Biden misquote, coverage of Black Americans and more news literacy lessons - The Washington Post

NO: President Biden did not say that his Sept. 26 visit with striking members of the United Auto Workers in Belleville, Mich., marked the first time he ever picketed "in person."

YES: Biden, who became the first sitting president to join a picket line, said this was the first time he had joined "as president."

YES: Political propagandists often use edited and out-of-context footage to push the idea that Biden is mentally unfit for office...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/10/04/biden-misquote-media-coverage-blacks-news-literacy/

Vivek Ramaswamy’s 9/11 comments face scrutiny after CNN appearance - POLITICO

The GOP presidential candidate claimed that an Atlantic article misquoted him. But then the publication released the interview audio...

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/ramaswamy-scrutiny-9-11-00112302

GOP attack ad shows glimpse into 2022 midterms spin - The Washington Post

…The NRCC willfully misrepresents video of events that occurred well before Biden's term and selectively edits audio to bolster what the GOP sees as a winning message...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/11/nrccs-deceptively-edited-attack-ad-offers-glimpse-2022-spin/

Ilhan Omar's actual comment about 'dismantling' systems in U.S. government - The Washington Post

Here the actual quote from the clip that circulated Tuesday of Omar’s news conference on systemic racism: As long as our economy and political systems prioritize profit without considering who is profiting, who is being shut out, we will perpetuate this inequality. So we cannot stop at criminal justice system. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression, wherever we find it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/08/what-ilhan-omar-actually-said-about-dismantling-systems-us-government/

Trump campaign snips and cuts Democrats’ remarks in misleading ad on violence - The Washington Post

Since protests against police brutality broke out in response to the killing of George Floyd, President Trump has declared himself the “law and order” candidate and sought to highlight scattered outbreaks of violence and accuse liberal groups of being responsible. The Trump campaign tried to build on that theme by releasing an ad Saturday — tweeted by Trump — that mixes shots of mayhem with quotes that suggest that Democratic lawmakers and former vice president and presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden actively supported looting, attacks on police and other violence. Don’t be fooled....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/01/trump-campaign-snips-cuts-democrats-remarks-misleading-ad-violence/

Trump’s strange quibble with his CDC director’s quote reinforces the danger of his coronavirus alternate reality - The Washington Post

It's not the first time Trump has bristled at a health official being too grim about what lay ahead — and the last time arguably cost us dearly....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/22/trumps-strange-quibble-with-his-cdc-directors-quote-reinforces-danger-his-coronavirus-alternate-reality/

Trump’s new ad attacking Biden on China is a complete and utter mess - The Washington Post

The ad apparently mistakes an American official for a Chinese one, takes Biden's quotes completely out of context, and attack Biden for saying things that are very similar to what Trump has said....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/trumps-new-ad-attacking-biden-china-is-complete-utter-mess/

Trump Yanks Steyer Quote Out of Context - FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump used a truncated quote from Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer to falsely suggest that Steyer thinks “Democrats are going to destroy the economy in 15 minutes if they get in control.” That was Steyer paraphrasing what he says Trump’s false line of attack will be in the general election.....
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/trump-yanks-steyer-quote-out-of-context/

Misleading Trump campaign ad attacks Obama over Russian hacking - POLITICO

The ad took quotes out of context while saying the Obama administration failed to counter Russian election interference.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/misleading-trump-campaign-ad-attacks-obama-over-russian-hacking-1296787

Arguing for emergency powers on wall, Trump selectively quotes a Democrat who actually says it’s a bad idea - The Washington Post

President Trump sought to bolster his case that he could invoke emergency powers to build a border wall by selectively quoting a Democratic congressman Monday who said that doing so would be a terrible use of resources and probably to prompt a court challenge.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/seeking-to-justify-emergency-powers-to-build-a-wall-trump-selectively-quotes-a-democratic-congressman-who-says-its-a-terrible-idea/2019/01/07/ccbf1c72-1283-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html

Top Republican tries to deflect incitement of hatred, violence away from GOP and on to Nancy Pelosi - Daily Kos

Less than 24 hours after what's probably the deadliest attack on Jews in the nation's history, the incredibly odious Sen. John Cornyn, the number two Republican in the Senate, tweeted this: ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1808158

Trump misquotes James Clapper to push ‘SPYGATE’ narrative - The Washington Post: Analysis

Trump has launched a concerted effort to cast Stefan Halper as a "spy." But his tweet isn't an actual Clapper quote. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/23/trump-misquotes-james-clapper-to-push-spygate-narrative/

Bernie Sanders to Republicans: Stop saying I support your tax bill -- My San Antonio

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., clarified his opposition to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act this week, after Republicans and Fox News cited him to argue that the largely business-focused legislation was a boon for the working class. ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Bernie-Sanders-to-Republicans-Stop-saying-I-12462705.php