In a glaring misstep, New Day's Alisyn Camerota opines that Trump can get away with lying about problems at the border because it's, ya know, close enough for political purposes.
"Is that a lie worth telling? Are you suggesting it's a lie worth telling to say that the agents were badly hurt?" John Avlon said.
"I think people have begun to metabolize the president's lies and knows that he uses hyperbole and exaggerates it. The heart of the story is that there is a problem at the border and he is going to be able to run with that," she said.
"It may be the heart of the story but let's not buy into truthiness and normalize it," Avlon insisted.
"What we have here is the guy running the border agents yesterday saying something different than what the president said at a rally. And who are you going to believe, the guy on the ground or the president throwing red meat to the crowd? Of course it's not good to have agents belted with rocks but also gets the backdrop of the president encouraging people at the border to fire on protesters throwing rocks."
"He's not encouraging him. He's saying I've given them permission," Camerota said.
"I mean, you know, I think the history of leadership would indicate that's not saying don't use lethal force. And tear gas itself is a different -- a different standard than we've seen used against people and children at the border," Avlon said.
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