Post by ck4829 on Jul 4, 2017 12:20:21 GMT
Following President Donald Trump’s latest inflammatory tweet that essentially promoted violence against journalists, top GOP lawmakers so far have responded with silence, perpetuating their pattern of doing little as the nation’s chief executive breaks more barriers in his war with the media.
Trump on Sunday tweeted what appeared to be an edited version of a 2007 clip of him beating up WWE founder Vince McMahon, with CNN’s logo replacing McMahon’s face. It was then retweeted by the president’s official White House account, @potus, following a week of renewed attacks against CNN and other news outlets, which Trump has branded as “fake news” and “fraudulent.”
“What about GOP leaders? What about Republican leaders?” CNN media reporter Brian Stelter asked Sunday about responses to the tweet. “Where’s [House Speaker] Paul Ryan? Where’s [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell? Are GOP leaders going to speak up about these attacks against the media?”
As of Sunday evening, neither Ryan nor McConnell’s offices had responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment on Trump’s tweet.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-journalists-violence-gop-response_us_5959146ee4b0da2c7324268e
Trump on Sunday tweeted what appeared to be an edited version of a 2007 clip of him beating up WWE founder Vince McMahon, with CNN’s logo replacing McMahon’s face. It was then retweeted by the president’s official White House account, @potus, following a week of renewed attacks against CNN and other news outlets, which Trump has branded as “fake news” and “fraudulent.”
“What about GOP leaders? What about Republican leaders?” CNN media reporter Brian Stelter asked Sunday about responses to the tweet. “Where’s [House Speaker] Paul Ryan? Where’s [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell? Are GOP leaders going to speak up about these attacks against the media?”
As of Sunday evening, neither Ryan nor McConnell’s offices had responded to HuffPost’s requests for comment on Trump’s tweet.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-journalists-violence-gop-response_us_5959146ee4b0da2c7324268e