Trump Mocks CNN Putting ‘A Clamp’ on Big Lie: ‘I Think They Realized It Wasn’t a Big Lie’

Ex-president Donald Trump said on Saturday that CNN has “put a clamp” on the term “The Big Lie” and credited that to the network “realizing” that his election lies are not actually lies.

“You ever see where they say the big lie? That was no lie. The big lie was what they were doing,” said Trump, as he often has at his rallies. “That was the big lie.”

Trump then said that CNN is bringing the use of the term to a halt.

“In fact, a big story from two days ago, that CNN has put a clamp on ever using the term The Big Lie,” said Trump, “Because I think they’re worried about the legal liability of using that term, because I think they realize it wasn’t a big lie.”

“They’re not allowed to use the term the big lie on fake news CNN anymore,” he said.

Contrary to Trump’s retelling, the actual news, which Mediaite broke, was not that CNN put a clamp on “ever using the term.”

As Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin reported on Wednesday, new CNN president Chris Licht “discouraged” staff from using the term. And far from avoiding the implication of untruth, his suggested alternatives included “Trump election lie” or just simply “election lies.”

(Mediaite)