UPDATE 12/29/18 1:25 pm ET



Jordan's flub of the facts about Trump's paychecks wasn't her only glaring misstatement. You'll note that she also accused Trump of "hyping imaginary border threats" by speaking of another caravan forming in Honduras. But as the LA Times, hardly a Trump-friendly outlet, reports today, there is indeed a new migrant caravan forming in Honduras, even larger than the previous one.

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If the liberal media's going to hate on President Trump, at least let them get their facts straight . . .

When it comes to visceral detestation of Donald Trump, nothing tops MSNBC "Republicans." They exceed even long-time lefties in their emotional antagonism toward the prez. People like Nicolle Wallace come to mind. Subbing for Wallace on her MSNBC show this afternoon, Elise Jordan, a former aide to Pres. George W. Bush, provided another example of the genre.

Ripping President Trump over the shutdown, an overwrought Jordan declared that Trump "won't skip paychecks" as a result of the shutdown.

Technically that's true, since by law the President is deemed an essential employee. But Jordan is apparently unaware that Trump has never cashed a presidential paycheck, donating each one instead to different government departments to fund good works.

You'd think that any reasonably well-informed person in politics would have known that. Had Jordan been in doubt, a quick Googling would have uncovered this article from sister network CNBC, reporting that:

"Since taking office, Trump has donated his quarterly salaries to various government departments such as Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Health and Human Services, National Park Service and the Education Department."

Readers are encouraged to view the video to get a sense of Jordan's supercharged vitriol.

Note: during the 2016 campaign, Trump pledged not to accept a paycheck if elected. When he learned that as a matter of law, the President cannot refuse a paycheck, he accomplished the same goal by donating his paychecks back to the government.