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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump claimed he witnessed Harveys devastation first hand.
President Trump clearly and unmistakably exaggerated the horror and devastation he witnessed in Texas. The White House's response? To pretend words don't mean what they mean.
Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he had seen this horror and devastation first hand.
A reporter asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about this later Wednesday, and her answer was
something:
He met with a number of state and local officials who are eating, sleeping, breathing the Harvey disaster. He talked extensively with the governor, who certainly is right in the midst of every bit of this, as well as the mayors from several of the local towns that were hit hardest. And detailed briefing information throughout the day yesterday talking to a lot of the people on the ground. That certainly is a firsthand account.
No, it's not. That's a *second*hand account the very definition of one, in fact.
Merriam-Webster defines firsthand as obtained by, coming from, or being direct personal observation or experience. Secondhand is defined as received from or through an intermediary. Those intermediaries in this case were the state and local officials, the governor, the mayors and the people on the ground. Those people may have been witnessing the devastation firsthand, but passing along that information doesn't make Trump's account firsthand.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/31/trump-claimed-he-witnessed-harveys-devastation-first-hand-the-white-house-basically-admits-he-didnt/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trump-1040am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c91530bac88d
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)Nobody flinched, either they did or he is lying, either way his base doesnt care.
He didnt actually say that that I know of, but he could very easily and it would go unnoticed.
WAPO says they can document ONE THOUSAND lies in 7 months, with Obama you cant document ONE, you can only do the keep your doctor one and he didnt lie there, he just didnt count on insurance companies being allowed to still sell junk policies which his law outlawed.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)he sits in front of it all day. In his mind even the Apprentice was real even though it was all scripted.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)if it jumped up and bit him on the balls.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)I couldn't have said it better.
C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)when the WTC towers fell.
What a vidiot.
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)underpants
(182,988 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,280 posts)6000eliot
(5,643 posts)See also: Malania.