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"No one would perceive that as a threat"
Jul 2nd, 2017 | By Ophelia Benson
Tags: President Threaten, Trump
Trump's tweet about CNN is making headlines because it's a threat of violence. The Washington Post for instance:
A day after defending his use of social media as befitting a "modern day" president, President Trump appeared to promote violence against CNN in a tweet.
Trump, who is on vacation at his Bedminster golf resort, posted on Twitter an old video clip of him performing in a WWE professional wrestling match, but with a CNN logo superimposed on the head of his opponent. In the clip, Trump is shown slamming the CNN avatar to the ground and pounding him with simulated punches and elbows to the head. Trump added the hastags #FraudNewsCNN and #FNN, for "fraud news network."
He's unfit. Period. He's not fit for this job. He's disgracing the whole country and he should be speedily removed from office.
The video clip apparently had been posted days earlier on Reddit, a popular social media message board. The president's tweet was the latest escalation in his beef with CNN over its coverage of him and his administration.
No. It was the latest outburst of inappropriate childish taunting and inappropriate dangerous incitement to violence against the free press from a sitting president.
On ABC's "This Week," homeland security adviser Tom Bossert dismissed the idea that the tweet might be a threat, while he praised the president for "genuine" communication.
"No one would perceive that as a threat; I hope they don't," Bossert said, referring to the tweet.
Can you imagine if Obama had done the equivalent? They'll excuse anything, these fascism apologists.
In a statement tweeted out by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter, CNN called it "a sad day when the President of the United States encourages violence against reporters." The network cited Trump's "juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his office. We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his."
The company's communications department Twitter account responded to Trump's tweet by quoting White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a briefing last week when she said: "The president in no way form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. If anything, quite the contrary."
In the statement, CNN said: "Clearly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied when she said the President had never done so."
We're living in a sewer in this country.
Trump also spent a chunk of a speech at the Celebrate Freedom rally for veterans and religious freedom at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night denouncing and taunting the media.
"The fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. The people know the truth," Trump said. "The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House, but I'm president and they're not."
Neener neener, he finished, and then he curled up in a ball and put his thumb in his mouth and went to sleepy-byes.
The intent is so evil and so bad
That jail threat
No evidence
What we notice and what we ignore
When it's justified
3 Responses to ""No one would perceive that as a threat""
The president in no way form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. If anything, quite the contrary
Well, I suppose you could argue (if you turn yourself into a pretzel) that offering to pay the legal fees if any of his supporters beat up a protestor is not promoting or encouraging violence, but there is NO WY to argue that it is the contrary, which would be disowning or discouraging violence.
I'm president and they're not
But he is not Chevy Chase.
Karellen
Chevy Chase? I was thinking Danny DeVito
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXV-x2YSnpk
Yes, but I was tracking to "I'm Chevy Chase. And you're not."