PBS’s Judy Woodruff may have spent the last 50-plus years in journalism, but her attempt to wrongfully accuse former President Donald Trump of killing the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and then lying about it proves she’s more of a Democrat propagandist than anything else.
The 77-year-old former anchor and managing editor of the “PBS NewsHour” declared during her broadcast from the Democratic National Convention on Monday that Trump used a recent phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge the cancellation of peace talks. Despite having no evidence for this claim, Woodruff also insisted that Trump “believed that [a ceasefire deal] would help the Harris campaign.”
“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the prime minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because that, it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” Woodruff said.
On US peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza: “The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the PM of Israel urging him not to cut a deal right now because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign.” pic.twitter.com/IbJQXPurbO
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Woodruff’s whopper was quickly and easily refuted by Netanyahu, who called it a “complete lie,” and Trump, who said he actually “encourage[d]” the Israeli prime minister in July to “get this over with.”
In a statement posted to X on Wednesday, however, Woodruff failed to take responsibility for spreading a fabrication that she no
