and where are our leaders in the midst of all this at a time when americans are looking for a strong denunciation of the evil we see around us? president trump began his day tweeting out another false attack on the news media, leaving sarah sanders to speak for him from the press room podium. the president has denounced racism, hatred, and bigotry in all forms on a number of occasions, will continue to do that. you heard that, right? she said this president has denounced racism, hatred, and bigotry in all forms. she really said that. that would be laughable if the past few days hadn t proved that this is literally a matter of life and death. remember how donald trump started his campaign like this. when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best.
married at the same synagogue more than 60 years ago. the alleged shooter is an anti-semite who blamed jews for helping people in migrant caravans. last week it was an african-american man and woman, both in their 60s, shot to death allegedly by a white man who had first tried to attack a predominantly black church nearby. and then there are the pipe bombs. 15 of them sent to prominent democrats and to cnn. the latest just today. and where are our leaders in the midst of all this, at a time when americans are looking for a strong denunciation of the evil we see around us? president trump began his day tweeting out another false attack on the news media, leaving sarah sanders to speak for him from the press room podium. the president has denounced racism, hatred, and bigotry in all forms on a number of occasions, will continue to do
job. when sean spicer came out there and lied to the entire country about the crowd size at the inaugural, it was ridiculous. and that set the tone from the beginning, and no one should go out there to that poetd podium and say things they know are not true. nicolle wallace said exactly that on the today show this morning. i think we should just listen to it. steve schmidt as well. both of them have held those positions. take a listen. we don t actually have that sound. anyway, i will explain it to you. she said she was never asked to go out and lie. sean spicer, as you said, starting off with that whopper about the inauguration crowd size. so i mean that is the question. do the american people look at sean spicer, if they re not a donald trump supporter, and say this guy s a liar? well, if they are a donald trump supporter, i think that they just say we don t really care if they fudge the truth, whether it s trump or his surrogates. you know, we believe in the mission. we think
we get here early. we work beyond being here at this podium. as many of you know, we get here early. we work pretty late. we work very hard to get you the most accurate and up to date information throughout the day. we don t always have the opportunity to get in to see the president. in those cases, i think we do a pretty good job of following up. welcome back to hardball. the white house originally said president trump fire the fbi director james comey because his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, and attorney general jeff sessions recommended it. but in president trump s interview with nbc s lester holt yesterday, the president insisted it was actually all him. it s not the only time the white house has struggled to get its story straight. the administration s message can mutate daily if not hourly, so who do the american people trust? the president or his spokespeople, or neither? president trump says trust them all, just don t blame them if they get it wrong. he tweeted
i jumped the gun on this because i m not used to this format. i jumped the gun. that is coming up. let s talk about late night. i was wondering why we weren t going to talk about that video. that s obviously what we led in with. i m sorry, guys. i m getting the hang of this. it s a friday, katy. saturday, are you looking forward to melissa mccarthy? i don t know who came up with her doing it but she is phenomenal at it. they say the president doesn t enjoy it, but i hope spicy gets a kick out of it. he should. he s global because of what melissa mccarthy does. but she can sing as you said. do you think it bothers the white house that this is happening? i was talking to an associate of trump s today, and he said that whenever sean spicer takes the podium, it s like it s a hostage video. i mean it shouldn t bother them, but it does. i think that the president is thin-skinned about this kind of treatment. i think it s a great parody, and i m sure sean appreciates it. i m l