The Washington Post's Fake Trump Quote Scandal Is a Lot Worse Than You Think

The media conspiracy against Trump became a lot more serious on Monday when the Washington Post retracted its January story claiming that President Donald Trump had pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "Find the fraud" in the 2020 election and said that he'd be a "National hero" if he did.

A recording of the call definitively proved that the quotes cited by the Washington Post, and then parroted by other outlets, were never actually said by the president.

As Becket Adams explains at the Washington Examiner, "The Washington Post's dud of a 'bombshell' isn't even the most scandalous thing about this episode in media malfeasance."

ABC News reported: "President Donald Trump phoned a chief investigator in Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office asking the official to 'find the fraud' and telling this person they would be a 'national hero' for it, an individual familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.".

The Washington Post claimed its quotes were confirmed by an anonymous source, and at least five major news outlets claimed to have independently confirmed that Trump said things he never said.

"The most likely scenario is ABC, the Washington Post, and others talked to the same person or group," theorizes Adams.

President Trump got a lot of flak for calling the media the "Enemy of the people." But it seems like they've been doing a good job at proving Trump was right about them.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/03/15/the-washington-posts-fake-trump-quote-scandal-is-a-lot-worse-than-you-think-n1432763