Discussion: White House Repeatedly Refuses To Say Journos Aren't 'Enemy Of The People'

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I watched this and have never been so infuriated and at the same time, afraid for our democracy.

This childish little brat (pick Trump and/or Sarah) who fail to understand the extraordinary value of the 4th Estate makes them both a greater threat than we realize.

I ended up sending an email to CNN in support of Acosta and would suggest to all to do the same.

The rest of the press corps needs to walk out and not cover Trump or Sarah again. They need the attention and enough is enough.

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Michelle Wolf is a Journalist? Who knew?

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Does the Indeed job posting for the Trump WH Press Sec. include in it’s requirements an utter lack of personal integrity?

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Oh they understand, and that’s the point. This is a concerted attack on the free press, not a byproduct of ignorance.

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I saw a “Bernie 2016” bumper sticker on a car this morning on I-95 and almost went into an unprovoked state of road rage.

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“Asked Thursday to say definitively that the media aren’t an ‘enemy of the people,’ as administration staffer and presidential daughter Ivanka Trump did earlier in the day, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to do so multiple times.”

“Huckabee later relented, labeling The Red Hen restaurant as ‘the real enemy of the people’…”

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Instead, she delivered the White House’s tried-and-true trite-untrue anti-media line,…

FIFY!

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Republicans have no sense of humor

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Sarah you grotesque person - F. U. and your imaginary invisible man in the clouds!

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Know who is a true enemy of the people, Ma Hamhock? Your boss, that’s who.

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“Anything that gets between me and the feedbag is some kind of enemy”

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I agree. If the press is the enemy, why bother with enemy briefings?

Press should demand Huckabee’s resignation. The Mooch is way better than she could ever try to be.

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So EOTP is the official line. As far as the administration is concerned, we’re not a republic in which the freedom of the press is enshrined as a fundamental and necessary thing. Gotcha. One other thing this tells you: Trump does not expect to be vindicated when he says no collusion no collusion no obstruction no obstruction. He doesn’t expect screaming headlines about how it was all a big mistake. He expects it to be bad.

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Don’t like America and our free press, Sarah? Get the fuck out.

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Here, the Huckabee combination of folksy and mendacity fails her, in part because Acosta is genuine and plaintive.

The White House is very very exposed right now because they have pushed further and further right, and doubled down when they could have compromised so many times, that they have no space to maneuver. The are at the far edge of the dial, and really can only go full coup d’etat. Personally, I’d love to to see Mnuchin in a Mugabe-style military jacket covered with fake epaulettes and medals…

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She aired her personal grievances which was not a good look . It was petty and small. SHS cannot refute POTUS. He will not allow it. SHS is free to quit as press secretary but won’t.

The WH has a problem getting good press because the boss insists on tweeting out vile and crazy stuff. The continual stream of consciousness from Trump frequently includes throwing his own staff under the bus by publicly contradicting them.

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Never bring a snowflake to a roast.

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Now now, fascism means never having to say you’re sorry.

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She thinks that her life is hell now? Nothing can keep decent people from shunning her and her family for being an enthusiastic party to this administration’s policy of child abuse, Russian attacks and income inequality. Her fate is signed, sealed and delivered.

It will only get worse on Judgment Day, Pharisee. Cry yourself a river. You, not others, are responsible for the state of your soul.

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