As the Trump administration’s controversial ban on residents from seven Middle Eastern countries heads to the Supreme Court, the president took to Twitter Monday morning and flat-out admitted that it was indeed a travel ban, despite months of denials from the White House:
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
That led CNN host Chris Cuomo to ask Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka how he felt about the president now admitting the executive order is indeed a ban on Muslims. Gorka replied:
“The president can call it whatever he likes because he has the Constitutional authority to determine who comes into the United States.”
Cuomo followed up by asking why the administration had said it wasn’t a ban in the federal courts. That’s when Gorka, rather than respond, began saying CNN was a “purveyor of fake news.”
Gorka also tried to allege that the CNN is failing, but Cuomo was more than ready for that line of BS by telling Gorka that CNN’s ratings are up over 100 percent over the last year.
When Cuomo asked about Trump’s tweets on the travel ban, Gorka argued that he wanted to talk about policies, not tweets. Again, Cuomo was more than equal to the task, telling the White House lackey that the tweets were a direct commentary on the policy. Gorka began whining:
“This is about national security.”
To that, Cuomo told Gorka:
“And maybe he shouldn’t tweet about it.”
Later, Gorka refused to answer a question about the administration’s “extreme vetting,” adding that the Trump White House doesn’t give away such “sensitive information” on television. Cuomo hit Gorka right between his eyes with his reply:
“Giving intelligence to the Russians, though, that was alright?”
Here’s what the Trump administration always does, no matter the issue:
- Lie.
- Get caught in the lies and scream “fake news!”
- Blame everyone else for their own incompetence.
- Lie yet again.
- Whine about the media.
- Lie to cover the previous lie.
- Compound other lies with more lies.
- Tweet out new lies.
- Hold a rally.
- Lie at the rally.
Hmm…I’m starting to see a pattern here.
Watch Gorka make a complete fool of himself:
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