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Joyful 'freed' journalist - formerly covered FDA/CDC/NIH/pharma/biotech - 'The pharma diviner'🔬 https://t.co/JuCX17fdtM 🧵@dcdonnayoung

Sep 27, 2020, 9 tweets

If @ABC is still paying @ChrisChristie to be a contributor/commentator, it needs to stop it now.

Christie at White House right now at yet another taxpayer-paid political event, where Trump is making a number of false statements, providing no evidence whatsoever of his claims.

And news reporters shouldn't be participating in these types of taxpayer-paid political events at the White House, where they sit quietly by as Trump makes a number of false statements, providing no evidence whatsoever to back up his claims.

This is not a news conference. It is a taxpayer-paid political event, where Trump is using the public airwaves/news publications to spread false/misleading information.

Why are news reporters participating in these taxpayer-paid political events?

Trump has no comprehensive health care plan. His Sept. 24 outlines/proposals do nothing to protect Americans' health care coverage or lower #drugprices. So how can Trump claim now again [for four years running] whatever he comes up with will be cheaper than #Obamacare/ #ACA?

News reporters who sit silently by while Trump makes false claims & fail to demand evidence are simply participating in & enabling his taxpayer-paid political events.

News reporters need to get up & leave when it's clear it's not a news conference but a taxpayer-paid political event, where Trump is repeatedly making false claims & providing no evidence whatsoever & where he's again using the event to bash his opponent & the press.
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