Seawater can’t put out pants fires.
Two days after emphatically denying that Secretary of State John Kerry was anywhere near a boat off of Nantucket:
State dept issues stmt disputing our report that we saw John Kerry on a boat in Nantucket today. Says he has been working "all day" on Egypt
— Mosheh Oinounou (@Mosheh) July 4, 2013
State Dept's @jrpsaki says re CBS tweet on @JohnKerry: "Any report or tweet that he was on a boat is completely inaccurate."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 4, 2013
State Department spokestool Jen Psaki has amended her earlier story:
State Dept spox @jrpsaki corrects previous statement: Secretary of State @JohnKerry "was briefly on his boat on Wednesday" cc: @Mosheh
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 5, 2013
State Dept issues correction, acknowledges original @CBSThisMorning report that Kerry was aboard his boat "briefly" in Nantucket Weds
— Mosheh Oinounou (@Mosheh) July 5, 2013
“Briefly on his boat.”
@jrpsaki Wondering what "brief" means.
— Jack Dennis TN (@JackDennisTN) July 5, 2013
@jaketapper @jrpsaki @JohnKerry @Mosheh Define "briefly."
— Nancy (@LogicalDame) July 5, 2013
“Briefly” is such a relative term, right? Just like … “forthcoming.”
Do appreciate @jrpsaki being forthcoming in correcting the was Sec. Kerry on a boat story http://t.co/qtPI3V8kmr
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) July 5, 2013
Lying for two days and quietly revealing the truth only after getting caught is being forthcoming? Well, all righty then.
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/353179836564516864
So Kerry WAS aboard his yacht yesterday. Glad 2 know that Egypt, Iran, Syria, Russia/Snowden, etc didn't interrupt his 4th of July plans.
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) July 5, 2013
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Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. State Department:
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/353180652725743616
@Mosheh @jaketapper @jrpsaki @JohnKerry what's with the state dept & truth ?
— David Shor (@DYShor) July 5, 2013
@jaketapper @jrpsaki @JohnKerry @Mosheh at some point "State department lied…" isn't news anymore
— J (@Ripitupthere) July 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/DanLynch902/status/353184860271165443
(Hat tip: Jeryl Bier)
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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