MSNBC hosts corrected their claims Tuesday night that Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump as “very good friends.”
The Associated Press (AP) retracted its initial story making this claim Tuesday and clarified that Gabbard was referring to Trump’s friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During Monday night’s airing, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and guest host Jonathan Capehart falsely reported that Gabbard referred to Putin during an interview with NDTV, an Indian network.
“Last night, “The Last Night” reported on excerpts of an interview between the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and an Indian TV news network in which she said that Trump was good friends with the world leader. Now we said that world leader was Vladimir Putin, but the full interview…
