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Newsweek is reporting that Eric Trump said about his father on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday, “My dad’s not racist! He only cares about money”:

"My dad’s not racist! He only cares about money," Eric Trump says as he defends his father on Fox News https://t.co/4YE6xbgkCB pic.twitter.com/KT3e7wDLXr — Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 18, 2018

Chaser…

Um, that’s not what he said at all:

Is this quote accurate? (Answer: No.) There are quotation marks around it. Not a surprise from Newsweek, but @loisromano of Harvard, WP, Politico, why would you retweet?

https://t.co/j9a5Sql2uW — Byron York (@ByronYork) January 18, 2018

Here’s the actual quote via the Daily Beast, which shows you can be partisan and accurate at the same time:

“My father sees one color—green. That is all he cares about. He cares about the economy. He does not see race. He is the least racist person I ever met in my entire life.”

Maybe they skipped this day in school?

You know quotation marks are used for actual quotes, right? https://t.co/Poyv3L3QDs — Kevin (@kevinpost) January 18, 2018

It’s how the Fake News is made:

You see? This is what we are talking about with #FakeNews This was NOT what was said. You DELIBERATELY Misquoted this. You NEED to retract this and FIX IT. Its a LIE He said "The only COLOR my father see's is Green"- In regards to race.

??https://t.co/sHEPMTraGv — Constitutional-TQN? (@TechQn) January 18, 2018

This is not what Eric Trump said and you are supposedly quoting him????

Please do NOT complain about being called #FakeNews. @EricTrump @Newsweek https://t.co/TMdGz0RIe8 — Steph (@steph93065) January 18, 2018

Sorry, @NewsWeek, you are #FakeNews: The words that you put inside quotes in this tweet are NOT what Eric Trump said.@joshfromalaska https://t.co/9ess5x8DZO — John/TheCitySquare (@johncitysq) January 18, 2018

And too bad we just had the Fake News awards. Maybe next year, Newsweek!

Too late, Newsweek. The nominations for the Fake-News Awards closed last weekend, so your current submission was rejected. Please try again next year.https://t.co/vSqKKqCCep — S.A. Tire ? (@NoFucksGivenU) January 18, 2018

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