Stephanie Ruhle: If Trump Doesn’t Like Being Called a Liar Then ‘He Should Stop Lying’

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle punched back at President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media, calling him a liar and adding that if he does not wish to be labeled that way, then “he should stop lying.”

“Let’s always remind our audience, while the president talks about the negative media bias, it’s called fact checking. Every day the president of the United States lies, and every day, the media fact checks him,” Ruhle said on her show today amid a flurry of attacks against the media by Trump. “So, calling him a liar surely makes him feel terrible and angry and if he would like that to stop, he should stop lying.”

Earlier this morning, Trump slammed the media for their coverage of the spat of suspected explosive devices that were shipped to liberal politicians and pundits:

Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, “it’s just not Presidential!”

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2018

Rhule made the remarks after an MSNBC reporter on the segment noted that while Trump “spoke out against violence and violent rhetoric” after reports about the bomb threats first came out, his comments since — to some — “seem to undercut the original message.”

Trump has claimed the bomb threats have “greatly” slowed Republican momentum ahead of the midterms.

Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this “Bomb” stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2018

Watch above, via MSNBC.

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