Former President Donald Trump told an entirely fictional story on Saturday about how he had supposedly outwitted his Democratic opponents by releasing ā€œthe tapeā€ of theĀ 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that was a key factor inĀ Trumpā€™s first impeachment.

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Facts First:Ā Trumpā€™s story is a complete fabrication. No tape of his call with Zelensky was ever released; Pelosi could not possibly have been angry with her allies after hearing a tape of the call because she has never heard a tape of the call. In fact, as of nearly five years after the July 2019 call, there isĀ noĀ known US recordingĀ of the conversation. What Trumpā€™s White House actually released in September 2019 was aĀ rough written transcriptĀ of the call ā€” whichĀ corroborated, rather than contradicted, aĀ government whistleblowerā€™s central allegationsĀ about what Trump had said.Ā Pelosi spokesperson Aaron Bennett said Sunday that Trumpā€™s story is ā€œfact-free nonsense.ā€

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    6 months ago

    CNNNNnnnnnnnn . . . . what did we say?

    What did we say last time, CNN? Hmmm?

    YOU HAVE TO USE THE WORD ā€œLIEā€ CNN. In the headline. Okay?

    Itā€™s three letters, itā€™s a simple word, thereā€™s absolutely NO reason not to use it unless youā€™re just flat out admitting your republiQan masters refuse to allow it.

    LIED. He Lied. Again. CNN. Do your fucking job, CNN.

    "eww but that ewwpensus up to leeeegallll challlengeee"SHUT UP. DO IT. GODDAMN.