Trump suggests that he was a 9/11 First Responder pic.twitter.com/cFnVkV3wru
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2019
They just can’t stop.
Via Daily Wire:
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed legislation to ensure financial support to first responders and their families via the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, which will now remain solvent through 2092. The legislation had wide bipartisan support and the president’s comments were well received by those in attendance at the White House Rose Garden.
But Vox reporter Aaron Rupar was quick to turn the unifying moment partisan by explicitly lying about Trump’s comments.
“Trump suggests that he was a 9/11 First Responder,” Rupar captioned a video of the president.
he video, however, does not reflect the caption. Here’s what Trump actually said (emphasis added): “Many of those affected were firefighters, police officers, and other first responders. And I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder. But I was down there. I spent a lot of time there with you.”