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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSarah Sanders: Trump hasn't 'at any point' done anything but 'condemn violence against journalists'
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday that President Trump has only ever condemned violence against the media, distancing him from a recently arrested Coast Guard lieutenants plans to kill several high-profile Democrats and media personalities.
Link to tweet
Paul Hasson, a self-proclaimed white nationalist, was arrested Wednesday on gun and drug charges.
Authorities said Hasson had stashed a cache of guns, compiled a hit list of prominent Democrats and called for the use of violence to establish a white homeland.
I certainly dont think that the president has at any point done anything but condemn violence against journalists or anyone else. In fact, every single time something like this happens, the president is typically one of the first people to condemn the violence and the media is the first people to blame the president, Sanders said Friday when asked if the president had any intention of toning down his criticism of the media.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/431158-sanders-trump-hasnt-at-any-point-done-anything-but-condemn-violence
Oh please
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How does she do it and still be able to sleep at night?
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)Wounded Bear
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struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)19 October 2018
US President Donald Trump has praised a Republican congressman who assaulted a journalist last year with a "body slam", referring to him as "my guy".
"Greg is smart," Mr Trump said of Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte, adding "By the way, never wrestle him".
"Any guy that can do a body slam... he's my guy," he said to cheers and laughter at a rally in Montana.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Guardian newspaper have called on Mr Trump to apologise ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45913921
muriel_volestrangler
(101,159 posts)You'd think that journalists would remember when their president praised violence in their own country against journalists. They're like an abused spouse who won't admit to others how they get hurt, because they feel the need for access.