Former Sen. Tom Coburn is angry about being (mis)quoted in the latest Donald Trump attack on Ted Cruz.
Coburn called the quote an “absolute fabrication.”
As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz, Trump’s Twitter feed retweeted and pushed a quote ostensibly from Coburn criticizing Cruz as “one of the most dishonest people” in Washington. Coburn never said this.
During a phone interview with the Washington Examiner, the former Oklahoma senator fired back at Trump.
“It’s an absolute fabrication. I’ve never said that, period,” Coburn told the Examiner. “It’s unfortunate he would use my name to say something dishonest. It’s a total fabrication.”
“To me, it’s more of loose play with the truth and loose play with the words,” Coburn said.
[…] Donald Trump’s campaign pushed a bogus quote from former Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn calling Ted Cruz dishonest. Coburn called it an “absolute fabrication.” (McCarville Report) […]
[…] Donald Trump’s campaign pushed a bogus quote from former Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn calling Ted Cruz dishonest. Coburn called it an “absolute fabrication.” (McCarville Report) […]