Manchin Goes Full George Costanza Trying to Avoid Calling Out Trump: It's Not a Lie, 'If...

[DonViejo]

Joe Manchin Goes Full George Costanza Trying to Avoid Calling Out Trump: It’s Not a Lie, ‘If He Believes it’

by Joe DePaolo | Jan 8th, 2019, 9:29 am

“It’s not a lie, if you believe it.”

That was the philosophy of iconic Seinfeld stooge and pathological liar George Costanza. Tuesday on MSNBC, that very maxim was put into practice — in real life — by a United States Senator who was trying to avoid calling out the President.

Appearing on Morning Joe, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) practically twisted himself into a pretzel so as not to concede that President Donald Trump is lying in order to secure funds for a Southern border wall.

Morning Joe co-host Willie Geist put the question to Manchin directly.

“Senator, is the president lying to justify this wall?”

“Oh,” Manchin said, giggling. “I guess everyone has a right to — if he believes it. I’m sure if he believes-”

Geist interjected. “But as you say it’s a fact and it’s not true,” the co-host said. “So is he lying?”

“If it’s a fact, it’s not true,” Manchin said. “And if you’re not telling the truth, then you have to be lying, okay? But the bottom line is, if he believes it in his heart and soul, until he finds someone that verifies or validates what he’s saying. But we’ve got to work off the same set of facts. And the facts right now are not verifying what’s being said, and the president, what he’s calling, as far as the national emergency.”

Worth noting: Lead Seinfeld character Jerry put George’s advice to work during an episode in which he took a lie detector test.

He flunked.

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[LonePirate]

1. Statements like that make it clear what Manchin's opinion is of the voters in WV

[jcgoldie]

2. He just got re-elected...

People said he sucked up to Trump for pragmatic reasons... what's his excuse now?