Some absolutely top-shelf max-strength you-have-to-ask-the-pharmacist-for-it-specifically whataboutery from the Associated Press in this “Fact-check” tweet it posted on Tuesday. Try to see if you can spot the flaw in the logic here:
AP FACT CHECK: Democrats put the blame for the shutdown on Trump. But it takes two to tango. Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for his border wall is one reason for the budget impasse. The Democrats refusal to approve the money is another. https://t.co/9IWnqUgl2d
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) January 9, 2019
Not really much to add to that, is there.
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