In case you missed it, Representative Claudia Tenney tripled down on her disturbing statements blaming Democrats for mass murders. Despite receiving a ‘pants on fire’ rating for her absurd and false claims, Tenney has continued to peddle these baseless smears. When confronted about her conspiracy theories by a local reporter, Tenney shouted, ‘It’s fake news!’, ended the interview, and stormed away.
TENNEY: Are you going to let me answer the question? Let me answer the question. We’re not gonna – the question is, you don’t want to hear a truthful answer. You don’t want to know that this problem occurs across all sectors, with all kinds of people. It isn’t just Republicans who commit all these terrible crimes. [….] And all I’m saying is everybody is guilty equally, and that’s exactly what I said if you listen to the 12 minute interview, it’s patently clear.
REPORTER: That’s not what you said during the interview. You said—
TENNEY: You didn’t listen to the interview.
TENNEY STAFFER: Go ahead, next question.
TENNEY: (leaning into the camera) It’s fake news! I answered your question every which way, it is fake news! (walks away from the shot) Bye. Done. It’s ridiculous. (takes off microphone as staffer blocks the shot) I’m not talking anymore.
Watch the clip here.