Morning Joe Corrects One Trump Lie Under Pressure, Leaves Others Unchallenged
Donald Trump phoned in to Morning Joe today and showed his usual regard for the truth:
Scarborough asked Trump if he would have stayed out of Libya. Trump answered, “I would have stayed out of Libya. I would have stayed out of Iraq too.”
At the time, Trump’s lie generated no pushback from Joe Scarborough.
The Clinton campaign contacted the show to challenge Trump's claim regarding Libya, and a correction was issued on air after the interview:
Kudos, to @Morning_Joe for doing later correction of Trump on Libya. Took a response from Clinton campaign. pic.twitter.com/DbunSHbmjv
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 20, 2016
However, no correction was issued regarding Trump's claim that he "would have stayed out of Iraq," which is a lie:
... in a 2002 interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump said he supported an Iraq invasion.