Trump surrogate and pastor: I ‘overstated’ my biography

[Tactical Peek]

Source: The Hill


A black pastor and vocal supporter of Donald Trump admitted he exaggerated his background Friday night as CNN teases a heated interview to air Saturday morning.

“As a young man starting my church in Greenville, South Carolina, I overstated several details of my biography because I was worried I wouldn’t be taken seriously as a new pastor,” Pastor Mark Burns said in a statement late Friday. "This was wrong. I wasn’t truthful then and I have to take full responsibility for my actions.

“Since that time I should have taken steps to correct any misrepresentations of my background. We all make mistakes, and I hope that the measure of my character and the quality of my works speak for what kind of person I am.”
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CNN is set to air an interview with Burns Saturday morning on "New Day" detailing “multiple inaccuracies in the pastor’s bio, including his service in the U.S. Army Reserves, his education and more.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294382-trump-surrogate-i-overstated-my-biography

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Religious scammers are frequently victims of the truth.

[msongs]

1. overstated = lied. what's so hard about telling the truth about it? umm minister lol nt

[safeinOhio]

2. So humble

Whe busted.

[bullimiami]

16. Said he had a BS, went to college 1 year. Said Army Reserve 6 years, some time in N Guard.

He is a liar.

[oberliner]

3. What did he lie about?

Is it clear what exactly was true and what exactly was not true?

[Historic NY]

6. Education for one...

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/09/03/pastor-mark-burns-victor-blackwell-bts-ac.cnn

[kacekwl]

14. Yes,

his education, his military service. Sorry, overstated.

[truthisfreedom]

4. "we all make mistakes."

As a child, I sometimes heard this coming from someone who was about to forgive me.

I have yet to hear it coming from someone delivering a sincere apology. This man is a sociopath.

[left-of-center2012]

5. "I overstated several details of my biography"

Here's part of his real bio, I posted on Tuesday. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512390425
I suspect he lied about his education:

"Burns was born in Anderson, South Carolina on September 21, 1979 to parents Pastor Otis and Evangelist Debra Burns.

In 1995, at the age of 16, Burns was licensed as a Minister of The Gospel (by his father Otis Burns) at The Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Pelzer, SC.

...he received a South Carolina GED from the SC Board of Education.

Burns later continued his education at the North Greenville University's School of Business."

(He got a GED for high school, and it doesn't indicate he graduated from North Greenville University's School of Business)

[czarjak]

7. I like squirming...

Squirmer.

[LovingA2andMI]

8. This "Pastor"...

Was looking for attention for the get-go. Check: The So-Called "Confrontation" Outside of Trump Tower with a Progressive. Check: The "Oops I Messed Up BS Tweet" with a Hillary Cartoon Figure in Blackface. Check: Creating a Faux Resume to be Known as a "Trump Black Pastor".

Folks need to wake up and smell the bullshit. All of these "Pastors" around Trump are full of it. No self-respecting Pastor in the African-American Community would get 250 Feet Close to this Racist Bigot Clown.

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[marble falls]

9. The telling phrase: ""This was wrong. I wasn’t truthful then and I have to take full responsibility"

If he were truly sorry it would have been, ""This was wrong. I wasn’t truthful then and I take full responsibility for my actions. "

[Sunlei]

10. opportunity for a bible lesson for Republican Sunday Church?

New International Version
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

New Living Translation
They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!"

English Standard Version
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Berean Study Bible
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, "Whoever is without sin among you, let him be the first to cast a stone at her."

Berean Literal Bible
But as they continued asking Him, having lifted Himself up, also He said to them, "The one sinless among you, let him cast the first stone at her."

New American Standard Bible
But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

[Paladin]

11. Probably not enough for Trump to cut him loose.

Gratifying, nonetheless.

[bigworld]

12. Is there anyone in the entire Trump clan who isn't a scammer, liar, or cheater?

Seriously.

[dembotoz]

15. Honesty is not a prime directive

[kacekwl]

13. YOU LIE !