CNN Political Analyst Joe Lockhart today claimed that two Republican Senators who “only watch Fox News” were claiming they hadn’t heard any of the impeachment evidence Schiff was laying out about Trump and were worried that Trump was really guilty:
Overheard convo between two Republican Senators who only watch Fox News. "is this stuff real? I haven't heard any of this before. I thought it was all about a server. If half the stuff Schiff is saying is true, we're up shit's creek. Hope the White House has exculpatory evidence
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 22, 2020
The fake news tweet went viral with over 5.5k retweets.
A few minutes later Lockhart tweeted that he made it all up:
Ok maybe I made up the convo, but you know that's exactly what they're thinking.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 22, 2020
This one didn’t even get 500 retweets, at least by the time of this writing. Mark Twain’s quote here would seem to apply: “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Of course, this schmuck then tried to get out of trouble by claiming it was only ‘satire’:
Everyone relax. This is satire. Satire to make the point that Senators that are deciding the President's fate who only watch Fox News have never heard this stuff before. Because Fox is part of the coverup. https://t.co/ktCxCg1Irt
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 22, 2020
Bullschiff.