Mitch McConnell Rebuts Trump: ‘Most News Is Not Fake’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took an indirect shot at President Trump today when he said that “most news is not fake.”
At an event in Louisville with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the top Senate Republican once again responded to the complaints that they haven’t “done much yet,” saying that this current Congress still has time to get work done.
Previous remarks from his along those lines included McConnell saying the President had “excessive expectations” about how quickly Congress can get things done.
This time McConnell indirectly referenced the President’s many complaints of “fake news” when he responded to a question about the press, saying the following:
“There are a couple of services I look at before I leave home every morning. It gives me a synopsis of the articles… My view is most news is not fake.”
The President tweeted both last night and this morning about “fake news”:
Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2017
Jerry Falwell of Liberty University was fantastic on @foxandfriends. The Fake News should listen to what he had to say. Thanks Jerry!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2017
Thank you, the very dishonest Fake News Media is out of control! https://t.co/8J7y900VGK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2017
Watch clips from McConnell’s remarks above, via Fox News.
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