These Republican Senators can't actually defend anything Trump says, so they have to lie about it instead. As we already discussed here, Trump called any negative reporting of him "illegal" earlier this week when Trump was asked about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel over his remarks about the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin made an appearance on CNN's State of the Union this Sunday , and even though host Dana Bash had just played a clip of what Trump said, Mullin twisted himself in knots denying reality, and continuing to push Trump's election denialism, rather than admitting Trump wants to criminalize anyone who dares to criticize or report negatively on his administration.

BASH: I want to move on to sort of a different version of what we have seen

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