people. now it s turning out it s not just old people, bob, just today and yesterday, some startling facts came out, it s not just older yeah, exactly. young people, too, plenty of young people. it s clear, just from what s on the public record, that you went through a pivot on this to, oh my god, the gravity is almost inexplicable and unexplainable. well, i think, bob, really, to be honest with you sure, i want you to be. i wanted to i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down. yes. because i don t want to create a panic. reporter: and the very next week, the president said this america will again and soon be open for business, very soon. a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was
faith. i have loyalty to people i work with. there s limits to loyalty. to a political party when you see things happening. don t try to defend the unexplainable. you can t. i m terrified this level of lying will become the new norm in politics. is this the new norm? what impact will this have on the nation? the u.s. is still scarred by lies around watergate and vietnam. will president trump s falsehoods forever mark this era? how can we trust the next president? i think these are all challenges and they re totally normal and we have to remember that democracy is not given to us, democracy is something that we have to work really hard to create. part of that hard work these days is seeking out the facts and then agreeing to accept them as fact. tapes don t lie. the president lied. mr. president is not the fake news.
actually decreases. while most americans trust the news media over president trump when it comes to who is telling the truth about important issues, three quarters of republicans trust president trump over the news media. there is an echo chamber. folks who aren t necessarily willing to fact check this president, so he gets away with it at least with a segment of his supporters because they don t trust institutions, right? because he has told them that those folks are not to be believed. i m the only one to be believed. but some in his own party are losing faith. i have loyalty to people i work with. there is also limits to the political party when you see things happen. don t try to defend the unexplainable. i m terrified this level of lying will become the new norm in politics.
about. now witnesses testified about the real motivation connected with the withheld military aid including ambassador bill taylor. here is what he said in his testimony. to withhold that assistance for in good reason other than help with the political campaign made no sense. it was it was counter productive to all of what we had been trying to do. it was illogical, it could not be explained. it was crazy. illogical, unexplainable, crazy. mr. goldman, according to the testimony from ambassador taylor, the only explanation for the withheld aid that made sense was the president was seeking help with a political campaign, correct? that is the only logical explanation as multiple witnesses said. ambassador sondland is a trump appointee who gave a million dollars to the president s inauguration. and he testified that he came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur
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