Trump for President
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Things got testy at Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate when CNBC’s Becky Quick asked Donald Trump about his criticism of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (who supports expanding the number of visas offered to highly skilled workers). The GOP front-runner, running on a staunchly anti-immigration platform, didn’t just play dumb—he went on the attack. Trump alleged that the Zuckerberg story had been fabricated by the media. When Quick followed up with the actual quote from Trump, he again denied having ever said it.
But there was a problem—as she noted after the commercial break, Quick’s source was his own campaign website:
