Morning Joe is still pushing that garbage video from Jimmy Kimmel of Mike Pence, even after Kimmel admitted it was wrong and quasi-apologized for it:
“Well, can I carry the empty ones just for the cameras?”
—Mike Pence https://t.co/vN8SPwAwqd— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 8, 2020
Ted Cruz just nailed him for it, saying “When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest & corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist, after all….”
Hmm. When you’re on the defensive for being dishonest & corrupt, perhaps best not to forward fraudulent stories from Jimmy Kimmel (that he’s admitted were false)? You are claiming to be a journalist, after all…. https://t.co/tYsgKJGxpR
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 8, 2020
Cruz also responded to Kimmel’s quasi-apology: “So @JimmyKimmelLive your video falsely accusing @VP has 3.5 million views. Your text “apology” admitting your attack was entirely false…has fewer than 5k likes. Typical.”
So @JimmyKimmelLive your video falsely accusing @VP has 3.5 million views. Your text “apology” admitting your attack was entirely false…has fewer than 5k likes. Typical. https://t.co/YC25H4oT5g
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 8, 2020
Ain’t that the way it always goes? Fake news always gets far more attention than does the correction, which is why people should try harder to get it right the first time. Mistakes always happen, but what Kimmel did wasn’t a mistake. It was just shoddy work.
UPDATE: Morning Joe hits back at Cruz and then gets torched!
Joe, you chased after Trump for 2 years like a teenage girl throwing her panties at the latest boy band; now you pretend to be this indignant paragon of virtue outraged at everything he says & does. All to get invited to DC cocktail parties & thrill the 13 people watching MSNBC. https://t.co/XG9P0Bwrbp
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 8, 2020