Take heart folks, looks like the Times has taken the gloves off and is going for the full-on hurt on Trump’s (endless stream of) BS.
The top screen shot is the current NYTimes.com homepage.
Earlier tonight when I saw that same headline I excitedly clicked it to see the story. Much to my disappointment, the story page was the adjacent screen shot (to the right) with the headline:
In Meeting With Congressional Leaders, Trump Falsely Blames Illegal Immigrants for Loss of Popular Vote.
Damnit! I cursed, why did you have to soften the headline!?!!
However, I click back on the story a few minutes later and voilà! it’s now the same headline as the front page:
Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers
WASHINGTON — President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession with the election’s results even as he seeks support for his legislative agenda.
The claim, which he has made before on Twitter, has been judged untrue by numerous fact-checkers. The new president’s willingness to bring it up at a White House reception in the State Dining Room is an indication that he continues to dwell on the implications of his popular vote loss even after assuming power.
Mr. Trump appears to remain concerned that the public will view his victory — and his entire presidency — as illegitimate if he does not repeatedly challenge the idea that Americans were deeply divided about sending him to the White House to succeed President Barack Obama.
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Keep it up NYTimes! You’re actually doing better than the Post, whose headline to this story reads:
With no evidence, Trump tells lawmakers that up to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote
www.washingtonpost.com/…
and I love the meat of the article, with the implications the Times raises about the Orange man’s “dwelling” on this, and not recognizing that the nation is truly divided. They are really digging into questions surrounding this man’s mental state:
…. he fell almost three million votes short of Hillary Clinton in the popular vote. That reality appears to have bothered him since Election Day, prompting him to repeatedly complain that adversaries were trying to undermine him.
Just the facts mam, no alternative facts please.