Trump sticks to false statement that he opposed Iraq war from the start

[TomCADem]

Source: LA Times

Over and over, Donald Trump has stated falsely that he opposed the Iraq war from the start, and he did it again Tuesday in Indiana.

“It should have never happened,” the Republican presidential hopeful told a crowd at a rally outside Indianapolis with a potential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

“I didn’t want to go from the beginning, and I have proof – from the beginning. I didn’t want Iraq. I said you’re going to destabilize the Middle East, and that’s exactly what happened.”

But in an audio recording unearthed by Buzzfeed News, radio host Howard Stern asked Trump whether he supported invading Iraq in an interview on Sept. 11, 2002, six months before President George W. Bush ordered the start of the war.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-updates-bernie-sanders-praises-the-democratic-1468338992-htmlstory.html

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Trump is once again just spouting complete fiction. Nonetheless, the press will continue to try to normalize Trump and create a false equivalency between Hillary Clinton and Trump.

[Yallow]

1. He's Allowed To Lie Openly - He's A Republican

Hey media.

The story is he is a liar, not whatever drivel he spouts.

How about someone doing a compilation of all his outright lies?

Now that would be journalism......

Like that's gonna happen.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

2. The OP's link is correct. As an avid Stern listener at the time I do remember during the war

he was one of the few that was opposing it although I can't recall times or dates. I actually respected his views at that time regarding his opposition to the war. But saying he opposed the war since before the war started is patently untrue!

[DrToast]

4. That's not what the recording says.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

5. The recording is from six months before the war started according to the OP.

[63splitwindow]

3. Your comment is absolutely correct.

The false equivalency spouted is just like the fact that they blame all candidates for the ridiculously asinine spectacle Don the Con has FORCED this election cycle into.