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People have grown weary of President Donald Trump and his use of "alternative facts." Now he's being called out by a reporter.
Lists and lists and lists are being kept online of all the occasions Trump has lied, misrepresented the truth, or simply been ill-informed, but now it seem a reporter finally fact-checked Trump to his face. This is how it all went down.
CBS' Paula Reid was asking Trump about the policy to separate children from their parents at the US-Mexico border. As usual, when asked a difficult question, Trump will try to divert attention away by throwing out the names of President Obama or Hillary Clinton.
And as if on cue Trump replied:
"Obama had a separation policy. We all had the same policy."
But Reid wasn't having any of it and shot back:
"You did not have it, sir. No, you didn't.
Trump went on to say he "tried to do it differently" by claiming "Obama had a separation policy but people don't like to talk about it," then he quickly turned and got out of there leaving Reid to shout at his back:
"Sir, it was different. You decided to prosecute everyone at the border."
Facts.
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People are here for this kind of reporting.
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@PaulaReidCBS @CBSNews @realDonaldTrump @60Minutes Thank you 60 Minutes for your well researched report on this ongβ¦ https://t.co/pV79qeuk8Rβ Fritsch Barnett (@Fritsch Barnett)1543278132.0
And want to see more reporters doing the same.
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@PaulaReidCBS @CBSNews @realDonaldTrump @60Minutes Ms. Reid, a weary nation has been waiting for you - please let yβ¦ https://t.co/h9VMBU98E2β GreenStem (@GreenStem)1543319734.0
@deelane @PaulaReidCBS @CBSNews @realDonaldTrump @60Minutes He might not be able to tell the truth but if people keβ¦ https://t.co/LmDq63pQdcβ Rachel Quenzer (@Rachel Quenzer)1543333274.0
@PaulaReidCBS @CBSNews @realDonaldTrump @60Minutes Someone in the media with guts to stand up to the orange #tRump.β¦ https://t.co/7b5CeL2fHnβ π½ We the People.... (@π½ We the People....)1543323334.0
As for an honest answer from the president...we won't hold our breath.
H/T: Haaretz, Huffington Post