Donald Trump shamefully billed an infomercial for his hotel as a press conference this morning, and then, after a stark (alleged) reverse on his racist birther conspiracy theory, he lied twice more and then refused to take any questions from the press.
Matthew Yglesias summarized the event like this:
@mattyglesias: Trump acknowledged no factual error, expressed no remorse, and introduced new misinformation about the subject.
And Trump faced immediate, across the board criticism from the media. Watch more below:
Katy Tur, NBC Correspondent
MSNBC: Trump said “that Hillary Clinton started this, which is not true, and that he ended it, which is also not true.”
Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor
CNN: “It’s hard to imagine this is anything other than a political rickroll.”
Rina Shah, Republican Strategist
Fox News: “He is a serial liar.”
Katy Tur, NBC Correspondent
MSNBC: “He did make a false statement on that stage.”
John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent
CNN: “We got played, again, by the Trump campaign, Which is what they do.”
Kate Bolduan, CNN Anchor
CNN: “No one has gone as far as Donald Trump on the birther issue.”
Judge Alex Ferrer
Fox News: “He had an infomercial about Donald Trump.”
Kate Bolduan, CNN Anchor
CNN: “He personally, energetically has fueled with gasoline for five full years.”
Katy Tur, NBC Correspondent
MSNBC: “He just stood there and looked at us.”
Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor
CNN: “Completely untrue.”
John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent
CNN: “Biggest flip-flop of this campaign”
Peter Alexander, NBC News National Correspondent
MSNBC: “Within the same thought, lied…”
Published: Sep 16, 2016