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Sharpton Shuts Down Republican Saying Hillary Lied About Benghazi
by Mark Finkelstein
October 25, 2015
Talk about an inconvenient truth . . . Don’t know if we’ve ever witnessed such a blatant suppression of facts–even on MSNBC. Republican strategist Jessica Proud was a guest this morning on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show, which has been turfed out of its weekday slot and relegated to the early Sunday-morning wilderness. When discussion turned to the Benghazi hearing, Proud pointed out that Hillary, Susan Rice and President Obama lied about the cause of the attack. But before Proud could make her case—based on emails Hillary sent acknowledging that the internet video was not the cause—Sharpton shut her down, saying “let’s go to other news of the week” and opening a discussion of Joe Biden’s decision not to run. READ MORE