No.

They are very specifically, very spinelessly not telling you the lie he told is a lie.

Isn’t that right, nbcnews.

Can’t call a liar a liar, or a rapist a rapist, or a failed coup-plotter a traitor, or a fraud a fraud. Can you, nbcnews. Noooooo. No, not unless they’re, y’know, black or something.