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Sunday, February 18, 2018

They're Not Even Pretending Any More

Via Joe.My.God., in the category of "Blatant, Shameless Liars" we have yet another White House shill spouting "alternative facts," and this one's a doozy:

Journalists lashed out at a White House spokesman on Saturday after the aide to President Trump claimed that news media and Democrats have caused more “chaos” than Russia.

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley made the comments during an interview on Fox News while responding to special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of Russian nationals for meddling in the 2016 election.

“There are two groups that have created chaos more than the Russians and that’s the Democrats and the mainstream media,” Gidley asserted on Fox News.

“[They] continued to push this lie on the American people for more than a year, and frankly Americans should be outraged by that.”

Actually, when you look at actual events, statements, etc., the ones who are causing the most chaos are -- you guessed it: Trump and his minions.

But it gets better. Maybe you should hide your irony meter -- it probably won't survive this one (via Towleroad):

And the White House also issued a statement: “We cannot allow those seeking to sow confusion, discord, and rancor to be successful. It’s time we stop the outlandish partisan attacks, wild and false allegations, and far-fetched theories, which only serve to further the agendas of bad actors, like Russia, and do nothing to protect the principles of our institutions. We must unite as Americans to protect the integrity of our democracy and our elections.”

Kind of takes your breath away, doesn't it?

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