MSNBC’s Ali Velshi has a lot of experience being a hack. So you’d think that by now, he’d be a little bit better at masking his hackery.
And you’d be wrong.
Yesterday, Velshi predictably criticized Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran Deal — and promptly walked right into a
People like @AliVelshi like to say "Hey, there's a lot of reason not to like this deal and not to like Iran, but pulling out of the deal only hurts us," yet never follow up with the logical criticism of Obama for getting us into a bad deal with a bad regime which we can't escape
— Crookston (@P_Crookston) May 8, 2018
Actually I’ve never said there’s a lot of reason to dislike the deal. Is said even if you don’t like it, it’s not good to leave it
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) May 8, 2018
Well, Ali, ackshually …
Yes, you did, less than three hours ago. “There are a lot of reason to not like the deal, there are a lot of reasons to not like Iran, there are fewer reasons to jettison this deal.” pic.twitter.com/xAgmR6BRWc
— Crookston (@P_Crookston) May 8, 2018
OK, well, yeah, but see, he didn’t really mean it:
You’re right, I did. But I wasn’t meaning to legitimize the reasons; I should have said “People have cited reasons to dislike the deal…” Inexact language on my part. I actually think it was a good deal that did what it specifically intended to do
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) May 9, 2018
Then why didn’t you say that in the first place?
Him : I did not say that!
Everyone : Here is the tape of you saying it.
Him : Well that is not what I meant!Words have meaning
— Alan Cristoffer (@TedyhereMC) May 9, 2018
Indeed they do. And if you’re getting paid to talk for a living, you should probably learn that lesson sooner rather than later.
Paul keeps the receipts pic.twitter.com/4Wj1OaRO2i
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 9, 2018
Boom!
— DoYrJob (@Triplesticks19) May 9, 2018
Awwww yis.
— Alyssa E. Hackbarth (@AlyssaEinDC) May 9, 2018
Lol, rekt.
— JW_redacted_ (@jw_redacted_) May 9, 2018
— PreppyGirlP (@PreppyGirlP) May 9, 2018
Of all the fun reasons we have to thank Al Gore for inventing the internet, this is my favorite!! #TwitterSchooling101
— TheOfficialABCD (@TheOfficialABCD) May 9, 2018
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