MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, who continuously accuses Fox News of
promoting "misinformation," repeated three widely discredited stories
about former President Donald Trump during a single, 13-minute segment
of Tuesday's "Deadline: White House" - two of them within one minute of
each other. One of the stories directly contradicted video footage she
had just shown.

Claim #1: Lafayette Square redux

Wallace devoted a full segment to criticizing the Trump family for its
alleged disdain of the Bible. "Hyper-masculine, real men," she said,
"show their faith by gassing protesters in Lafayette Square in order to
- _for the sole purpose of_ - being able to hoist a Bible above Trump's
head as a photo prop, upside-down I believe, in front of St. John's
church." (Emphasis in original.)

https://youtu.be/ybxddn3dk4I

Last June 1, President Trump visited the St. John's Episcopal Church,
often called "the church of presidents," which rioters set fire to
during arson-tinged unrest. Although the legacy media - and candidate
Joe Biden - accused the president of ordering the U.S. Park Police to
spray people with tear gas in order to stage a "photo op," an official
government report released under the Biden administration cleared Trump
of those charges.

"The evidence we reviewed showed that the USPP cleared the park to
allow a contractor to safely install antiscale fencing in response to
destruction of [f]ederal property and injury to officers that occurred
on May 30 and May 31," the report said. USPP officials "made those
decisions" and began clearing the area "several hours before they knew
of a potential [p]residential visit to the park, which occurred later
that day."

Claim #2: Trump said `The Art of the Deal' is better than the Bible

That lie came less than 60 seconds after Wallace played a clip of an
interview with then-candidate Trump saying he would not name his
favorite Bible passage, because his faith was "very personal."

"The Bible clearly is so special to Donald Trump that in that moment,
he couldn't think of a single passage that he liked, and it was second
only to The Art of the Deal," Wallace said, citing the president's
book.

But in the video she had just played, the future president told
Bloomberg News that he considered the Bible his favorite book, not his
own bestseller. When people at his campaign rallies "hold up The Art of
the Deal, I say, `My second favorite book of all time.' But I just
think the Bible is just something very special," he said.

"The whole Bible is incredible," he said.

Donald Trump unable to name one verse from "favorite book,"
The Bible pic.twitter.com/x9CBK51Fj5

- Brian Tashman (@briantashman) June 1, 2020

Claim #3: Trump called people who serve in the military "losers"

Later in the segment, Wallace repeated another long-discredited, anti-
Trump canard: that Donald Trump refused to visit a military cemetery
and called fallen U.S. soldiers "losers."

Wallace said Trump's alleged hostility to the Bible sounded like "a
direct echo" of "an earlier Atlantic [magazine] piece about Donald
Trump calling those who served our country in the military suckers. .
He had horrible things to say about anyone who had been injured or lost
their life serving this country. So if you serve your country, you're a
sucker. If you read and adhere to the teachings of the Bible, you're a
sucker."

"That stoking of anger is so deliberate. Anger is a very
powerful force in politics. I went to Trump rallies often
during the campaigns in 2016 and 2020, and there's a
deliberate stoking of anger." - @KattyKay_ w/ @NicolleDWallace
pic.twitter.com/djaxbyMQ7w

- Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 29, 2021

An article published in The Atlantic in September 2020 asserted that
President Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
near Paris "because he did not believe it important to honor American
war dead." It went on to cite anonymous sources who claimed President
Trump said, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with
losers."

But no fewer than 10 people - including former National Security
Adviser John Bolton, who became an indefatigable Trump foe - went on
the record to say The Atlantic's story wasn't true. "It was entirely a
weather-related decision, and I thought the proper thing to do. I never
heard he made that kind of comment about another country's forces
either, no," said Bolton.

Former presidential counselor Johnny DeStefano said plainly, "I was on
this trip. The Atlantic bit is not true. Period." Former acting White
House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Trump "was outwardly in awe of
the accomplishments of the Allied Forces, and the sacrifices they
paid," as he surveyed the battlefield on the 75thanniversary of D-Day.

I was on this trip. The Atlantic bit is not true. Period.
https://t.co/gf88OoRYla

- Johnny DeStefano (@johnnydestefano) September 4, 2020

The Atlantic's owner, Laurene Powell Jobs, has donated more than $1.2
million to Democratic candidates since 2019.

Wallace has repeatedly accused Fox News and other conservative news
outlets of spreading "misinformation."

Last January, Wallace - a former campaign strategist to John McCain -
said only people who share "the truth" should be able to speak on the
air, especially about the 2020 presidential election. "It would be my
policy that a Republican must assert the truth before they're allowed
to share any other views," she said.

"If we can protect against counterfeit dollar bills, we should be able
to protect against fake news that we now know has the potential to kill
people," concluded Wallace.

.@NicolleDWallace calls for the permanent expulsion and
punishment for any and all forms of conservative media that
run counter to her political views. She says Republicans
should be BANNED from speaking unless they first speak "the
truth."

So, what camp am I going to, Nicolle?
pic.twitter.com/h0cpvxitKd

- Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 20, 2021

Will Wallace follow her own standard and step down from her show - or
even issue a correction?

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Let's go Brandon!