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Miranda Devine: The far-left is pushing its most nonsensical anti-Trump hoax yet. It will only hurt Dems in the midterms

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The Democrats’ latest anti-Trump hoax is their most nonsensical, and yet of course, their media handmaidens pretend to swallow it hook, line and sinker.

The claim is that President Trump stood up at his rally in Nebraska on Monday and invited Iran to bomb LA and San Diego.

He actually said the opposite, as anyone honest with ears and a functioning brain knows.

He was talking about how a temporary rise in gas prices was “a small price to pay” for stopping Iran from developing nuclear missiles that could annihilate the cities of our allies in Europe and the Middle East, and might one day even strike American cities.

“They can take out a city,” he said in one of his trademark rambling weaves.

“Let them take out Los Angeles; let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”

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The ridiculous lie parroted by Democrat operatives is a sign that they may be starting to worry that the “blue tsunami” at the midterms that they’ve been prematurely celebrating isn’t inevitable, after all.

Why else would they beclown themselves with absurd hyperbole, unless it were for the greater good of ensuring the rest of Trump’s presidency is hobbled by his party losing both the House and the Senate in spectacular fashion.

“ ‘Take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego? Trump is beyond irresponsible,” screeched The Guardian.

“Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego,” sniffed CNN.

“White House defends Trump comment to let Iran ‘take out’ LA and San........

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