Trump Again Blames Media as Rally Crowd Chants ‘CNN Sucks’
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Trump Again Blames Media as Rally Crowd Chants ‘CNN Sucks’
Ted Johnson, Variety Fri, Oct 26 8:33 PM EDT 
President Trump again blamed the media for the state of political discourse, faulting them for any suggestion that he and Republicans somehow bore responsibility for a suspect to mail out pipe bombs to top Democrats and other Trump critics.
At the rally in Charlotte, the crowd chanted “ CNN sucks,” as Trump cast blame on news outlets for “unfair coverage, deep hostility and negative attacks” that “only serve to drive people apart and to undermine healthy debate.”
“For example, we have seen the efforts by the media to use the sinister actions by one individual to score political points against me and the Republican party,” he said.
Cesar Sayoc, 56, was arrested in Plantation, Fla., on Friday near his white van, which was covered in pro-Trump stickers, including photos of the president, and one that read, “ CNN sucks.” He faces six federal charges, but authorities have not commented on a motive.
At the rally, Trump said “when a Bernie Sanders supporter tried to murder congressional Republicans and severely wounded a great man named Steve Scalise and others, we did not use that heinous attempt for mass murder for political gain because that would have been wrong. It would be the wrong thing do. Nor do we blame the Democrat [sic] party every time radical leftists seize and destroy public property and unleash violence and mayhem.”
“Yet the media has tried to attack the incredible Americans who support our movement to give power back to the people.”
Trump, though, recently praised a Montana congressman, Greg Gianforte, for body slamming a reporter. Trump retweeted a doctored video in which a wrestler body slams a man with the letters “CNN” superimposed on his head. At one of his raucous rallies during the 2016 campaign, he told the crowd, “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them… Just knock the hell. I promise you I will pay for the legal fees, I promise.”
At Friday’s rally, Trump praised law enforcement for apprehending the suspect and said that “political violence must never ever be allowed in America, and I will do everything in my power to stop it.”
But he did not make mention of any of his previous statements. As he left on the trip to Charlotte, a reporter asked him whether he would pledge to “tone it down” in his rhetoric.
“I think I’ve toned down, if you want to know the truth,” he said. “I could really tone it up.”
Former President Barack Obama, in a speech on Friday in Milwaukee, said that Trump’s calls for civility ignore
“I’m hoping you think it’s wrong to hear people spend years, months vilifying people, questioning their patriotism, calling them enemies of the people, and then suddenly you’re concerned about civility,” Obama said. “Please!”
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People will stop chanting "CNN sucks" when they decide to stop sucking. It really is up to them.
My ass!
Someone should ask Trump if he can cite when exactly Bernie called for violence against protesters or demonized refugees, or when he last tweeted out anti-semitic and neo-Nazi memes.
That Bernie supporter no doubt was following the standard leftist hate directed at Republicans that compares them to Nazis, just like you did in the post earlier in this thread.
Did anyone compare Steve Scalise to a Nazi? I doubt Bernie did. The only thing I know about Scalise is that he's a racist and a virulent homophobe. I wonder if all fascists share those traits?
Yep, thanks for proofing my point.
Bernie might be too good a man to make Nazi comparisons or encourage violence but plenty of others on the left do it for him.
It is interesting that the Nazis shared the GOP's racism and homophobia. Is there really any substantive difference between those parties? #MAGA
That trump supporter that sent all those bombs to trumps enemies, (which is almost always American citizens), sure had a lot of right wing hatred.
I am sure you meant trump, but that's ok.
"It is interesting that the Nazis shared the GOP's racism and homophobia."
What racism and homophobia is that? Last I checked it was Kanye West and Candace Owens who were calling out the racism on the left and the patronizing attitudes of liberals. It was Dem Senators like Cory Booker who stood in the way of confirming the first openly gay ambassador to Germany.
"That trump supporter that sent all those bombs to trumps enemies, (which is almost always American citizens), sure had a lot of right wing hatred."
Sure must be a lot of bitterness on the left to keep blaming Trump for a lone nut when most conservatives don't blame Bernie for his nut follower.
Wow...arent we supposed to be putting the blame on the insane maniac?
You mean like their racist voter suppression efforts or their votes for the racist King of the Birther morons? Or the fact that as of August 2016 a full 72% of Republicans were Birther morons?
Or are you referring to the anti-LGBT language in the GOP platform and the 60 million Republicans who voted for a dumb bigot who promised to appoint anti-gay judges in order to reverse marriage equality? [deleted]
And with good reason! Didnt Germany just recently requested he be withdrawn from their country for openly claiming wanting to boost anti establishment parties across Europe?!
But that's exactly what you did.
No. I only bring up the Bernie follower when the left makes the claim there are no left wing terrorists. I've never blamed Bernie for the nut who shot people in his name.
What racist voter suppression is that? You mean the purging of dead voters from the rolls or blocking illegal aliens from voting? How exactly is having consistent voting regulations that every modern country in the world has considered racist? Maybe you mean the racist idea that liberals have that people of color are not smart enough to get an ID to vote.
Maybe you should learn about the 550K voters in Georgia who were improperly stripped from the voting roles? 80% of them are black, and fortunately the federal courts have intervened and restored many of those voters. But it's become a huge issue in many red states as the GOP has used these racist strategies to strip the poor and minorities of the voting rights, and the courts keep finding that the GOP's motivation was indeed racist. That fact can't be denied, nor can the open admission of various GOP legislators that their intent was racist.
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If there are "illegal aliens voting" they're a very tiny number indeed.
And you just did it again. 74% of domestic violence is committed by right wing people. Just 7% comes from the left. True story, you should look it up.
You cannot vote without a SSN#. How does an illegal vote without a valid SSN#? Besides, trump already investigated that BS and found NOTHING. There were only 6 cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election and 4 of them were trump voters. 6, total. A little short of that 3 million trump claimed. LOL
more leftist made up BS
DP licenses cannot be used to vote, period. Any attempt to do so will result in arrest, fines, imprisonment and/or deportation after sentencing is fulfilled.
You and those darn pesky facts!.../s
You might want to check again,
And, so goes the "Black vote" for Trump.
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