#3576
One lesson I’ve learned from working for Donald Trump is that you have to pay attention to what he does, not what he says. The left and the media are on a rampage accusing President Trump of being a racist and Nazi-KKK sympathizer because of his words in response to the horrid events in Charlottesville.
#3577
White House correspondent for National Urban Radio Networks April Ryan said the life of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was "in jeopardy" at the Trump MAGA rally in Tampa earlier this week. Ryan lamented that while his life was in danger it is White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders that gets a secret service detail for being "run out" of a restaurant.
"That's a serious moment and a serious place," Ryan fretted Wednesday on CNN Tonight. "And Jim Acosta's life, in my opinion, was in jeopardy that night. There was a safety issue. And you know she gets run out of a Hen House a couple weeks ago, and gets secret service detail."
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Ryan, blaming the victim, also said that Sarah Huckabee Sanders' taxpayer-funded security is for "something she stokes."
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CNN host Don Lemon said "we," speaking on behalf of journalists, "don't have a secret service detail." Ryan said reporters feel like their lives, their safety "is in jeopardy." She continued, "their lives are in jeopardy at these rallies. And something has got to stop."
Lemon said "we," again speaking on behalf of journalists, don't "begrudge" Sanders' security, but it is reporters that "need it" because of "this president and this administration."
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"This President, this President, President Donald J. Trump has stoked the flames for reporters to feel like they are in jeopardy," a worried Ryan said. "Their lives, their safety is in jeopardy. Their lives are in jeopardy at these rallies. And something has got to stop. She gets taxpayer funded. She gets payer funded security for something that she stokes."
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"Before they talk about you know the guns, Second Amendment, there's the First Amendment that beat out the Second Amendment, the First Amendment," Ryan said. "And within that First Amendment is freedom of the press. The founding fathers put into the constitution, this accountability piece."
DON LEMON, CNN HOST: The President retweeted a video of his fans booing Acosta at his rally Tuesday night, sharing an instance of open hostility to the media with his 53 million Twitter followers.
The Trump rally gets ugly, his supporters our reporter doing a job, calling him a traitor and a liar. What does the President do? Well, re-tweet a video in support of the hecklers. That's why when I asked a second time if the White House condemns what happened to Jim Acosta, she's given a second chance to actually support press freedom, Sanders refuses.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I said no one was being violent last night in terms of hitting anybody, and no broadcaster was broadcasting state secrets. They were trying to do stand-ups at a public rally. And you had people yell over them, preventing them from doing their jobs, and yelling that their network sucks on live TV. Do you support that or not?
SARAH SANDERS, PRESS SECRETARY, WHITE HOUSE: Well, we certainly support freedom of the press. We also support freedom of speech, and we think that those things go hand in hand.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LEMON: April Ryan is here, CNN political analyst. Boy oh, boy, lowest common denominator. And then to have it defended from the podium, the most esteemed podium in the world. So what do you think? Why would she go back to a story that's been debunked years and years ago about the satellite phone?
(CROSSTALK)
APRIL RYAN, POLITICAL ANALSYST, CNN: Because she's trying to justify, trying to justify the irrational, trying to justify foolishness. There was no cause for that. And she's playing to this base that listens to the President. They need this to rally behind the President because this President is embattled. So when this President is embattled, he either goes to sports or talks about the knee, or he goes to the press, or he goes to some other things that just make his base get into frenzy and forget all the other stuff. That's what it is. It's a big shiny silver ball at the detriment of free press.
LEMON: You have been at the White House 20 years now.
RYAN: Twenty one.
LEMON: Twenty one. For Republican and Democratic administrations
RYAN: Yes.
LEMON: Right? I am sure this is very different. Do you sit in that room -- again as I said, the most esteemed podium in the world. Do you just sit there and say, I cannot believe that someone is standing here lying to the American media and the American people?
RYAN: Yes.
LEMON: Or trying to gaslight them. Do you -- is it surreal to you to sit there every day, because it's surreal...
(CROSSTALK) RYAN: Don, I am going to say this to you. Today, when she said that, I couldn't believe when she was talking about you know how we get leaked information. We don't just -- as the press, we don't just walk into an office and open files and take leaked information and report it. Our sources are giving it to us, giving it to us willingly because they're whistle blowers.
And for her to assume or to say that we are just gathering -- no. She's not -- she's changing the facts. If you want to say she's lying, she's lying. And I agree with that. It was shameful today. That podium is no place to play. You don't play with words. You don't play with moments. Everything comes to the White House from (Inaudible) and everything in between.
That's a serious moment and a serious place. And Jim Acosta's life, in my opinion, was in jeopardy that night. There was a safety issue. And you know she gets run out of a hen house a couple weeks ago, and gets secret service detail.
LEMON: We don't have secret service detail.
RYAN: That's what I'm saying. And this President, this President, President Donald J. Trump has stoked the flames for reporters to feel like they are in jeopardy. Their lives, their safety is in jeopardy. Their lives are in jeopardy at these rallies. And something has got to stop. She gets taxpayer funded. She gets payer funded security for something that she stokes.
LEMON: Yeah.
RYAN: But yet, it's OK. It's freedom of speech for us. It is not right. And I talked to Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush. And we had our back and forth quite a bit, you know. And I have had back and forths with even Robert Gibbs. It was always a friendly adversarial situation. It was never personal. This has now gone beyond politics. This has gone into life. This has gone into changing lives.
LEMON: But here's the thing that I have to say, a couple things here. Number one, we don't begrudge her security or anyone who has...
