MSNBC host Ari Melber threatened Trump aide Corey Lewandowski with legal action during a live broadcast of The Beat.
The exchange occurred after Lewandowski had the audacity to quote Melberโs own words back to himโwords that exposed the mediaโs obsession with sensationalizing any aspect of President Donald Trumpโs life, even following a failed assassination attempt.
Lewandowski, a seasoned campaign manager who played a pivotal role in Trumpโs 2016 victory and who recently rejoined Trumpโs campaign team as an adviser, didnโt back down in the face of Melberโs baseless threats.
Instead, he called out the MSNBC host for his hypocrisy, pointing out how Melber had described Trumpโs appearance at the Republican National Convention last month.
In his broadcast, Melber had belittled Trumpโs bandaged earโan injury from the assassination attemptโas nothing more than โa prop, a spectacle from a candidate whoโs obsessed with spectacles.โ
Below is the transcript of the exchange:
Ari Melber: I quoted a New York Times article that said, at the convention, Donald Trump โwas his own biggest prop.โ It was a New York Times quote about how heโ
Corey Lewandowski: Let me read it to you.
Ari Melber: โhow he had become such an important figure in rebounding from what was a horrific assassination attempt. Fox Newsโ
Corey Lewandowski: Let me read it to you.
Ari Melber: Corey, I said Iโd address it. Iโm gonna finish. Fox News, many viewers may not know about this, but apparently you do, and some do. Fox News, which has been caught in defamation, ran a false piece falsely stating that I said something else that I didnโt say. So, I stand on that. I stand on the New York Times quote.
Corey Lewandowski: So, you didnโt say, โThis bandage was a prop, a spectacle from a candidate whoโs obsessed with spectacles.โ
Ari Melber: Uh, Mr. Lewandowski, I did not say that. That is a false quote.
Corey Lewandowski: I have it right here.
Ari Melber: What you have is a false quote.
Corey Lewandowski: You absolutely said it.
Ari Melber: What you have is a false quote. And if โ Iโm putting you on notice โ if you continue to repeat falsely that I said that, you will be potentially in a defamation situation because I didnโt say that. But I understand that youโre working off the internet, which has a lot of false information.
Corey Lewandowski: Well, this is what it said. Right here.
Undeterred, Lewandowski revealed that he had the proof, and shortly after the broadcast, he released a video clip on social media showing Melberโs exact words from an earlier episode of The Beat. The footage left no doubt that Melber had indeed made the statements that Lewandowski had attributed to him.
โAn MSNBC Host threatened to sue me for defamation tonight for (by definition) the opposition of defamation >> Quoting their own words. Watch for yourself and let me know what you think,โ Lewandowski wrote.
WATCH:
An MSNBC Host threatened to sue me for defamation tonight for (by definition) the opposition of defamation >> Quoting their own words.
Watch for yourself and let me know what you think. pic.twitter.com/Q97AnkWWah
โ Corey R. Lewandowski (@CLewandowski_) August 29, 2024
During the RNC Convention last month, Melber had quoted the New York Times, stating that Trump โwas his own biggest propโ during his dramatic appearance with a large white bandage on his ear.
He went on to describe this moment as โan image for political mobilizationโ and characterized Trump, in his view, as โobsessed with assorted spectacles.โ
Hereโs how The New York Times put it: โOn the first night of this convention, Trump was his own biggest prop. He entered the VIP box, a large white bandage on his injured right ear, the result of a close call on Saturday with a would-be assassinโs bullet. A reminder of mortality, a badge of survival โ it was a blank rectangle on which the crowd could read what it wished, and that made it the most potent placard in the hall.โ
A placard for delegates to fill in, an image for political mobilization, a spectacle for this candidate who we know is โ by his own admission โ obsessed with assorted spectacles.
WATCH:
The post MSNBC Host Threatens to Sue Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski for Defamation โ Then is Exposed by His Own Words in Shocking Video appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
Disclaimer: TruthPuke LLC hereby clarifies that the editors, in numerous instances, are not accountable for the origination of news posts. Furthermore, the expression of opinions within exclusives authored by TruthPuke Editors does not automatically reflect the viewpoints or convictions held by TruthPuke Management.