I'm looking through social media posts trending on Lester Holt and I find it absolutely fascinating.
There are thousands and thousands of social media posts today referencing Holt's interview with Donald Trump last year where he discusses firing Jim Comey.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that of those thousands of posts, I have not seen a single post claiming that Trump was somehow misquoted or taken out of context when he claims he fired Comey because of "that Russia thing."
Not a single one.
It simply cannot be done.
Trump's baldface lie cannot be explained away, period. It is that blatant.
It's hard to find anything political that can't be spun in some way or another, but this appears to be one of those instances where it simply can't.
I'm curious what the mindset of Trump supporters is, other than I suppose denying reality and pretending he never actually said it.
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spin machine time. They are in the process of twisting it as I write. It is what they do best...propaganda. They can't govern to save their lives, but they are masters of "the spin". 
...claiming that Donald Trump did not actually say the thing we all heard him say when he said it.
I'm linking to this conservative blog for posterity only. No need to give this idiot free clicks unless you doubt that what I'm citing to is authentic:
https://lovebreedsaccountability.com/2018/05/31/no-cnn-trump-didnt-tell-nbc-he-fired-comey-over-russia/
No, CNN: Trump Didn’t Tell NBC He Fired Comey Over Russia
While CNN’s fake journalists lie to their viewers several times a day in furtherance of their anti-Trump narrative, one particular lie seems to come up far more often than the others. That lie: President Trump told Lester Holt he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation.
Their alleged proof is President Trump’s interview with Lester Holt back in May 2017. During the interview, President Trump said…
“But regardless of recommendations I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact when I decided to just do it I said to myself, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story; it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won.’”
That’s it. That’s their proof that President Trump “admitted he fired Comey over the Russia investigation.” Do you see that admission anywhere in that quote? I don’t. Because it’s not there. In fact the only thing objectively evident in that quote is that President Trump was aware of “the Trump/Russia thing” at the same time he fired Comey.
If I say “I was aware it was snowing outside when I decided to drive my car,” it doesn’t mean I decided to drive my car because it was snowing outside. But according to CNN, when President Trump says “I was aware of the Russia thing when I fired Comey” it means he fired Comey because of the Russia thing. The conclusion is lazy and dishonest and yet more proof that CNN is nothing more than an anti-Trump propaganda arm manufacturing fake news to support their partisan narrative.
This is also yet another good opportunity to take the media to their logical conclusion: CNN’s logical conclusion with respect to this lie is that President Trump told Lester Holt that the reason he fired Jim Comey was the Russia investigation.
Think about that for a moment. Their claim is that Donald Trump, the President of the United States, was perfectly comfortable telling a mainstream media reporter during a live interview that he felt the best way to handle the Russia investigation was to fire the man in charge of it.
On what planet does anyone actually believe that President Trump would be stupid enough to think that would work, let alone admit to it during a live interview?
And cue Captain Picard.
And hell, I'll just throw this in for good measure: