is a real asshole!"

Yep, Trump is such a big asshole that other assholes hate him!

I hope this separating children from parents on the borders is the tripping point of taking him down. Outside of the echo box of faux there is a lot of real reporting going on in the mainstream news and they are actually using the word lie when they refer to him.

But I am noticing the increased use of the phrase, "falsely claim" which amounts to the same thing when it comes to the otherwise-compliant MSM.

...Andrea Mitchell.

on MSNBC. All the anchors have been doing it. Before it was mostly Nicolle Wallace and O'Donnell consistently doing it, but now it's everyone. It was like they all just had enough, flipped out and collectively decided to call lies, lies.

...reading any more of these!" was both hilarious and one for the record-books. For those of us old enough to remember Watergate it was also a poignant throwback to "Doonesbury" character Mark Slackmeyer pounding his desk at the radio station going "Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!"

There are "educated" words or euphamisms to use. You're more apt to hear someone SAY it on tv than WRITE it. It's just not very professional, unless you use the word for some effect.

For professional reporters and writers, the alternates are equally strong & accurate.

"Here's what he said in his speech: jfjlfja;dja;j.
Here's the reality: fj;dja;fjkjf;aj."

The fact that a reporter even WRITES a story to point out truth vs. fiction is making the point. Juxtaposing what Trump said with "the reality" means he was lying.

Talk show hosts are different. I would think we'd see more of them use the word "lie," since they're having more casual verbal discussions. Chris Matthews has, other on MSNBC. I don't watch NBC or CBS, so I don't know about them. I don't get CNN.

Placing the facts before the lie better informs the reader, like this:

Here's the reality: fj;dja;fjkjf;aj."
Here's what he said in his speech: jfjlfja;dja;j.

Both have called Trump out and used the word "lie" in doing so during their segments. Don Lemon went on at length, even.

I don't recall which lie or lies in particular they were pointing out. There are so many lies from Trump that it's difficult to keep track of individual falsehoods.

will do that. Too many Repugs are afraid of his bullying.. Like he did to Sanford just now.

If Trump mocks Sanford, and then GOPers boo, how do we know if they are booing Trump for mocking Sanford, or booing Sanford in-line with Trump's mockery?

Why give them the benefit of the doubt that they were standing up to Trump when all of their other behavior is in league with Trump?

He's totally a sadistic ugly criminal cretin.

Agolf Twitler may get a passive-aggressive response from the lily-livered cowards in the GOP. Oooh.

Given that, I would have been very pleased if Rep. Sanford would have walked up to America's Worst Bully and flattened his ass with a punch to the mouth.

That’s right... I quoted thee “President Barrock Obama”.

These Repubs vote for the Orange Clown’s agenda then boo as if we believe their sincerity.

GOP need to grow a spine.

Trump is an awful man. Just awful.

I'm not sure why him mocking Sanford is a surprise to anyone. He's long since proven that he's a classless oaf. He hit the bottom of the barrel long ago and not only kept digging, he's working on a tunnel.

think this tunnel of his is filled with stinking sewerwater.

he never even read it!

Even Republicans ought to be able to see that, by now.

He needs to be shouted down and not allowed to speak. In the old days rotten tomatoes were used to express displeasure with a speaker.

than to wait for the blue wave to hit and he be impeached after the midterms.

It might actually be better for the Repubs to go ahead and impeach him. Especially if Trump is them charged criminally after being removed from office.

Also they are assured of a Repub president if Pence goes too. After January, the Speaker may well be a Democrat, unless they replace Pence with someone not involved with Russian $. It is how we go Ford or course.

Please come get your favorite demon, donald trump. Take him back to the shadows.

...asshole that enjoys pouring salt into someone's wounds?

More, man!!! Anything that helps tear up that slithering mass of awful that you call a political party is MORE than welcome.