Trump Camp Spins Admission That Russia Helped Get Him Elected: It Was A ‘Typo’

Brad Parscale, Trump 2020 campaign manager, addresses President Trump’s MAGA rally held in Landon Arena in Topeka, Kansas, October 6, 2018. (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

May 30, 2019 10:16 a.m.

Start your day with TPM.

They have a talking point.

After President Trump’s admission in a tweet that Russia helped get him elected — which he walked back minutes later — Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale minimized the remark as a mere “typo,” while simultaneously attacking The New York Times for writing about the President’s tweet.

The @nytimes clearly knows this is NOT TRUE. @realDonaldTrump stated unequivocally during his presser this is FALSE.

The editors at @nytimes want nothing more than to take one typo and have it redefine 10,000 on the record comments. Disgusting and unprofessional! pic.twitter.com/5udyvHvaLg

— Brad Parscale (@parscale) May 30, 2019

In an early morning Twitter rant about the Russia probe, Trump claimed he had “nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.” While speaking to reporters shortly after, Trump flip-flopped: “No, Russia did not get me elected. Do you know who got me elected? I got me elected. Russia didn’t help me at all.”

Despite the supposed mistake, the tweet has not yet been deleted.

Start your day with TPM.

Nicole Lafond (@Nicole_Lafond) is TPM’s deputy editor, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.

Have a tip? Send it Here!

includes:

Comments Continue Discussion

Notable Replies

rockgolf says:

May 30, 2019

The correct legal term for Trump’s admission against self-interest is “excited utterance”.

An excited utterance, in the law of evidence, is a statement made by a person in response to a startling or shocking event or condition. It is an unplanned reaction to a “startling event”. It is an exception to the hearsay rule.[1] The statement must be spontaneously made by the person (the declarant) while still under the stress of excitement from the event or condition. The subject matter and content of the statement must “relate to” event or condition. The statement could be a description or explanation (as required for present sense impression), or an opinion or inference. Examples include: “Look out! We’re going to crash!” or “I think he’s crazy. He’s shooting at us!” The basis for this hearsay exception is the belief that a statement made under the stress is likely to be trustworthy and unlikely to be a premeditated falsehood.
tiowally says:

May 30, 2019

Nice try, Brad. This isn’t as easy as kicking your boss’ opponent’s ball into the bunker, is it?
ANNFFL says:

May 30, 2019

Typo? Like the doctored video?
callmeeric says:

May 30, 2019
ANNFFL says:

May 30, 2019

The @nytimes clearly knows this is NOT TRUE.
Not so clearly.

@realDonaldTrump stated unequivocally during his presser this is FALSE.
He stated unequivocally about many things like “Mexico will pay for the wall”. So?

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

75 more replies

Participants

Continue Discussion