An obvious and demonstrable lie
Speaking of Trump versus truth –
2 out of 3 of these hostages were detained in Trump presidency:
Tony Kim (aka Kim Sang-duk) detained 22 April 2017.
Kim Hak-song detained 6 May 2017.
An obvious and demonstrable lie in a tweet that remains up, a monument to how much President Trump doesn't care about truth. https://t.co/MgWR31I1E2
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 4, 2018
Trump: As everybody is aware, the past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail. Stay tuned!
Jake Tapper: 2 out of 3 of these hostages were detained in Trump presidency:
Tony Kim (aka Kim Sang-duk) detained 22 April 2017.
Kim Hak-song detained 6 May 2017.
An obvious and demonstrable lie in a tweet that remains up, a monument to how much President Trump doesn’t care about truth.
One was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in 2016 for an espionage conviction. Two others are scholars — one studies accounting, the other agriculture — who taught at a prestigious science and technology university before they were arrested in 2017 on suspicion of “hostile acts.”
All three are Korean-American men who have been held in North Korea. They share a common surname, Kim, but they are not related.
So “the past Administration” was not asking for the release of the two arrested in 2017 before they were arrested; the two arrested in 2017 were arrested during Trump’s administration, not “the past” one.
Another smoking lie.
The Obama Administration is responsible for all bad things from 2000 through 2020. It’s an ongoing staple of Republican historical accounting. Yes, it violates the linear progress of causality, but if you’re going to be anti-science, you may as well treat yourself to all the convenient nuttiness you can get out of it.
Can there BE a ‘prestigious university’ in cult-dictatorship like North Korea?
#2: Only if it exclusively enrolls students named Kim.