NBC reporter attributes fake quotes to Sen. Tom Coburn after his death to attack President Trump
However, Coburn never made any of the other statements — describing Trump as "reckless, outrageous and undignified" — that Dilanian attributed to him. Nor did Coburn warn that the president was "dangerous" to our democracy.
n fact, it appears as though the veteran national security reporter mistakenly took fragments of a speech by former Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake and credited Coburn with having said them. Flake made the comments during a fiery Senate floor address while announcing he would not seek re-election in 2018. It is unclear why Dilanian claimed that the late GOP senator made any of those comments.
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