The Media Just Attacked Bernie For Calling Trump A Liar. His Response Is Epic

[OxQQme]

Oddly, the Washington Post didn’t question the accuracy of any of Sander’s facts regarding Trump’s adversarial relationship with the truth. Phillips simply felt that it was inappropriate for a sitting Senator to refer to the president in such disrespectful terms. Sanders responds with the perfect questions:

"But how do we deal with a president who makes statements that reverberate around our country and the world that are not based on fact or evidence? What is the appropriate way to respond to that? And if the media and political leaders fail to call lies what they are, are they then guilty of misleading the public?"

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/03/08/media-just-attacked-bernie-calling-trump-liar-response-epic/

[Wounded Bear]

1. If you don't call it lying, you are complicit...

it's a RW axiom that we're for them or against them. I'm against them.

[AgadorSparticus]

23. +1,000!!! Right on!

[vlyons]

26. long held in common law for centuries that silence implies consent

[uponit7771]

44. +1

[Lotusflower70]

2. Well done

I love Bernie. Speak that truth!

[Alice11111]

37. Wish we had Bernie

I voted Hillary. We underestimated the irrationality and lunitic ferver of the Hillary Haters. Of course, im sure the Repubs would have disembowelled Bernie too

Both hillary and Bernie have in common that they are/ were willing to call out the truth and lies. Hillary called out Putin, which is one reason she isn't president. Bernie was better at it than Obama. I love him, and I certainly understand if he stays out of it now, but I wish he had put some of this stuff out there when it mattered. My Guess is he thought Hillary would win and take over.

[Lotusflower70]

40. I hear you

We took a lot for granted. I know some people think Hillary did enough with her message to the Midwest but I disagree. And she was hardly here campaigning. That put a lot of people off. Young people were pissed at Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem. My son worked hard for Bernie. This was his first election to vote. He loved the honesty and approachable nature of Bernie. It's tough because of the divides in the party right now. We have to work on unity and a clear vision. We also have to work grassroots and generate some excitement.

[Alice11111]

42. I agree with you too.

Not going into Wisconsin, so they wouldn't stir DT up was perhaps the most neophyte decision ever. It was also disrespectful. Sorry the young ones who poured their hearts out weren't heard.

[Lotusflower70]

43. Agreed

It was so stupid. Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania were neglected. They assumed too much. My son was excited by Bernie and heartbroken because of the outcome. He predicted Trump winning early on. He was so angry at the DNC. Here in Minnesota, Bernie won the caucus. There is much to learn and much work to do.

[bravenak]

3. Yep

Damn straight. A lie is a fucking lie

[DK504]

8. And responding the Keebler elf comments

aren't a correction. They are a fucking lie. It is fucking perjury. So damn sick of these assholes being able to "amend" their statements. You or I would never be allowed to do that if we were ever on trial.

F these guys.

[bravenak]

10. Exactly. He lied about his lies

[Alice11111]

38. For sure.Only Repubs are allowed to amend their lies

Over and over and over, every time they are caught.

[Mr. Ected]

4. Phillips must assume that Trump deserves respect simply because he's the President

Bullshit. Tell that to the pigshits that defamed President Obama each and every day of his presidency.

Trump deserves our scorn. He deserves a prison cell, actually. Calling him a liar is a fact.

[BlueJac]

5. Tell them Bernie!

Liars are liars plain a simple!

[Cryptoad]

6. What the Fuck,,,,

even Morning Joe Joe is calling Trump a liar,,,! geeez

[paleotn]

11. Not all...

...remember the love fest after the state of the union address? The shit stain can actually read a few complete sentences, the the bulk of the media thinks he's "presidential". Well, that lasted until the Keebler blow up.

Speaking Jefferson Beuregard "Keebler" Sessions, this is what I'd like to see on the evening news.....

[Alice11111]

39. Also, he's the III. I wouldn't want to slight the liar.

[logosoco]

7. Wow. I looked up her original post.

She seems to be saying that maybe tRUMP believes his own lies, so we should too!

She also is saying the Dems. changed the rules and are going to make things harder for the Reps. to pass anything. She has already forgotten that the R's are totally and opening responsible for blocking Obama's SC pick. (Some of us remember the things from past news cycles, perhaps she does not!)

[gratuitous]

9. The standard no-win situation

"Oh all you Black Lives Matter people shouldn't be disrupting traffic and marching in the streets and stuff!"

So Colin Kaepernick takes a knee during the pointless playing of the national anthem before a football game.

"Well, don't do that, either!"

"It's inappropriate to be so disrespectful to the president!"

Then what do you suggest? Just letting his patent lies slide by?

{Silence}

There's never a prospective suggestion for acceptable behavior; it's always "Whatever you're doing is wrong!"

[Eliot Rosewater]

52. Dissent will soon be illegal, literally. GOP is passing laws NOW making it so.

[KewlKat]

12. Thank you Senator Sanders

[ProudLib72]

13. I am so glad we have someone like Bernie

to state facts as simply and plainly as possible.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. If the media doesn't call out his lies FORCEFULLY

who's going to? That's leaves the politicians.

[bdamomma]

34. we all know 45 is a

liar.

[FakeNoose]

49. Bernie Sanders is a Statesman not a politician

and he has brass balls. With no fucks to give.

[TexasBushwhacker]

53. No argument here. n/t

[zwyziec]

15. Where was the media when Congressman Joe Wilson called President Obama a liar at Obama's address to

Congress? Trumps lying needs to be called out each and every time. No disrespect for the office but plenty of disrespect for the troglodyte occupying it and making the lies.

[elmac]

16. There is no media in this country

just canned corporate crap in a variety of flavors.

[Plucketeer]

17. Hooray for Bernie!

OF COURSE, he's just a lowly (I)-guy. So where's the Democrats with statements like this? I've been led to believe he's not as good as them. Or is there something I still don't understand?

[tblue37]

18. You mean senators aren't allowed to say, "You lie!" to a white president? nt

[anneboleyn]

20. !! Exactly. Excellent point. That moment was disgusting.

[Rex]

36. I took it that way as well. nt

nt

[Tikki]

19. Miss Amber...who do you think is being protected by not criticizing a liar for his lies?

Your delicate sensibilities?!!!!

The REST OF THE WORLD thinks trump is a horrible person and a liar so
do over half of the voters in the USA.

So what exactly are we protecting with someone like trump?

Tikki

[gopiscrap]

21. Good for Bernie

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. RESPECT HIS AUTHORITAH!!!!

jeeezzzus h kkkrist, what a load of crap.


I'll respect your position if you're worthy of my respect.
That's the way it should be everywhere.

Conversely, anyone who consistently proves they're a lying POS should be treated thusly. No respect just because you put on some frikken uniform. This guy's uniform was made in Russia.

[demmiblue]

24. On point, per usual. Thank you Senator Sanders!

[NurseJackie]

25. Just this one writer pundit editorialist?

Or was it more?

[underthematrix]

27. Good for Bernie Sanders

and mind you, Sanders is not the first senator to call Trump a liar.

[NBachers]

28. Trump, through his lying, mendacity, & neglect, disrespects the Presidency more than Sanders does.

No one has abused the Office of the President more than Trump. And he's just getting started.

[BeckyDem]

29. If this is what we get from the Washington Post then they can fuck off.

Phillips is calling LIES, eye brow raising comments. Using a false equivalent reaching back to when Obama was called a liar is also baseless. If this journalist has such a hard time deciphering the truth then find another job.

Democrats will argue that it's Trump who has torn up all the rules and sent Democrats into resistance overdrive. Since becoming president, he's tweeted several eyebrow-raising claims about widespread voter fraud or potentially earth-shattering wiretapping of his phones. He's refused to provide any evidence to back up those claims, and he and the White House are demanding that Congress investigate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/06/the-sorry-state-of-political-discourse-right-now-in-five-bernie-sanders-tweets/?utm_term=.59f5c167580c

Bernie was being polite, Trump is a fucking liar.

[zentrum]

30. Love Bernie!!

[The Wizard]

31. Teddy Roosevelt

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

[FailureToCommunicate]

32. You tell em Senator Sanders!

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. Keep up the fight Bernie

[bdamomma]

35. Bernie has been

calling out the truth for a while. He did call 45 a pathological liar. I agree with Bernie.

[Alice11111]

41. Lead us forward, Bernie! We desperately need a leader!

[Nitram]

45. One reporter's opinion is not "the media." Let's stick to the facts. That's what we want them to do.

[Perseus]

46. Why can't politicians leave the questions out?

This is what Sanders said:
"And if the media and political leaders fail to call lies what they are, are they then guilty of misleading the public?"

Why not say instead:
"When the media and political leaders fail to call lies what they are, they are guilty of misleading the public, they too are liars."

[FSogol]

47. In the article, "the media" appears to be 1 article by 1 opinion writer. Oh, the drama!

[rock]

48. "... inappropriate for a sitting Senator to refer to the president in such disrespectful terms."

So imagine how distasteful it is for a sitting Senator to have a president that is so disrespected.

[nikibatts]

50. Yes, Bernie should wait until the STOU and scream "You lie!" from the floor.

[ghostsinthemachine]

51. Bernie rules.

Love it. HRC should have played this hard.

[libdem4life]

54. Well, I still Feel the Bern. I'm proud of him for being the ONLY consistent

oppositional force in the Non-Trump-Madness. Impeach the Bastard for all of his Russian friends and prostitutes and pussies-in-waiting to be grabbed. We don't want "your kind".