HUFFPOST REPORTER CORNERS TRUMP ABOUT HIS LIES

HuffPost reporter S. V. Date gained praise from MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday (Friday, August 14, 2020 in Manila) for cornering US President Donald Trump about his lies during a briefing, with Trump left “utterly speechless.”

“Donald Trump has told over 20,000 lies and today in the White House press briefing room, Donald Trump was finally — finally — asked how he feels about those lies,” O’Donnell said, and added “Trump was ‘cornered’ in the briefing and ‘could not come up with a lie to justify his over 20,000 lies.’”

The host played a clip of Dáte questioning the president. “After three-and-a-half years, do you regret at all — all the lying you have done to the American people?” Dáte asked. “All the what?” Trump replied. “All the lying, all the dishonesties,” Dáte clarified.

O’Donnell noted Dáte posted on Twitter that he had been waiting for five years to ask that question.

“Unfortunately the next reporter to ask Donald Trump a question did Donald Trump a favor of completely changing the subject to the payroll tax,” O’Donnell noted. “But what you saw there was Donald Trump’s complete and utter inability to respond in any way to the accusation that he has been lying from that podium for three and a half years.” Donald Trump did not even deny that he has been lying for three and a half years,” he noted. “As high speed a liar as he is, Donald Trump could not come up with a lie to justify his over 20,000 lies.”