(CROSSTALK)
LEMON: They need it, and many journalists need it now because of what this President and this administration...
(CROSSTALK)
RYAN: I am raising my hand. I am one of those.
(CROSSTALK)
LEMON: OK. Yes, so a lot of us are. But you know it started with lock her up. You know build a wall, and all of these unseemly chants. And now it is CNN sucks. It's not about CNN. It's just about the behavior, oh, CNN is whining because they're -- it's not. If they had said it about any other network or any other person in the crowd, any other entity, we would be having this conversation, because this is supposed to be a dignified, respectful place to do the American people's business.
And he says what you're reading and hearing, what you're seeing, or whatever, it's not true. And so further stoking that.
RYAN: But see here's the problem. And people want to listen to the now and listen to this President and be entertained by him. And they talk about patriotism and talk about the constitution in this country. But they forget. Before they talk about you know the guns, second amendment, there's the first amendment that beat out the second amendment, the first amendment.
And within that first amendment is freedom of the press. The founding fathers put into the constitution, this accountability piece. You know if the checks and balances over here between executive -- judicial branches don't work, you still have a press that ask questions, to find out, to give transparency to a situation that -- or...
(CROSSTALK)
LEMON: Checks and balances.
(CROSSTALK)
RYAN: Yes, yes.
LEMON: I've got to go. And it's there for a reason, April, that it's the first one. It's in the first one.
RYAN: It's in the first one.
#3579
A Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's state assembly — who entered politics as a reaction against President Donald Trump's election victory — is accused of forging multiple names on her nomination papers, WITI-TV reported.
What happened?
Watertown Police opened a fraud investigation after at least 15 people said Charisse Daniels faked their names on her documents, the station said.
Carolyn Demetropoulos of Watertown — who signed an affidavit saying she never signed Daniels' nomination papers — told WITI she would've voted for Daniels as a fellow Democratic woman.
"As a woman, I would've definitely supported her. Now I'm kind of at a loss about what to do," Demetropoulos told the station in an interview on her front porch. "I feel kind of betrayed and angry, but I’m glad that this sort of thing was brought to light because this is not right."
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Daniels is running for the Assembly seat held by Republican state Rep. ?
#3580
"She did not use personal email for official communication."
#3581
Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers compared U.S. police to Islamic State terrorists and added that if he carried a weapon, he'd use it on a cop.
My ISIS is the police, Chambers said during a Friday legislative hearing.
I wouldn't go to Syria, I wouldn't go to Iraq, I wouldn't go to Afghanistan, I wouldn't go to Yemen, I wouldn't go to Tunisia, I wouldn't go to Lebanon, I wouldn't go to Jordan, I would do it right here, he added. Nobody from ISIS ever terrorized us as a people as the police do us daily.
Nebraska Watchdog recorded the lawmaker's statements and uploaded the audio to their website.
Chambers wasn't done ranting at that point. He added that if he carried a firearm, he would shoot a cop.
If I was going to carry a weapon, it wouldn't be against you, it wouldn't be against these people who come here that I might have a dispute with. Mine would be for the police, Chambers said. And if I carried a gun I'd want to shoot him first and then ask questions later, like they say the cop ought to do.
#3582
Republicans in Indiana and Arkansas bow to beatings of the “tolerant.”
#3583
Black Lives Matter interrupted the planned speech for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Westlake Park on Saturday afternoon. Sanders left without addressing the crowd.
#3584
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump was greeted by several dozen demonstrators in Sacramento: "America Was Never Great!!!"
#3585
What's so disturbing is that Cooper really believes this, and people who don't know any better believe it because she said so. #soulsmatter you know.
#3586
The excellent Senator from Texas has written an endorsement of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, and it is today?s must read: I support Senator Sessions for attorney general for the very reason that many vehemently oppose him. Namely, I—and they—know that Sessions will enforce the law. The fact that this is controversial tells you all ?
#3587
Just when you thought it couldn't look any worse, you get something that totally changes things...
#3588
“Under my plan, all you'll need is this post card to file your taxes: https://t.co/GEItPWL4TM #AbolishTheIRS”
#3589
The psychological projection that Donald Trump has spawned with the ?Lyin? Ted? moniker he assigned to Ted Cruz brings up an important question that voters in the remaining primar…
#3590
BILL BERKOWITZ FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: Colin Brown)Despite raising $13 million dollars, the organization called The National Draft Ben Carso...
#3591
The Washington Post report that the government health CDC’s plans to ban politicized terms like "entitlement" and "diversity" is false.
#3592
Tolerant liberals strike again...
#3593
Controversial YouTube personality Blaire White, a transgender woman who has become famous for her contentious and heavily conservative views, says that the hate and vitriol she’s endured from both …
#3594
Many countries are seeking to criminalize Islamophobia by using 'racism and xenophobia,' or 'denigration' laws, which are essentially proxies for the Cairo Declaration
#3595
If you want to understand today's Democratic Party, a word search of the Democrats' debate last week provides a pretty clear picture.
#3596
(Watch Dog) -Â State Sen. Sen. Ernie Chambers isnât backing down. The state lawmaker from Omaha defiantly stood Thursday on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature and rejected many of his colleaguesâ calls for him to apologize â or even resign â for comparing cops to ISIS terrorists and suggesting heâd shoot a cop if he ...
#3597
Dan Bongino criticized former National Intelligence Director James Clapper for allegedly lying about leaking information about the dossier on President Trump to the media.
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#3599
The former president posts a video encouraging Americans to "get covered."
#3600
High-profile rape accusations keep collapsing. Here's why.