this because, rather amusingly, the McMahon campaign came out days later and admitted they fed the story https://t.co/geiCQKd8OD

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 8, 2017

All the news that’s fit to copy and paste from oppo research.

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