Chris Hayes: I hadn't seen this reported anywhere else and Lieu just tweeted that it's not true, just fyi,

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I hadn't seen this reported anywhere else and Lieu just tweeted that it's not true, just fyi,

pulling out a Polaroid of Yashar with "don't believe his lies" sharpied on the back

The Post had this

Yeah - I don't know what to make of it. It doesn't seem like the Post would fabricate it, or that someone would just make it up and tell them with the credibility to get it published?

I'm sure someone has a recording of the zoom call so it seems insane to lie about it's contents, either if you're the post or you're lieu

I mean. But what I feel we're getting away from is that the paper just went with it. Maybe I'm crazy, but I feel like they should verify what they print? And these are Politico reporters. Not exactly in the tank for Biden.

WaPo confused Mark Takano with Ted Lieu. Oy. "The House Democrats who said Biden should drop out of the race were Adam Smith of Washington, Jerry Nadler of New York, Mark Takano of California and Joe Morelle of New York." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Four more Democrats in Congress call for Biden to step aside in the 2024 racewww.nbcnews.com The new calls come from lawmakers who hold top Democratic positions on key congressional committees.

The journalists reporting on the Beyer piece stuck with it after his denial. Let’s see what happens with Lieu.

It just seems like someone has to be lying in fairly baffling ways.

You'd think more leftists would be more suspicious of how much the billionaire-owned media & donor class want to push Biden out It couldn't be because his admin has been busting rich tax cheats, union busters, wage thieves, blocking a record number of mergers, & just generally squeezing their balls

The only thing I can be sure of is that there will be no consequences.

Maybe the reporters should be forced to take cognitive exams.

My guess is the Post has a source that told them that. That doesn’t mean that source was being truthful.

Seems most likely that Caldwell’s “person on the call” fed her some stuff that many seem very eager to Fox Mulder style believe.

It seems like they should definitely NOT have a recording so that it doesn't get leaked, but then...that's opsec for you

"I didn't say ANYTHING on the call" is also kind of interesting

It was not Lieu it was Takano, WaPo has issued a correction.

Yashir was using Howard Bragman as a source while he was repping Scaramucci, Dylan Howard & some MeToo’s. I got in touch. He blocked me.

Unfortunately, he already cleared out all the pens in the area.

If only we could make this campaign season run in reverse…

Btw the debate transcript is insane. Biden is answer after answer of ok to very good all cogent answers Trump is lie lie lie tied together with total nonsense It is literally 'performance' only, no substance of NIGHT IN QUESTION the media and pundit world is willing to torch America forever over.

Yasher Ali on the gossip beat as usual.

The Washington Post had a report earlier, but at least two members named in this account and an earlier one (Lieu and Beyer) have denied making any such statements. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Election 2024 latest news: 5 senior House Democrats want Biden to step aside, according to three people on a leadership callwww.washingtonpost.com President Biden has two events in Pennsylvania on Sunday as he and his staff remain defiant against calls to drop out.

Oh thank god. I was getting preemptively pissed at my congressman.

Journalists are playing a very dangerous game.

17 dimensional chess is complicated eh? Track down the source.

Well that makes for an easy block.

Seems like the median position of House Dems (congressional Dems?) is to oppose Biden running privately, but not willing to say so publicly. Did you see what happened with Beyer earlier today?

I follow Max and he seems to have been pushing this agenda that tries to interweave and illuminate some sort of Dem congressional consensus that never seems to materialize. But it’s clear he wants it to. Or it reads that way at least.

Still not true according to the person who supposedly said it, so...

Yet he leaves it up

Yashar isn't known for accuracy.

Oops

oh no

Oh, that's the median position, is it? You surveyed 215 Dems and over 100 of them feel this way?

I'm sure someone recorded it, so time will tell.

Lieu himself denies it... so....

The real news here is the Wash Post published it, and will stand by the author.

It’s Yashar Ali on Twitter. Ignore him.