Journalists Are Calling Out Mike Pence For Lying About Things Donald Trump Has Said
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Journalists are calling out Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for repeatedly lying at tonight's vice presidential debate about things his running mate Donald Trump has said and done:
There's no doubt that Pence is a great performer. But for 90 minutes, he lied about everything his running mate said.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) October 5, 2016
Pence's entire #VPDebate strategy consists of denying everything Trump has ever said or done
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 5, 2016
Kaine is scoring now on nuclear proliferation, Russia and taxes. Pence keeps denying Trump said things that he did indeed say.
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) October 5, 2016
Then Pence falsely denies that Trump said more countries should get nukes. From start to finish, this is the Denying Plain Facts campaign.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 5, 2016
Pence's strategy seems to be either ignoring or denying things that Trump has said, regardless of all evidence to the contrary.
— Mark Z. Barabak (@markzbarabak) October 5, 2016
Is Mike Pence actually denying the fact that Donald Trump insults people?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 5, 2016
I get that a brazen disregard for facts is not new in this campaign, but Mike Pence just denied that this really proveable thing happened pic.twitter.com/BypIaPoyt1
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) October 5, 2016
Trump honestly should have just done what Pence is doing: denied ever saying the things he said.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) October 5, 2016
Pence is denying he said Putin is a stronger leader than Obama. But...he said it. Trump did too. Trump said it first.
— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) October 5, 2016
Pence denies that Trump didn't know Russia invaded Ukraine. Here's the clip: https://t.co/KJHBIof2Dl
— Hannah Levintova (@H_Lev) October 5, 2016
Pence denied that Trump called NATO obsolete. FACTCHECK: “I think NATO is obsolete,” Trump told ABC News in March. #VPDebate
— Kathleen Miles (@mileskathleen) October 5, 2016
.@Mike_Pence denies he said Putin was inarguably stronger leader than Obama. He did. https://t.co/lreZp0Fa61
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) October 5, 2016
It is wild to watch Pence just simply deny that Trump said the things he said.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) October 5, 2016
Ah, Pence must've remembered it's his job to deny that Trump said things he said in front of countless cameras. #VPDebate
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) October 5, 2016
Pence's strategy tonight: denying things Trump has most certainly said, i.e. praising Putin, Muslim ban https://t.co/cRlCkLUHfy
— Marina Fang (@marinafang) October 5, 2016
Pence is basically just denying that Trump has said or supported everything Trump has said and supported. #VPDebate
— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) October 5, 2016