Former President Barack Obama spoke earlier today in South Africa at an event honoring Nelson Mandela when he spoke on the “utter loss of shame among political leaders when they’re caught in a lie and they just double down”:
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Obama notes 'utter loss of shame among political leaders when they're caught in a lie and they just double down'
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 17, 2018
Video here:
Former Pres. Obama: "Unfortunately, too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. People just make stuff up…we see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they're caught in a lie and they just double down" https://t.co/s4drXPlcRD pic.twitter.com/rn5o4xt9rM
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 17, 2018
Talk about a lack of self awareness:
The Audacity of Nope. https://t.co/1tlN5RBHTh
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) July 17, 2018
Because we have quite a few memories of lies that he told where you can say he doubled down. Like, “if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor”:
"Here are the 37 instances we could find in which President Barack Obama or a top administration official said something close to, “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan,” referring to health insurance changes under the Affordable Care Act." https://t.co/PTiWgEt6sZ https://t.co/Yryb6qHBeb
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) July 17, 2018
And the IRS and Benghazi scandals:
Yep, for shame. IRS…Benghazi. . . https://t.co/qwRLbHvWWO
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) July 17, 2018
And green jobs, Iran and Libya:
Kind of like lying about healthcare, Iran, green energy, jobs, Libya, Iraq, spending, Russia, taxes, Republicans….? https://t.co/Z5ETgtS1LG
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) July 17, 2018
And let’s not forget the red line in Syria!
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1019239336087343104
Oh, and when he dismissed Russia in 2012:
" I'm glad that you recognize that al-Qaida is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not al-Qaida. You said Russia … the 1980s, they're now calling to ask for their foreign policy back." https://t.co/Q2nI3v10iZ
— Archmage Melvyl (@melvyl) July 17, 2018
People don’t trust the media for reason and this is it:
And the fact you guys are spreading this as objective analysis is a pretty good summation of how we got to this point. https://t.co/Hg3y7Zr33c
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2018
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