Recall that the Democrat Howard Dean accused Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump of being on cocaine.

After the hoo-raw that rose over Dean’s scurrilous accusation, Dean said this to MSNBC‘s Stephanie Ruhle:

I apologize for using innuendo. I don’t think it’s a good thing to do, I don’t think it’s the right thing to do…. I’m not unwilling to apologize for using innuendo.

Notice that.  Dean apologized for beating around the bush (which he didn’t actually do; Dean was quite direct in that tweet of his) with his accusation about Trump being on cocaine.

But Dean has not a syllable of apology for his actual accusation.  Masquerading that statement as an apology for his accusation is a base lie.

Full stop.