Without wasting any time, here's the much talked about back-and-forth CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Ohio Representative Jim Jordan engaged in over the past week:
Jim Jordan: "He's (Trump) always been square with me."
Anderson Cooper: "What about the American people?"
Jordan: "The American people elected him President of the United States."
Cooper: "But I mean, have you ever heard the President lie? That's why I'm asking you."
Jordan: "I have not. And the American people feel like what the treatment he's receiving from the top people of the FBI..."
Cooper: "I don't think you can talk about all the American people. But I'm asking you -- just yourself, have you ever heard the President lie?"
Jordan: "I have not."
Wow... Through January 10th, Washington Post fact-checkers Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly tallied 2,001 misleading claims spouted by Donald Trump through his first 355 days in office. Politifact has graded 543 statements made by Trump. Of those 543 claims, 25 have been ruled as true (5%), 62 as Mostly True (11%), 83 as Half True/Half False (15%), 121 as Mostly False (22%), 173 as False (32%), and 79 as Pants on Fire (15%). In other words, 69% of Trump's comments have been graded as Mostly False, False, or Pants on Fire, while just 16% have been graded as True or Mostly True.
Let's go through some of these Pants-on-Fire claims made by the president and see how Mr. Jordan responds to them:
Trump: "In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. You probably heard about that. They always like to say 'oh that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people."
Mr. Jordan, your thoughts?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Okay then... Mr. Trump, what else do you have to say?
Trump: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they're setting records, so okay, they're at a record level."
Mr. Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Hmm... He's tough. Let's try this one out for size...
Trump: "Hillary Clinton wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think about it. That's what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."
I'll take hyperbolic bullsh*t for $500, Alex...
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Ugh! Okay, this next quote is a sure-fire winner...
Trump: "The number of illegal immigrants could be 3 million. It could be 30 million."
Apparently Donald Trump was a stoned-out forecaster in a previous life. "As for snow tomorrow, we could see an inch, we could see seven feet. I mean, like yeah, you know?"
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Trump: "Crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims."
Apparently Donald Trump isn't a racist either... Ahem... Rep. Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Okay, Mr. Jordan, I'll give you one more chance...
Trump: "Don't believe those phony numbers when you heard 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."
Yet those 5-percent numbers were suddenly accurate when Trump entered the Oval Office. It's amazing how that happened, isn't it? Representative Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Ah, screw it! Congratulations, Jim Jordan! For telling the world chronic liar Donald Trump has never uttered such a statement, you're much-deservedly receiving my Douche of the Week award!
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/04/jim_jordan_says_donald_trump_d.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/10/president-trump-has-made-more-than-2000-false-or-misleading-claims-over-355-days/?utm_term=.581706e77a72
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
Jim Jordan: "He's (Trump) always been square with me."
Anderson Cooper: "What about the American people?"
Jordan: "The American people elected him President of the United States."
Cooper: "But I mean, have you ever heard the President lie? That's why I'm asking you."
Jordan: "I have not. And the American people feel like what the treatment he's receiving from the top people of the FBI..."
Cooper: "I don't think you can talk about all the American people. But I'm asking you -- just yourself, have you ever heard the President lie?"
Jordan: "I have not."
Wow... Through January 10th, Washington Post fact-checkers Glenn Kessler and Meg Kelly tallied 2,001 misleading claims spouted by Donald Trump through his first 355 days in office. Politifact has graded 543 statements made by Trump. Of those 543 claims, 25 have been ruled as true (5%), 62 as Mostly True (11%), 83 as Half True/Half False (15%), 121 as Mostly False (22%), 173 as False (32%), and 79 as Pants on Fire (15%). In other words, 69% of Trump's comments have been graded as Mostly False, False, or Pants on Fire, while just 16% have been graded as True or Mostly True.
Let's go through some of these Pants-on-Fire claims made by the president and see how Mr. Jordan responds to them:
Trump: "In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. You probably heard about that. They always like to say 'oh that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people."
Mr. Jordan, your thoughts?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Okay then... Mr. Trump, what else do you have to say?
Trump: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they're setting records, so okay, they're at a record level."
Mr. Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Hmm... He's tough. Let's try this one out for size...
Trump: "Hillary Clinton wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think about it. That's what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."
I'll take hyperbolic bullsh*t for $500, Alex...
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Ugh! Okay, this next quote is a sure-fire winner...
Trump: "The number of illegal immigrants could be 3 million. It could be 30 million."
Apparently Donald Trump was a stoned-out forecaster in a previous life. "As for snow tomorrow, we could see an inch, we could see seven feet. I mean, like yeah, you know?"
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Trump: "Crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims."
Apparently Donald Trump isn't a racist either... Ahem... Rep. Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Okay, Mr. Jordan, I'll give you one more chance...
Trump: "Don't believe those phony numbers when you heard 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."
Yet those 5-percent numbers were suddenly accurate when Trump entered the Oval Office. It's amazing how that happened, isn't it? Representative Jordan?
Jordan: "I have not heard Trump tell a lie."
Ah, screw it! Congratulations, Jim Jordan! For telling the world chronic liar Donald Trump has never uttered such a statement, you're much-deservedly receiving my Douche of the Week award!
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/04/jim_jordan_says_donald_trump_d.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/10/president-trump-has-made-more-than-2000-false-or-misleading-claims-over-355-days/?utm_term=.581706e77a72
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/
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