Article snippet: Posted at 8:30 pm on August 1, 2017 by Patterico More #FAKENEWS!! from the leftists at . . . Sports Illustrated? My lede was partially ironic but I don’t follow sports journalism, so others will have to educate me as to whether SI is a hotbed of #FAKENEWS commies. Evaluating the article on its face, we don’t know who is claiming Trump said this. Ergo, the story may well be garbage, regardless of the source. The best evidence it’s true is probably the denial from the White House. If each time the White House made an assertion, you bet five bucks that the assertion was false, you’d probably win as much money as Trump inherited from Fred. So I can’t assume this actually happened. But he sure does spend a lot of time away from the White House, and it’s not like it sounds out of character. If Trump said this, it’s hardly the most outrageous thing he has ever said. But as Allahpundit noted on Twitter: “We would have had a sweet week of rage in conservative media if Obama had said that.” Yup. But hypocrisy means never having to say you’re sorry. I’m still more mad about the failure to repeal ObamaCare than this. But, as a taxpayer, I wish he would stay home at the “dump” a little more often. And if it turns out that he does want to leave . . . nobody’s stopping him. [Disclaimer] Link to the full article to read more