Page 305 - Hyperbole News Today

And look at facebook posts or look at something that somebody says and unfortunately, when you have free speech rights in this country, people retreat back to, it was just wild hyperbole and thats what makes it difficult. >> thats something that strikes me in our conversation just now with debra who worked with him. his views were in plain sight. his hate was out there. but is there anything there that would raise a red flag to suggest that he would do what he did? >> well, that interview was qu...

Painted himself as a victim of political hostilities. he asked a rhetorical question, who has it worse than me? you saw on the south lawn the president speaking to our kelly odonnell suggesting he has no role to play in any of this. we saw the white house, before this florida man was apprehended, they telegraphed what their strategy is, to say the president is no more responsible for someone doing something like this than bernie sanders was given the shooter in the congressional baseball field s...

It wasnt mitt romney, it was hillary clinton. >> bakari, listen. there are crazy people on the right and left, you know that. >> nobody disagrees with that, but theres only one president. >> they are the same list of targets the president goes after all the time. he sets the tone at the top. he had the opportunity today, and he did something that i challenge you to find me any other president in a moment like this, whos ever handled it this way. not a word to the people who were targeted. not a ...

Targets the president goes after all the time. he sets the tone at the top. he had the opportunity today, and he did something that i challenge you to find me any other president in a moment like this, whos ever handled it this way. not a word to the people who were targeted. not a word about himself even though hes clearly at the head of the hate parade on a regular basis. >> listen, chris, to say hes at the head of the hate parade, talk about hyperbole. how about the facts? >> his guy is a guy...

House, and its addressed to santa claus, do you feel better about it? >> no, its a horrible thing. >> thats the problem with you guys, everythings qualified, everythings a little bit me but a lot of them. >> dave, im not just calling you out. i like having you on the show. youre a smart guy, and a good guy. >> bakari, go ahead. >> listen, you heard -- >> the problem is this, the bar is so low for the 45th president of the united states. and the bar is so h so low because we muddied the waters, n...

Say it, david may say thats hyperbole, but i can say something thats an actual fact. the president of the united states tonight or today displayed cowardice. the reason he displayed cowardice, there was a moment before him -- we can talk about democrat or republican, i can be bitter about the election all i want. but the rightful president, because he won the electoral college of the united states of america is donald trump. theres only one president of the united states, and he was a coward tod...

The caravan, brett kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts and common sense, that is what it is, common sense. >> reporter: democrats pulling out all the stops and big names. >> when working people and young people dont vote, right-wing republicans and billionaires win. >> the single most important election we have ever been involved in because the very essence of who we are as americans under attack. we are in a battle for the soul of america. and i dont think it is hyperbole. >> reporter: the campa...

People dont vote, right-wing republicans and billionaires win. >> this is the most important election ever involved because the very essence of who we are as americans, a battle for the soul of america. i dont think it is hyperbole. >> reporter: the presidents campaign operation is expected to spend $20 million on the midterms with his campaign manager saying the president is, quote, all in. jillian: mike pompeo issuing a warning over the central american caravan. >> know proper accounting who t...

More important than protecting our -- what our values are as a country in the face of something this gasly. >> thats explicitly the point. for the president, why fixate on facts, as long as everybody is getting rich and feeling good, why fixate on these details of policy, why fixate on these issues? thats the underlying pitch. i use the phrase pitch intentionally because this is still a real estate guy who believes in hyperbole. as long as there are more jobs, the specific number is designed to ...

That we have said over and over again, well, theyre just words, its campaign season rhetoric, its hyperbole. and because trump has operated as president with a level of lying and attacks on the press thats so unprecedented, now to dial it up hes taking us to really much more unprecedented call it depths or heights, whatever you prefer. >> michael, i want you to weigh in on that. as someone whos been a biographer to this man. >> i think one of the things that we forget when hearing ted cruz sayin...