Her take is “he never said that” wrt saying gay people should be stoned or that children should watch public executions and she’s right, what he said was “Gay people being stoned to death is God’s perfect law”, to an audience of Christian nationalists. And he didn’t say children should watch executions, he agreed with someone else saying it. Paraphrasing opinions is indeed exactly the same as outright lying about them, and you’re very smart for noticing that.

He never said he would refuse to board a plane a black pilot was flying, he merely said “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified”.