MSNBC HOST LOCKS TWITTER ACCOUNT AFTER HUMILIATING EXCHANGE WITH COREY LEWANDOWSKI:
“So, you didn’t say, ‘This bandage was a prop, a spectacle from a candidate who’s obsessed with spectacles’?” asked Lewandowski.
“Uh, Mr. Lewandowski, I did not say that. That is a false quote,” the MSNBC host shot back.
“I have it right here,” said Lewandowski.
“What you have is a false quote… I’m putting you on notice, if you continue to repeat falsely that I said that, you will be potentially in a defamation situation because I didn’t say that,” [Ari] Melber threatened, declining Lewandowski’s offer to apologize to former President Trump for his remarks.
The far-left Daily Beast, Mediaite, and Huffington Post covered the exchange in tones suggesting Melber was in the right. However, their reports show that Lewandowski’s characterization of Melber’s statement about Trump and his bandage is correct.
Users on X began quoting Melber’s words back to him after clips of the exchange went viral, criticizing him as both a bully and a wimp for threatening a lawsuit. Melber responded by locking his account.
If he didn’t say it, this Fox News clip seems like an incredible advancement in deep fake AI technology:
Ari Melber of MSNBC says: “Trump was his own biggest prop: a large white bandage on his injured right ear, a spectacle.” pic.twitter.com/KCMP7DSkHh
— ALEX (@ajtourville) July 17, 2024