Maher hasn’t been terribly relevant for a long time. Crenshaw lies repeatedly in this interview and I’ve only watched a few minutes.
What did he lie about?
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For starters he claims that there was widespread condemnation of Trump’s travel ban. There wasn’t. He even claims Biden had stated he wouldn’t have done it. Also false. He also claimed Pelosi introduced legislation the day that Trump enacted travel restrictions that would have prevented Trump from doing so. That’s a three sided lie. Pelosi didn’t introduce it. It was introduced a year ago. And it wouldn’t have stopped Trump from enacting restrictions.
All those are true. He is actually in Congress. Prove his statements are lies. And there was widespread condemnation.
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Maher hasn’t been terribly relevant for a long time. Crenshaw lies repeatedly in this interview and I’ve only watched a few minutes.
What did he lie about?
.
For starters he claims that there was widespread condemnation of Trump’s travel ban. There wasn’t. He even claims Biden had stated he wouldn’t have done it. Also false. He also claimed Pelosi introduced legislation the day that Trump enacted travel restrictions that would have prevented Trump from doing so. That’s a three sided lie. Pelosi didn’t introduce it. It was introduced a year ago. And it wouldn’t have stopped Trump from enacting restrictions.
All those are true. He is actually in Congress. Prove his statements are lies. And there was widespread condemnation.
He is in Congress, which is why he shouldn't be lying like this.
He's referring to the No Ban Act. This was an act introduced April 2019 by Judy Chu. You can read it here.
Summary of H.R.2214 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): NO BAN Act
www.congress.gov
It would have repealed a handful of executive orders that are completely unrelated to the Chinese Travel restrictions. Pelosi didn't introduce it. She certainly didn't propose it "the same day". The No Ban Act would not have prevented Trump from restricting travel to China. The act says a few things but the extent of the limitations is that it requires Trump to tell Congress his rationale for any ban (a requirement which he has shown he has little interest in fulfilling in plenty of other circumstances).
I would ordinarily say that these are mistakes, but given these false statements are all used to craft a specific narrative, I consider them to be lies. There's no way for a person to make numerous mistakes that all contribute to an overall narrative. The narrative is that the restrictions were widely condemned. If that were the case, Crenshaw wouldn't have to be lying to support that allegation.
If the restrictions were widely condemned, he'd be able to point out actual instances of doing so.