MSNBC's Mike Barnicle: Trump's Syrian Refugee Claims “Either Ignorance, Cynicism, Or Lying, Or A Blend Of The Three” 

From the June 30 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe

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[BEGIN VIDEO] 

DONALD TRUMP: [Hillary Clinton is] not going to get tougher. It started under her. It was a little group of people. It could have been wiped out quickly and effectively then. Now it's a very large group of people. And it's only getting bigger. And if she gets in, it'll be massive and we won't even have a country any more. We're going to be afraid to walk outside. 

BILL O'REILLY: Alright, we're going to hold Mr. Trump -- 

TRUMP: And Bill, remember one other thing. They're letting tens of thousands of people come in from Syria and nobody knows who these people are and lot of those people are ISIS. 

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JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): OK so, no they're not.

MIKA BRZENSKI (CO-HOST): Wow.

MIKE BARNICLE: It's one of three things.

SCARBOROUGH: No, no, I mean no they're not. The United States has been the stingiest of all countries in allowing Syrian refugees in. 

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MIKE BARNICLE: So what he said last night at the tail end of that clip is either one of three things or a blend of all three things. It's either ignorance, cynicism or lying, or a blend of the three. 

Previously

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