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Mohyeldin finally had enough of Cortes’ ridiculous deflection with a conspiracy pushed by the Trump campaign, ultimately kicking him off the air.
Oct. 2 - MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin finally had his fill on Thursday when Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes couldn’t provide evidence backing the campaign’s baseless claim that Joe Biden’s campaign backed out of an agreement to inspect the Democratic presidential nominee for in-ear devices, cutting the interview short as Cortes yelled in objection.
Hours before Tuesday’s presidential debate, the Trump campaign claimed that Biden’s team had previously agreed to a pre-debate inspection for electronic earpieces but then reversed themselves on the day of the debate. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh insisted that along with Biden’s “refusal to take a drug test, it seems pretty obvious that the Biden team is looking for any safety net they can find.”
The Biden campaign, meanwhile, declined that any such agreement was reached and that the Trump team was just trying to muddy the waters and push unhinged conspiracies ahead of the debate. Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield called the claim “completely absurd,” “pathetic,” and that the Trump campaign was “lying.” continue to read
Oct. 2 - ...“Look, they agreed to the ear inspection. It’s simple, it would have been by a third party, not by us. And then they went back on it. Why? I don’t know. I mean, they’ll have to explain that…”
Mohyeldin said the Biden campaign said this was false and ridiculous, adding: “I’m giving you a chance now. Do you apologize for misleading millions of people about making that false statement?”
Cortes said, “I didn’t mislead anybody. Give me your proof that it’s false.”
The host responded: “No no, that’s not how it works. You don’t make a false statement and say, ‘prove to me that it’s not false.’”
Asked who from the Trump campaign made the alleged ear-inspection agreement with the Biden campaign, Cortes couldn’t offer a name. He simply insisted negotiating teams for both campaigns made the deal.
Cortes then said, “You just called me a liar on national television and you have zero evidence that I am a liar.” source
NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with Steve Cortes, a senior adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign, about how the president will defend his record in Tuesday's debate.
Sep. 28, 2020
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST:
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden go head to head tonight in the first of three debates. Elsewhere in the program, we hear from Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who is a close adviser to the Biden campaign. Now we want to talk to Steve Cortes. He's a senior adviser to the Trump campaign.
Steve, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
STEVE CORTES: Thank you so much for having me. And - funny - I literally just passed by Sen. Coons, so...
MOSLEY: Oh, really?
CORTES: We were - yeah, at the debate site - kind of funny.
MOSLEY: Funny coincidence - yes, so the president will have one of the biggest audiences of the campaign, an audience that will extend beyond the core supporters. He's been out in front of folks at rallies and other campaign events. What is the message he wants to convey to the American people?
CORTES: The biggest message is on the economy. The president will very rightly boast about the economy both that he built previously before the pandemic and the one that is reasserting right now. It's the No. 1 issue by all relevant polling. It's the No. 1 issue on voters' minds. It's also the issue on which he has the biggest lead over Joe Biden in polling. But most importantly, I just think it's the most compelling issue for effectively rehiring him as our national CEO for another four years. The economy he built in the first three years of administration combined with what's going on right now - we can't just talk about... more