An NBC News Twitter Account Cut Off Full Priebus Quote on Muslim Registry
The NBC News PR Twitter account tweeted out a partial quote from Reince Priebus about a potential Muslim registry this morning.
Chuck Todd asked the incoming White House chief of staff if he can “unequivocally rule out” a Muslim registry.
Priebus responded, “I’m not gonna rule out anything, but we’re not gonna have a registry based on a religion.”
The issue of a Muslim registry became an issue after talk recently by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and it reminded lots of people of Trump’s Muslim ban (which is still up on the campaign website as of this posting).
This was how Meet the Press tweeted out Priebus’ words:
.@Reince on Trump's proposed Muslim ban: "I'm not gonna rule out anything, but we're not gonna have a registry based on a religion." #MTP
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) November 20, 2016
And this is how NBC News PR tweeted it out:
"Can you rule out a registry for Muslims?" asks @ChuckTodd.
"I'm not going to rule out anything…" says @Reince on @MeetThePress #MTP
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) November 20, 2016
You’ll notice it leaves out the full context of the statement. The Twitter account responded thusly after being called out:
@maggieNYT Full @meetthepress answer for reference. He *does* say "I'm not going to rule out anything." pic.twitter.com/7PXxvfWEAg
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) November 20, 2016
You can watch the clip of the moment above, via NBC.
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