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Trump to debate moderators: Don’t even think about fact-checking me. My supporters are watching!
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 24, 2016 07:22pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| Author | Greg Sargent |
| News Date | Friday, September 23, 2016 01:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As you may recall, during one of the 2012 debates, Candy Crowley gently pointed out that Mitt Romney was wrong when he said that Obama had not immediately called the Benghazi attacks an “act of terror.” The wrath of Romney supporters bore down on Crowley for days in the wake of this shocking transgression. But, despite the snickering on Fox and Friends about this, Crowley was basically right: On the day after the attacks, Obama said: “no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation.”
It would not be unreasonable for the upcoming debates’ moderators to hear Trump’s allusion to Crowley and conclude that if they challenge him on the facts, they can expect to be subjected to days and days of rage and abuse from his surrogates and supporters, just as she was. After all, as he put it, “a lot of people” (i.e., his supporters) will see such conduct as “succumbing” to pressure from Clinton supporters, and they’re “watching” for that. |
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