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A Washington Post Lie Exposed by RS
I woke up to this headline this morning about how President Trump lambasted John Brennan on Twitter. But, that’s not the whole story, which you find out if you read the article. Yes, Washington Post briefly took the time to tell the whole story, but highlighted the parts they really want you to know and they suppressed the parts they want you to miss out on.
The article quickly tells the first part of the story where President Trump states that he will officially demand that the DOJ investigate to find out if the FBI/DOJ were weaponized against a presidential campaign and if those working on the Barack Obama administration were involved. You know. Just asking a question. If that didn’t happen, it’s cool. But, I’d like to have someone look into this to make sure that nobody abused their power and attempted to affect an American election.
Because, that’s what we’re all afraid of, right? Anybody who ever went to Russia, spoke with a Russian, or ordered Russian salad dressing is now said to “have ties” with Russia and we investigate every one of them to make sure nobody affected the 2016 American election.
So, President Trump officially requests an investigation. It’s something a President is allowed to do. Nothing to see here, quite honestly, if you are an objective observer or a professional journalist.
Then the meat of the story is quickly blurted out with no screen shots. We just want to maintain that we did tell the whole story while we suppress the part we don’t want you to know because that’s how we roll at the former news organization, The Washington Post.
Since it was suppressed by John Wagner, I’ll highlight it here to assist John Wagner in his journalistic endeavor. Here is the story John Wagner wants you to believe.
Just hours before his planned attendance at the swearing in of a new CIA director, President Trump went on Twitter on Monday to castigate a former leader of the agency, posting that John Brennan “has disgraced the Country.”
On Sunday, he (John Brennan) wrote on Twitter that Trump was on a “disastrous path” and that Republican congressional leaders would bear responsibility for the “harm done to our democracy” if they did not intervene.
See the story? President Trump tweeted that John Brennan “has disgraced the country”. Do you see the words there in his tweet? I don’t, but John Wagner does. Taking what was actually said and then exaggerating it to influence the reader’s thoughts.
Strike one, @WPJohnWagner.
Then in response, John Brennan defends himself against President Trump and sends warnings to Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan.
See the story? John Brennan is really a good guy that is truly concerned about the country. He has thought this through and has a profound understanding of the Constitution and the concepts this country was founded on and he reaches out to Congressional leaders. You see it? I don’t.
What I see is a mafia thug warning two congressional leaders that they will bear major responsibility for the harm done to our democracy. Is that something a private citizen does? Is the Secret Service looking into this? That’s the story.
Strike two, @WPJohnWagner.
That part of the story was suppressed and fabricated, which are the two reasons you don’t see screenshots during this part of the Washington Post article. Because it’s a lie. It is a fact that if you say something untrue, but you truly believe it at the time, you have not lied. A lie is defined as something that you say that is untrue and you know it to be untrue at the time you say it. That’s what is happening here. A so-called journalist is telling us a LIE. He knows it and he is covering that up by not including screenshots to back up his lie.
Strike three, @WPJohnWagner.
Then the story goes on to tell the truth for a little while and prove it with screenshots that show that President Trump did indeed lambaste John Brennan. He sure did.
Now, I would love to stop right there. I’m a lifelong baseball fan and three strikes sends the batter to the dugout to beat up a water cooler or find his glove and get ready to take the field.
But, there’s something else going on here. Let’s look at the order of events used by @WPJohnWagner as he tells his lie.
- President Trump tweets that Brennan has “disgraced the country”. (Again, he didn’t do that)
- President Trump tweeted that he will request an official DOJ investigation into potential abuses of power in the Obama administration.
- John Brennan warned Congressional leaders that bear major responsibility for harm done to our democracy.
- President Trump lambasted John Brennan on Twitter.
Now, let’s look at the correct order of events.
- President Trump tweeted that he will request an official DOJ investigation into potential abuses of power in the Obama administration.
- John Brennan warned Congressional leaders that bear major responsibility for harm done to our democracy.
- President Trump tweets that Brennan has “disgraced the country”. (Again, he didn’t do that)
- President Trump lambasted John Brennan on Twitter.
So, from the headline, we are to believe that President Trump lambasted poor little John Brennan and that poor little John Brennan had no choice but to reach out to Congressional leaders to protect our democracy from President Trump.
But, the story is that the President is going to request a DOJ investigation and John Brennan is a private citizen and a thug who sends warnings to Congressional leaders, in public, instead of exercising his right to remain silent given the charges of perjury and worse that he is facing. He’s scared and lashing out, which is what a rodent does when it’s trapped in a corner.
So, John Brennan, you have have done more to destroy our democracy, on purpose, than almost anybody of whom I am aware. There’s quite a list in my book, but you are very close to the top of that list.
John Brennan, you are the first member of Remain Silent’s Most Wanted.
You have the right to remain silent, John Brennan.
I’m a baseball purist, but I have to break with tradition and do this.
Strike four, @WPJohnWagner.
Your headline only matches the lie.
You suppressed the facts you don’t like.
You stated that President Trump tweeted something that he did not tweet.
You failed to provide screenshots for the part of the story that is a lie.
You told the story in the wrong order to make President Trump appear to be the aggressor and John Brennan the innocent victim.
Wait. That’s five.
RS
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