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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:32 PM Oct 2018

Not an ounce of responsibility, Trump blames the media at rally tonight..

CNN reporting right now



President Donald Trump took no responsibility for the national political environment at a campaign rally Wednesday night, instead a pointing finger at opponents and the news media.

Trump addressed the explosive devices mailed to the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN and other public officials during a rally in Wisconsin.

He complained of “mobs” -- a reference to protesters who opposed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, confronting Republican senators on Capitol Hill, and who have publicly confronted GOP lawmakers and Trump Cabinet officials at restaurants and in public.

“No one should carelessly compare political opponents to historical villains, which is done often and all the time. It’s got to stop. We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property. There is one way to settle our disagreements -- it’s called peacefully, at the ballot box. That’s what we want,” Trump said.

He then said it’s the news media’s responsibility to set the national political tone.

“The media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. Have to do it,” he said.

Trump took no responsibility for his own rhetoric -- which has included attacks on news outlets and Democratic opponents, as well as moments like a recent rally in Montana where he praised a Republican congressman who pled guilty to charges stemming from his body-slamming a reporter.

“I’m being very nice,” Trump said.


https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-rally-wisconsin-october-2018/index.html

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Not an ounce of responsibility, Trump blames the media at rally tonight.. (Original Post) SummerSnow Oct 2018 OP
That is who he is..Blame someone else...k and r Stuart G Oct 2018 #1
Well, it's not like ... LenaBaby61 Oct 2018 #2
Of course he did. Blame the victims. Attack the people he always attacks. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #3
Wow! CNN must have sent the pipebomb to themselves?? kentuck Oct 2018 #4
We know by now he won't ever set example and so far gets away with it FloridaBlues Oct 2018 #5
When you have to announce that you're being nice... displacedtexan Oct 2018 #6
Trump is claiming he's the real victim. Johnny2X2X Oct 2018 #7
K and R..What a jerk...He is awful beyond words. k and r Stuart G Oct 2018 #8
Little Donny Dotard's Freak Show in Mosinee WI Talitha Oct 2018 #9
K&R UTUSN Oct 2018 #10
Media needs to stop airing his rallies eleny Oct 2018 #11
typical fascist nt EleanorR Oct 2018 #12
Fuck Dotard. roamer65 Oct 2018 #13

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
2. Well, it's not like ...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:38 PM
Oct 2018

Most in the corporate media will NOT call him out.

Mrs. Greenspan on MSNBC will probably be on her show tomorrow saying that both sides incite violence, and then try to bring up Hillary's emails if she can possibly work them into her show

Greenspan's a worthless pos HACK

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
4. Wow! CNN must have sent the pipebomb to themselves??
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:42 PM
Oct 2018

Rule #1 for Donald: Never take responsibility for anything.

I would be totally surprised and flabbergasted if it was a conspiracy by the "media", as the trump seems to be suggesting?

Now it all makes sense. CNN sent the bombs to all the potential victims.

"This is not FOX . This is CNN. You need to bring the facts." (paraphrasing Gov. Gillum)

displacedtexan

(15,695 posts)
6. When you have to announce that you're being nice...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:48 PM
Oct 2018

...you're a fuckwitted fool who would’ve know nice if it grabbed you by the tiny mushroom.

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
7. Trump is claiming he's the real victim.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 08:49 PM
Oct 2018

100%! When he said comparing political opponents to historical villains he was talking about people compring him to Hitler lately.

He not only took zero responsibility, he claimed he’s the real victim and then blamed the media.

Talitha

(6,479 posts)
9. Little Donny Dotard's Freak Show in Mosinee WI
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 09:10 PM
Oct 2018

The Airport is about an hour south of me (... hey, at least they stayed the hell out of MY county! ).

The early evening news (WAOW) ran an afternoon tape of a reporter talking to one man and one woman.. don't know if they were married or not. Both of them disagreed with the nastycrazyshit that happens at Dotard's "pump me up" rallies, and the woman said she hoped there would be no 'chanting' (of his familiar/tired mantras).

There wasn't any shouthing in the line. No one was acting up in front of the camera. All I saw were ordinary (albeit misguided) souls waiting in line. They didn't show any of the background though, so I wasn't able to see if there were any busses that might have shipped in a few groups of CraigsList people... any news on whether that happened here? CraigsList hire-ees?

eleny

(46,166 posts)
11. Media needs to stop airing his rallies
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 09:36 PM
Oct 2018

That would be a good start at setting a better tone generally.

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