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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 Kavanaughs 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. Its got to stop. We should not mob people in public spaces or destroy public property. There is one way to settle our disagreements -- its called peacefully, at the ballot box. Thats what we want, Trump said.
He then said its the news medias 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.
Im being very nice, Trump said.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-rally-wisconsin-october-2018/index.html
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)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
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Never his actions or words.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)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)
FloridaBlues
(3,993 posts)His entire life.
displacedtexan
(15,695 posts)...you're a fuckwitted fool who wouldve know nice if it grabbed you by the tiny mushroom.
Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)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 hes the real victim and then blamed the media.
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)Talitha
(6,479 posts)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?
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)That would be a good start at setting a better tone generally.