Sarah Sanders: No need for Trump to tone down rhetoric following Hasson arrest
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON White House press secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed questions on Friday over whether President Donald Trump would tone down attacks on the media following the arrest of Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson for allegedly planning to attack journalists and prominent politicians.
I certainly don't think that the president at any point has done anything but condemn violence against journalists or anyone else, Sanders said in response to a reporters question about whether or not the president thought his hostility towards the press might embolden extremists like Hasson.
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Since Hasson was arrested on Feb. 15, Trump has tweeted the term fake news three times and he has referred to the media as "the enemy of the people" twice on Twitter. On Friday morning, as Sanders was defending the presidents treatment of journalists, Trump retweeted a cartoon of CNN host Wolf Blitzer and wrote Fake News is so bad for our Country!
Trump has yet to publicly condemn Hasson.
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Prosecutors said that Hasson "compiled a list of prominent Democratic Congressional leaders, activists, political organizations, and MSNBC and CNN media personalities." Included in Hassons list were MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough, Chris Hayes and Ari Melber, and CNN's Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones. His list also included Democratic party leaders and well-known lawmakers such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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TeamPooka
(24,225 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Why does shit like this always happen after I write a letter to the editor. I could have torn the GOP a new one over the new terrorist of the week in the local paper.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211852389
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When Ingraham asked diGenova for his thoughts on whether theres a connection between Hasson and President Donald Trump, he grumbled about Virginias leaders getting a pass because of the decreasing media focus on them. Soon enough, diGenova went all out and declared We are in a civil war in this country.
Theres two standards of justice, one for Democrats one for Republicans. The press is all Democrat, all liberal, all progressive, all left they hate Republicans, they hate Trump. So the suggestion that theres ever going to be civil discourse in this country for the foreseeable future in this country is over. Its not going to be. Its going to be total war. And as I say to my friends, I do two things I vote and I buy guns.
Why does diGenova buy guns? Not for deer-hunting.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)The huckabeast would have choked on cotton balls months ago.
How the hell can she face herself, no less her children?
And waiting for the traitor-in-chief to condemn one of his own militia is a tragic waste of time, IMO.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Sarah Huckabee would be Kellogg's.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)she said that came afterwards was a lie as usual.
I certainly don't think that the president at any point has done anything but condemn violence against journalists or anyone else, Sanders said in response to a reporters question about whether or not the president thought his hostility towards the press might embolden extremists like Hasson.
Bayard
(22,069 posts)Is Sarah's pants going to catch on fire?
dameatball
(7,397 posts)I saw where Spicer finally found a new gig at some place I never heard of.