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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN just responded on Twitter to Trump falsely accusing them of manipulating video of his speech
Trump's dishonest tweet:
Link to tweet
The response from CNN Communications:
Link to tweet
Mossfern
(2,502 posts)The article said that a video was shared, but I don't see it.
Do you have a link?
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)Mossfern
(2,502 posts)I'm looking for a link to the one that was not manipulated.
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)Here's a tweet with Daniel Dale with the transcript of the longer statement, and a tweet from Trump's Rapid Response spokesman with full video of that part of the speech:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Mossfern
(2,502 posts)but I'd like to see the original non manipulated segment of Trump's speech.
Wondering if it's available anywhere.
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)Mossfern
(2,502 posts)My issue was with the "swift and sweeping" word salad. I thought perhaps the original video didn't have that.
I've been an elected official, I've made speeches - there is no way that that his words make any sense except that he seems to consistently have language brain farts.
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)correct word and then pretending he meant BOTH words.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)How do you edit a lie to become a lie?
FM123
(10,053 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,938 posts)along with the response he tweeted in expectation that the news media would jump all over the ambiguity in his speech. He wasnt expecting CNN to provide cover for him.
Siwsan
(26,262 posts)Also another example of how he has the attention span, reading skills and cognitive abilities of week old road kill.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)marybourg
(12,631 posts)or recorded verbiage. It usually refers to a transient belief.
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)dreamland
(964 posts)It's no wonder we are a confused country. He makes it so that we hear only what we can coherently piece together from his word salad.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)tenderfoot
(8,432 posts)eom