One thing the mainstream media can always be depended on is to jump the gun on any story that will make President Donald Trump and his administration look bad.
A moment during a speech by Attorney General Jeff Sessions at Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit is the latest case in point.
Sessions was addressing students when a chant of “Lock her up!” broke out, prompting him to chuckle as he repeated the phrase, which he said he hadn’t heard in a long time.
The stage was set for liberals to grab their pitchforks and torches in an endless stream of reports that Sessions was chanting along with the crowd.
JUST IN: AG Sessions laughingly echoes “lock her up” as audience at a high school leadership summit in DC begins chant. pic.twitter.com/csv194SpU5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 24, 2018
The attorney general of the united states just joined a chant of “lock her up” at an event in DC.
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) July 24, 2018
Beyond the top law enforcement officer of US chanting to lock up a (never charged) political rival of the President, why now?
He had ample opportunity on the 2016 trail. https://t.co/lHwZKokc8k— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) July 24, 2018
Let me guess, Trump is ok with this political bias in the DOJ: https://t.co/vpA247goMF
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) July 24, 2018
Once again, the left’s rabid hatred of all things Trump led to another embarrassing episode of journalistic failure.
Here’s the video of Sessions. Not defending him, but not sure this qualifies as Sessions “joining a chant,” as the first Twitter reports have it. https://t.co/BXqsT7KVRi
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 24, 2018
Here’s a longer video. I don’t think it’s accurate to say “Sessions joined in.” https://t.co/SE6HFRjCML
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 24, 2018
Jeff Sessions didn’t chant but Katy is definitely the authority on whether the Daily Caller’s journalists are journalists because she’s a firefighter https://t.co/swiq8gtOKE
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
Here’s the video. Note he does not chant. But thank you Katy Tur for your stunning and brave firefighting
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 24, 2018
Yeah, he didn’t actually “chant” it.
You can ding him for not saying “we don’t criminalize politics in the US” but you shouldn’t be making up bullshit either. https://t.co/1eH59DuNcD
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) July 24, 2018
One after another, the bandwagon was filled up in no time with blatant mis-reporting.
The video: Attorney General Jeff Sessions laughing, saying “Lock her up!” along with a crowd this morning:https://t.co/IqNNmzRMc1 pic.twitter.com/tbUZojWnpc
— Peter Stevenson (@PeterWStevenson) July 24, 2018
JUST IN: AG Sessions laughingly joins in “lock her up!” chant while speaking at a high school leadership summit in DC. pic.twitter.com/3oAFgRLgsI
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 24, 2018
WATCH: Attorney General Jeff Sessions joins ‘lock her up’ chant at rally for GOP teenagers https://t.co/rRxe1zPov4
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 24, 2018
Jeff Sessions joined a “lock her up” chant — a sentiment about arresting Hillary Clinton — at a “high school leadership conference” today in DC. pic.twitter.com/N5pQIIuWRi
— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) July 24, 2018
Jeff Sessions Laughs, Joins Chants of ‘Lock Her Up’ During Speech to High Schoolers https://t.co/tCdlN2gQLR pic.twitter.com/l84Rxd3JP1
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 24, 2018
AG Jeff Sessions is speaking in front of high school students in DC this morning. The students began chanting “Lock Her Up”. Sessions repeated the phrase “Lock Her Up” with a chuckle.
It is July 24th 2018…
— Jason Hoffman (@JasonHoffman93) July 24, 2018
Just Jeff Sessions, the top US law enforcement official, laughing and joining in on a chant about imprisoning the president’s political rival. pic.twitter.com/MMqm0IwFO3
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 24, 2018
Here is white supremacist Keebler elf Jeff Sessions saying “lock her up” 20.5 months after the election.
This is completely absurd and unacceptable.pic.twitter.com/Bg4UxGTMNV
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) July 24, 2018
It’s a pretty safe bet that the blue-checks will not be correcting their “fake news” headlines any time soon.
Er, I’m not defending Jeff Sessions because, of you know, his entire history in public, but I don’t think it’s accurate to qualify this as “joining in the chant.”https://t.co/nHzANCDlH9
— Jake (@JakeVK) July 24, 2018
That doesn’t matter. It fits the narrative better if he “joined in.”
— Andy (@GreyCapitalism) July 24, 2018
Shush with your facts…
We’ve got MSNBC News here to tell lies for a narrative!NEVER get facts in the way of the Narrative.
Duh.You’ve got a long way to go before you can get a job in journalism Ricky.
— Bert Difig (@BertDifig1) July 24, 2018
Fake News generates fake news. Than they discuss the fake news. Than they tweet about the fake news.Than they generate more fake news. It is a product. It has consumers and it has a life cycle. Nothing complicated about it.
— sameoldsameold (@ignoratirule) July 24, 2018
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