
Trying to pick Donald Trump's most hypocritical stance has been difficult in the past.
This, earlier today, was a late challenger:
Trump just said this: "We're going to put the regulation industry out of work and out of business. And by the way, I want regulation."— A Renewed State (@A Renewed State) 1487951931
But today, at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, Trump made a statement in his speech which might surpass all previous.
Trump, who for years called NYC gossip pages on background, says people should put their names to their information.— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1487950158
Trump is demanding that people put names to their sources in his ongoing vendetta against 'FAKE NEWS' and the mainstream media.
But, as New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman alleges, Trump posed as his own publicist and spoke off the record to New York gossip tabloids.
About himself.
Trump, who for years called NYC gossip pages on background, says people should put their names to their information.— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1487950158
The Washington Postalso claims that Trump claimed that he was a media spokesman, calling himself John Miller or John Barron.
They write that during the 1970s, '80s and '90s, many journalists and editors received calls from these so-called spokesmen, who bragged about Trump.
They even obtained a recording from an interview with a 'spokesman for Donald Trump', one John Miller, talking to People magazine about his first divorce
Sound familiar?
And now, a quick look at these words from Reince Priebus, Trump's Chief of Staff, in which he refuses to name his sources, repeating "top level people" ad nauseam.
Reince 1/19 said he'd ‘been approved’ to say intel assured him NYT Russia story wrong—‘when I say top level people,… https://t.co/JNNCpa46Qs— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1487942493
And lest we forget...
Donald Trump at CPAC today: "No more sources. They shouldn't use sources, they should put the name of the person."… https://t.co/0yGGgAV430— Matthew Champion (@Matthew Champion) 1487950320
Straight from the horse's mouth.
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