WH spokesperson told NBC News that Trump was being "tongue in cheek" when he accused Dems of treason

[highplainsdem]

From NBC's Geoff Bennett this morning:

Link to tweet

WH spokesperson Hogan Gidley tells NBC News President Trump was being "tongue in cheek" yesterday when he accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding during parts of his State of the Union address.

[Lindsay]

1. In other words,

everything he says is a lie, including "a," "and," and "the."

[spanone]

2. BullShit

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. So which is it? Does he mean what he says and say what he means, unlike

politicians, as blurted out incessantly during the campaign? Or is he the shittiest stand up comic and we should take none of what he says seriously?

[TexasProgresive]

4. He should bite that tongue off.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I don't think Trump is capable of that kind of funny

his "funny" is mocking and belittling others, not tongue in cheek stuff

[reflection]

6. Pelosi

should call him a goat-raping, empty-headed cretin, then send out her spokesperson to say it was tongue-in-cheek.

I'm only half-kidding.

[cilla4progress]

7. It's like that asshole at work

Who every time he makes a racist /misogynistic / religionist statement says, "I'm just kidding," for cover, to make YOU look like the asshat snowflake.

WE SEE YOU trump.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. Behold 'Hogan'. What a smug lying asshat.

[Siwsan]

9. What concerns me is: Is he this cavalier when speaking to foreign leaders?

He uses that irritatingly patronizing tone of voice, and seems to treat almost everything as a joke.

[chuckstevens]

10. I'm sure the Looney Deplorables knew it was just "tongue in cheek"

Trump is going to get someone killed with his over the top rhetoric.

[Iliyah]

11. How many spokeman does the WH have?

Well duh, for every stupid shit t-rump spouts out.

[titaniumsalute]

12. This is why his lawyers don't want him to testify

He ends up saying really stupid shit. He can't help himself because he is a legitimate dipshit.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Then he needs a translator standing next to him at all times.

Or at least someone to hold up cards saying "He's just kidding" or "He's not kidding."

Better still, someone just offstage with a hook.

[LuckyCharms]

14. More like "Tongue in Putin's ass".

[2naSalit]

15. Thread winner!!

[hatrack]

16. No, no - he's a "straight-shooter" who "means what he says", right?

Who the fuck needs Hogan Gidley, The Metaphor-Whisperer?

Assholes.

[marble falls]

17. We're not joking when we accuse him of treason. Because he is treasonous.

[bigtree]

18. liar

[sinkingfeeling]

19. But when I accuse 45 and Nunes and Cotton of treason, I'm not kidding.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Of course he is...

And naturally because the media and general public STILL give Donnie the scrutiny of a reality TV celebrity instead of the goddamned president, he'll skate along with no consequence since he always has the unique power to put on his "I'm not a president, I'm an entertainer!" -hat