Defending President Donald Trump is not an easy job, so there are always some who insist that we should give his spokespeople credit for trying their best in a vexing position. But since no one needs to be a professional defender of the president — anyone who could get such a job has other options — we shouldn’t treat the pleas for sympathy with much credibility.
With that in mind, new White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham’s latest defense of the president’s lies should be greeted with laughing derision. In a new piece by Washington Post reporter Paul Fahri, Grisham took the admittedly impossible task of defending Trump’s lies to new, extreme heights (or depths, depending on where you’re standing):
“Do I believe that their coverage is slanted and biased? Yes. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. A majority of reporters are liberal. A lot of reporters are uncomfortable with him and his blunt way of speaking. I think this is the first time they’ve been so publicly called out for some of their behaviors and their instinct is to fight back rather than take a step back” and assess their conduct.
His blunt way of speaking? Does Grisham think Trump never lies?
View the complete August 28 article by Cody Fenwick on the AlterNet website here.
NOTE: President Trump sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. He lies (see the ‘Trump never lies’ link above), and then attacks this country’s free press when they report he lies. Now, he has a communications staff that is taking that same lie to a higher level.)