The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, is at it again. smearing Former President Donald Trump and Anonymous Sources and Provisions Democratic Party political attack ammunition ahead of election day. Unfortunately for Mr. Goldberg and his anti-Trump supporters, actually The room where the statement was allegedly made showed that nothing of the sort happened, meaning it was fake news.
Army Private Vanessa Guillen, who was posthumously promoted to specialist, was killed by a fellow soldier inside the Fort Hood armory in April 2020.
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claimed Mr. Trump offered to help pay for Mr. Guillen's funeral, but was reportedly furious when he learned the total cost. According to the hit piece, President Trump said, “It doesn't cost $60,000 to bury a fucking Mexican!” He then ordered his then-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, not to make the payments.
Meadows is the main character in Goldberg's story.
noticed On Tuesday, he said: “I was part of the debate that was featured in The Atlantic's latest hit article against President Trump. Any suggestion that it did is completely false.”
“President Donald Trump never said that.”
“He was just kind and compassionate and wanted to make sure the military and the U.S. government were doing the right thing by Vanessa Guillen and her family,” Meadows added.
Ben Williamson, former senior communications adviser to President Trump and press secretary for Meadows, said:
Insights provided It investigated the extent of Goldberg's dishonesty and highlighted substantial differences between Meadows' statements provided to The Atlantic and what ultimately appeared in the final article.
Williamson said he shared the following statement from Meadows with The Atlantic via text:
President Donald Trump never said that. He was kind and compassionate and just wanted to make sure the military and the U.S. government did the right thing by following Gloria Guillen and her daughter Vanessa Guillen. As for the claim that he told me to refuse the payment, that is not true.
“The Atlantic translated that comment as 'I didn't hear what President Trump said,'” Williamson said. Please treat this dishonest piece accordingly. ”
“He used and exploited the murder of my client and Vanessa Guillen for cheap political gain.”
President Trump's press secretary Alex Pfeiffer similarly relayed to The Atlantic a story-killing statement from Kash Patel, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller's chief of staff, which appeared to be published intact in the article. .
As someone who sat with President Trump, he urged the task force: Vanessa Guillen's grieving family should not have to pay for funeral arrangements and should even offer to pay privately to honor her life and sacrifice. Additionally, President Trump could have the Department of Defense designate her death as “in the line of duty,” which would give her full military honors and allow her family to receive benefits, services, and full financial support. Now I can do it.
Natalie Khawam, the Guillén family's attorney, quoted in the Atlantic hit, characterized Goldberg as a liar.
“I've dealt with hundreds of reporters during my legal career, but unfortunately this is the first time I've had to go on the record and call out Jeffrey Goldberg.”
I wrote Kawam. “Not only did he falsify our conversation, he flat-out lied with a sensational story. More importantly, he blamed the murder of my client and Vanessa Guillen for cheap political gain. used and exploited.”
In addition to noting the hit's strange timing, Khawam tweeted, “Not only did Trump support the military, he invited my clients to the Oval Office to support the president.”
I'm Vanessa Gillen Bill Too. ”
Mr. Goldberg's smear was so incredible that even Mr. Guillén's sister, Myra, was flat-footed on Tuesday, condemning the Atlantic side's disingenuous and brutal attempt to exploit the death of a service member for political purposes. denounced.
“Wow, I don't understand how you would use your sister's death for political purposes.”
I wrote Myra Gillen. “It's disrespectful and disrespectful to the important changes she's made for our service members. President Donald Trump did nothing but respect my family and Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today. .”
Despite serious credibility issues with Goldberg's report, the Democratic National Committee
distributed it widely As if it were true — just as Goldberg's last election-era hit went viral.
Weeks before the 2020 election, Goldberg claimed that during a visit to Paris in 2018, President Trump called fallen soldiers “sucks” and “losers.”
Despite its liberal bias, even Snopes
recognized “There was no evidence of audio or video recording of the remarks in question, nor were there any records or documents, such as presidential memos, to independently confirm or deny the authenticity of the quotes.”
Blaze News Senior Political Editor Christopher Bedford
noticed Shortly after Goldberg's 2020 hit debut, despite being contradicted by substantial primary sources, including both people and documents, Goldberg described his work as “rumored by secondary sources.” It was revealed that the focus was on “incitement of
“It should have been immediately banned, but instead their concerns were never mentioned,” Bedford wrote. “The unquestioned belief that the president is a bad man who must be overthrown has led to the abandonment of a growing number of important journalistic practices. That's why more and more Americans don't trust their country's media.” It’s a reason, and that’s a good thing.”
None of those issues prevented Democrats from running based on a story they already knew. The 2020 hit ran Thursday night, but by Friday morning, MSNBC's “Morning Joe” was running a sophisticated Democratic attack ad in which a military veteran attacked Trump over specific allegations in the article. It was “monopoly”.
Laurene Powell Jobs, president of the Emerson Collective, which owns The Atlantic, happens to be one of Kamala Harris' biggest financial backers.
Scrape cash her way Mr. Goldberg's article ostensibly functions as a different kind of campaign support.
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