CNN’s Louis: Reagan Told ‘Clearly Untrue’ ‘Fables About Welfare Queens’

LOUIS: “Well, ignoring is — or downplay it which I think is something of an option. I mean, there were stories that Ronald Reagan told that were clearly untrue. He had all kinds of, you know, sort of, fables about welfare queens who did all kinds of things, and he never justified any of it. And, after a while, you start to realize he wants to say that he hates the welfare system. He’s not making any specific claim that anybody’s ever going to be able to track down, and it is a waste of time to pretend otherwise. I think we’re sorting of reaching that point with some of these Trump claims. He’ll make up something every day if we’re going to chase that rabbit out into the field. It might be better to sort of say, ‘Look, once again, he has said something that is not true. Now, we have a big government that we have to put together and a big nation to take care of. Let’s focus on the policy.’”