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Don Lemon on Friday Night News Dump: Maybe Trump 'Can't Stand Not Being the Lead Story'
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/don-lemon-on-friday-night-news-dump-maybe-trump-cant-stand-not-being-the-lead-story/CNN’s Don Lemon discussed with one of his panels Friday night why it is the White House decided on a news dump during hurricane watch.
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There’s been some suggestion that the Joe Arpaio pardon was meant as a distraction, but CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem offered this different take:
“I don’t think this is a news dump. I think the sheriff story is something that the President very much wanted us to be talking about, because I think it’s a signal to people about what kind of law enforcement he wants, it’s a signal about pardoning, and it’s a signal about his priorities right now. I think he anticipated we were talking about it. I would definitely prefer to have a President who was only focused on the category 4 hurricane, but I believe he knew… I think he knows how we would react.”
Lemon said, “Maybe he can’t stand not being the lead story.”
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There’s been some suggestion that the Joe Arpaio pardon was meant as a distraction, but CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem offered this different take:
“I don’t think this is a news dump. I think the sheriff story is something that the President very much wanted us to be talking about, because I think it’s a signal to people about what kind of law enforcement he wants, it’s a signal about pardoning, and it’s a signal about his priorities right now. I think he anticipated we were talking about it. I would definitely prefer to have a President who was only focused on the category 4 hurricane, but I believe he knew… I think he knows how we would react.”
Lemon said, “Maybe he can’t stand not being the lead story.”
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Video at the link.