Discussion: GOP Rep. Wants CNN Reporter Fired For Being 'Disrespectful' To Trump

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GOP Rep. Wants CNN Reporter Fired For Being 'Disrespectful' To Trump GOP Rep. Wants CNN Reporter Fired For Being 'Disrespectful' To Trump Back to article
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Ah Meryl you had it pegged the other night.

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These people really don’t understand “Freedom of the Press,” do they? I shudder when I think of all the times Republicans were saying that Trump would be OK because “we have a system of strong checks and balances.”

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OK dude, but only if we get to fire every Republican who was disrespectful to President Obama for the past 8 years. Deal?

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All it takes is for good people to do nothing …

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WTF?
It’s not like he yelled out YOU LIE! to the President during a State of the Union address

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I was just about to post, “CNN will fire Acosta as soon as the House removes Joe Wilson (R-Nutjob).”

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So, here we’ve arrived:

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So, do you think the White House Press Corps is going to have Acosta’s back on this?

I didn’t think so either.

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You cannot be disrespectful to the disrespectful.

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Well, someone’s trying to suck up to his new prez…

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Baloney. Trump loves reporters who give him a chance to play tough guy in the spotlight and distract from his breathtaking ignorance.

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Yes, whatever we do, we mustn’t permit the slightest lese-majeste for the President of the United States. Shocking. Simply shocking.

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Respect: “You Lie”

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So, do you think the White House Press Corps is going to have Acosta’s back on this?

I have my doubts, but whatever happens will be very telling.

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Trump is not an aberration. Many Republicans had already adopted a princess and the pee approach to any degree of actual journalism before he announced his candidacy.

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exactly
The rest of the “stenographers” should have walked out.
That however would require integrity and guts , something nowhere to be found in that group of preening sycophants

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What a moronic little turd. No, we don’t fire people for being ‘disrespectful’. If we DID, every single one of you rotten aholes that lie your ass off to the voters and then ‘do what your conscience tells you to’ would be out. Disrespectful my butt.

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Rep. Randy Weber, Soviet Republican.

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Didn’t the WH Press Corps threaten to boycott briefings if the WH refused to let FOX have a seat at the table? That was then, this is now, I guess. Conviction and principles under a Democratic administration. Weak and feckless under a Republican.

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