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LiberalArkie

(15,713 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:48 PM Jun 2020

'It's all on tape!' Morning Joe shames Republicans for 'lying' about cops gassing protesters and jou

‘It’s all on tape!’ Morning Joe shames Republicans for ‘lying’ about cops gassing protesters and journalists

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said President Donald Trump “started a riot” in Lafayette Square — and bashed Republicans for trying to cover it up.

The “Morning Joe” host criticized the White House for ordering U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops to disperse peaceful protesters so the president could pose for photos while holding a Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church.

“You used tear gas, you used tear gas, you used pepper spray, you used rubber bullets to clash with peaceful protesters,” Scarborough said. “We’ve got the tape. It’s all on tape, Marco Rubio. It’s all on tape, Republicans, it’s all on tape. We saw it happening in real time, stop lying. Your lies have already been revealed.”

“So you actually have peaceful protesters who were there who had tear gas used against them, brute force used against them, rubber bullets used against them,” he added. “I’m so ashamed that an Australian cameraman and reporter were brutalized in the park, the President’s Park, hit, I’ll show you, by the way, one of our closest and oldest allies, a country that has had their troops along our troops in foxholes for over a hundred years, they have fought with us in every war, and yet members of the press being targeted constantly, constantly. Peaceful protests being broken up and the president thinking he’s proving a point.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/its-all-on-tape-morning-joe-shames-republicans-for-lying-about-cops-gassing-protesters-and-journalists/

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'It's all on tape!' Morning Joe shames Republicans for 'lying' about cops gassing protesters and jou (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jun 2020 OP

And there stood Barr. Off to the side & watching his new army perform Budi Jun 2020 #1

The tape. yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2020 #2

Don't believe your own eyes and ears again? pwb Jun 2020 #3

Their talking point, "we did not use tear gas" is selected half-truth. They used Pepper Spray. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #4

Still A Lie, Either Way ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #5

Tear gas definition per CDC: mantis49 Jun 2020 #6

I'm guessing we'll see that page taken down soon. Maybe the whole CDC web site. erronis Jun 2020 #7

If it induces tears Pantagruel Jun 2020 #8

Now that it has been pointed out I fully expect sdfernando Jun 2020 #13

It's all a distraction. Focus on a tiny detail and suck the oxygen out of the big picture. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #9

Same technique gets used (or got used) in DU Gun debates. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #15

It's one of the things they do best n/t hibbing Jun 2020 #10

They justified it because they said bricks were thrown at police.. Chakaconcarne Jun 2020 #11

Just yet another glaring example of DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #12

Not a Scarborough fan, but good for him for sticking it to the liar in chief. nt crickets Jun 2020 #14

You can't shame the shameless. JDC Jun 2020 #16

When your voters give you a pass no matter what you do, you can lie with impunity Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #17

MAGAs are saying they gassed people cuz "someone threw a water bottle at Barr." louis-t Jun 2020 #18

That was actually just Marco Rubio trying to help Barr stay hydrated Blue Owl Jun 2020 #20

Esper lied about it too in his press conference this am. spanone Jun 2020 #19

Budi

(15,325 posts)

1. And there stood Barr. Off to the side & watching his new army perform

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:53 PM

Jun 2020

He's on tape too.

Admiring the script he'd written play out like a movie.
Fat fuck.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

2. The tape.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:54 PM

Jun 2020

pwb

(11,261 posts)

3. Don't believe your own eyes and ears again?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:55 PM

Jun 2020

I don't think pukes can remember yesterday, any of them.

Alex4Martinez

(2,193 posts)

4. Their talking point, "we did not use tear gas" is selected half-truth. They used Pepper Spray.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:56 PM

Jun 2020

Last edited Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:00 PM - Edit history (1)

Somebody needs to corner them with that question: Did you use pepper spray?

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)

5. Still A Lie, Either Way

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 02:59 PM

Jun 2020

I know that tear gas is CS which is a complex halocarbon.
But, capsaicin is still an irritant which affects the eyes.
So, it's still tear gas! Tear gas is a generalized term.

mantis49

(813 posts)

6. Tear gas definition per CDC:

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 03:25 PM

Jun 2020

"Riot control agents (sometimes referred to as “tear gas”) are chemical compounds that temporarily make people unable to function by causing irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and skin."

More at link.

https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/riotcontrol/factsheet.asp

erronis

(15,241 posts)

7. I'm guessing we'll see that page taken down soon. Maybe the whole CDC web site.

Reply to mantis49 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:04 PM

Jun 2020

"Can't have truth and facts interfering with our little internal war, can we?"

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)

8. If it induces tears

Reply to erronis (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:14 PM

Jun 2020

end of story.

sdfernando

(4,930 posts)

13. Now that it has been pointed out I fully expect

Reply to mantis49 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:42 PM

Jun 2020

hair fuhrer to order the CDC to change the description. Watch that page folks....edits are probably already in the works.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,998 posts)

9. It's all a distraction. Focus on a tiny detail and suck the oxygen out of the big picture. . . . .nt

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:16 PM

Jun 2020

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)

15. Same technique gets used (or got used) in DU Gun debates.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:17 PM

Jun 2020

the Quibble Fallacy.

hibbing

(10,096 posts)

10. It's one of the things they do best n/t

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jun 2020

Chakaconcarne

(2,444 posts)

11. They justified it because they said bricks were thrown at police..

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:23 PM

Jun 2020

Not that I believe it, but this story does not address it or mention that.

DENVERPOPS

(8,810 posts)

12. Just yet another glaring example of

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:38 PM

Jun 2020

a Fascist Tyrant Dictator.............especially he and his people going after the press, not only verbally, but physically in hopes he can silence them..........

crickets

(25,962 posts)

14. Not a Scarborough fan, but good for him for sticking it to the liar in chief. nt

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:13 PM

Jun 2020

👍

JDC

(10,126 posts)

16. You can't shame the shameless.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:28 PM

Jun 2020

They don't care 1 bit what this looks like today. They only care about their power tomorrow.

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Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)

17. When your voters give you a pass no matter what you do, you can lie with impunity

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:28 PM

Jun 2020

It's been the entire basis of the Trump presidency. The question is, will all of Trump's voters give him a pass in November, or are there actual Republicans who will cross over or not vote at all due to the shenanigans of their party?