Nip It In The Bud

I’m not sure I understand the panic over the edited Pelosi video; people edit videos to make opponents look bad. Certainly, it does complicate the theory, being debated in the D primary, that removing Trump would “break the fever” and make politics nice.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 24, 2019

(A) It comes from the POTUS, not a campaign.

(B) It is, at the moment at least, a "pinned tweet."

(C) It's a lie, no less "doctored" (there is actually an argument over whether this one was "doctored" or merely "edited." Seriously?), than anything done by Project Veritas.

(D)  Trump is plainly and bluntly lying. We allow a certain leeway for politicians pushing the preferred narrative. We even call it "spin" because euphemism is so much easier to deal with than plain language. But this isn't "spin." It's a lie. Period. A lie from the POTUS on his official Twitter account.

Maybe not a reason to panic, but certainly a reason to decry the practice.