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TexasTowelie

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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 09:17 PM Aug 2017

Corey Lewandowski Just as Worthless as Expected at the City Club of Cleveland

Whatever it was that former Republican strategist and deposed cable news commentator Corey Lewandowski hoped to communicate to the paying audience at the City Club of Cleveland Thursday afternoon, the takeaways from this controversial forum will have little to do with his remarks.

How could they? Lewandowski's speech, and his wobbly answers to seven audience questions, were so destitute of worth and truth that the crowd could do little but sigh and shake their heads as they processed to the elevators after City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop glumly adjourned the forum just as tempers began to flare. The Donald Trump sympathizers in the audience had stumbled upon sporadic moments of applause that never quite rose to the level of rounds, but even they might have found it difficult to defend the charade on anything other than propaganda grounds.

Near the exits, some of the attendees remarked upon the "tension" in the room. Others felt Lewandowski had deflected most of the substantive questions, a feeling we shared and one we'd be remiss not to illustrate:

The third audience question invited Lewandowski to reflect on why Americans should believe anything Donald Trump says "if he can't even be honest about his golf scores?"

Read more: https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/08/03/corey-lewandowski-just-as-worthless-as-expected-at-the-city-club

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