"Once we prove something is a false statement, it's almost a kiss of death" for the officer's career, Maislin said.
But to say that Burma's national elections will change nothing is a false statement.
To say that Burma's national elections will change nothing is a false statement.
Something is a false statement if with reference to its subject it says of something other than what is (e.g. flying) that it is.
Of course, this is a false statement of fact on its face — at the very least, an exaggeration.
Stephanopoulos shot back: "But why is it refreshing to make false statements?" Maintaining his cool, Pence said: "Look, I don't know that that is a false statement, George, and neither do you.
"Look, I don't know that that is a false statement, George, and neither do you," Pence said. .
"Look, I don't know that that is a false statement, George, and neither do you," he told host George Stephanopoulos.
But no statement in chemistry can be a false statement in physics, and no feature of life can contravene the findings of chemistry.
That is not who you are- it is a just a false statement.
That seems extremely unlikely given the timing of his announcement, and Pod Save America's Jon Favreau tweeted that it was in fact a false statement on Trump's part shortly thereafter.
