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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:00 PM Feb 2017

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump fans know what he meant about Sweden because they watch Fox News, too

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump fans know what he meant about Sweden because they watch Fox News, too



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-fans-know-what-he-meant-about-sweden-because-they-watch-fox-news-too/

“There is a case to be made that there is some sort of link between the refugee entry into Sweden and the rise in crime,” argued the CNN contributor, who worked as a Trump surrogate during the campaign. “Look, some people might dispute that and say it’s linked to changes in Swedish laws, but there has been an increase in violence.”

She then cited terrorist attacks in other countries, including Germany, that have been linked to refugees.

“He has a case to be made, and I understand the way he structured his sentence might have not made it clear to some — but it was clear to others,” McEnany said. “I was at the rally, actually, and the person next to me said, ‘Oh, he’s talking about something that happened last night on Fox News. So, to some people it was clear, to others, it was not.”

McEnany then referred to claims by filmmaker Ami Horowitz, whose work was featured in the Fox News report the president apparently cited, to claim that refugees were responsible for rapes and other violent crime in Sweden.
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Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts)
3. "I tell you the Presidents doo doo DOES NOT stink
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:05 PM
Feb 2017

cuz my nose has been up his ass from the start"

This stepford wife does nothing but try to defend trump at every turn. It has to be exhausting?

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
5. But Trump was VERY specific about the attack...that it happened "last night in Sweden"
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:08 PM
Feb 2017

The spin doctors may attempt their sleight of hand to point this towards a (debunked) FOX news report generalizing the effects of immigration in Sweden, but THAT'S NOT WHAT TRUMP SAID.

The free press is indeed the enemy...of lies, distortions, and obfuscations.

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
14. He was probably channel surfing and believed it was a Terrorist attack that occurred
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 02:26 PM
Feb 2017

He's not all there mentally.

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
6. Nice try Kay Kay but I guess you are forgetting that this guy is the so called Prez. of the
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:11 PM
Feb 2017

United States and has *real* information from the highest levels at his disposal. And that's exactly what he does with it...disposes it. So it's a pretty big deal when he continually lies, misrepresents and just gets things just wrong.

"Some people" may dispute it...yeah those people being the Swedes...so please just can it sister.

brush

(53,801 posts)
15. He prefers to get his info from FOX instead of the daily briefings
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 03:02 PM
Feb 2017

We are in deep doo doo.

If you watch FOX you know as much about what's happening in the world as the president.

God help us.

BumRushDaShow

(129,199 posts)
10. "He has a case to be made,"
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:36 PM
Feb 2017

You don't just make up nonsensical "ends" to justify the means. That's the same type of crap that they do for Voter ID laws claiming that "voter fraud" is a thing, which it isn't, but that is the reason they use to justify the laws.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
11. Tucker Carlson edited a video to deliberately create a false narrative that was then injected into
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:39 PM
Feb 2017

the penny pudding brains of Fox viewers and their Great Leader. It is not false news, it is manufactured propaganda intended to incite hate against a particular minority group. It is hate news much like 1930's Germany and we not in the Fox bubble know it.

Blue Idaho

(5,051 posts)
12. The New Fox News Viscious Cycle...
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:39 PM
Feb 2017

1. Report some bogus or inflated claim.

2. Report on their report saying "sources have reported..."

New twist...

3. Trump repeats bogus reporting citing "people are saying..." "I've seen reoports about..."

4. Fox News reports on Trump's statement based on their reporting on the initial Fox report.

5. Cute fellow traveler on legit news talk show strokes Fox viewers for knowing the "real story."

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