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Monday, December 11, 2017

Trump Bashes WashPost Reporter for Tweet on Florida Rally Crowd Size

President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped reporter Dave Weigel of The Washington Post for posting a "phony photo" of an "empty" arena in Florida Friday before he arrived to speak at a rally where he endorsed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

But Trump's tweet prompted Weigel to delete his "bad tweet on my personal account" and apologize, saying the president was "very fair to call me out."

Here's Trump's post:
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.@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke. Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology & retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!
Trump spoke at the Pensacola Bay Center, about an hour from Mobile, Alabama, and called on supporters to back Moore.

America "cannot afford" to let the Senate seat fall to Democrats, he said.

Moore, a 70-year-old Republican, is facing sexual assault allegations from several women who said they occurred when they were in their teens and Moore in his 30s.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Apparently, size DOES matter!

Anonymous said...

You should read the comments to the tweet. Lots of stupid people defending the fake journalist, arguing with others about it. smdh

Anonymous said...

The size should matter when it is not the correct size. I watched the rally on YouTube on Right Side Broadcasting and they always 'pan' the crowd. The place was packed from rafter to rafter and there were a ton of people still outside, like we had at Stephen Decatur, that could not make it in. President Trump is correct and does deserve an apology for lying over something so idiotic. He always receives fake news from everyone all the time then they write it off with a stupid apology only because they were caught or called-out on it. What a sad state of affairs.