It's been explained to by two different people how you are wrong, and so you apparently want to remain wrong.You are absolutley incorrect.
Obama made the statement that the Newtown shooting was perpetrated with a full-auto weapon. This is incorrect, and He knows it is incorrect - and thus, He lied.
No two ways about it.
But that's not what the quote says, like it or not.
I'm assuming your OP quoted him accurately. It's just not important enough to check you on that but assuming it is, then it's not a lie. Conditional future cannot be a "lie" any more than opinion can. Perhaps you need to learn to read.
Not much anyone can do against that.
Dude -- it's right on the page. That's what I'm going by.
Your statement above: "Obama made the statement that the Newtown shooting was perpetrated with a full-auto weapon"
Obama statement in the OP:
"... and it is possible for us to create common-sense gun safety measures that respect the traditions of gun ownership in this country and hunters and sportsmen, but also make sure that we don’t have another 20 children in a classroom gunned down by a semiautomatic weapon – by a fully automatic weapon in that case, sadly.“
Verb phrase: "it is possible (to create)" -- future conditional.
The reference to "20 children in a classroom" obviously recalls Newtown, but since it's still future conditional, it need not reflect historical accuracy.
Further, the pronoun "that" at the end also does not necessarily refer to a historical event, but may in fact refer to the hypothetical.
Does it imply Newtown? Absolutely it does. But it doesn't say "the Newtown shooting was perpetrated with a full-auto weapon" -- which is what you (M14) claimed it said.
To quote Joe Wilson.....
Any of youse guys ever sign or write a contract?
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