Let’s have a conversation about ‘honesty.’
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Donald Trump is the same president who, as a candidate, told supporters he would “open up our libel laws” to sue journalists. In fact, he promised: “We’re going to have people sue you like you’ve never got sued before.” politico.com/blogs/on-media…
Donald Trump is also the same president who, as a candidate, blacklisted reporters and entire news outlets from campaign events, referred to journalists as scum and slime, and mocked a reporter’s disability. cnn.com/2016/05/31/pol…
Trump vowed to sue women who reported incidents of sexual harassment and assault, along with the outlets that covered their accounts. nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/…
Donald Trump is the same president who, as a candidate, said, “I would never kill them but I do hate them,” of reporters. “And some of them are such lying, disgusting people.” newrepublic.com/minutes/126456…
As president, Trump presided over a DOJ investigation in which years' worth of email and phone records belonging to a @nytimes reporter were seized in connection with a leak investigation. aclu.org/blog/free-spee…
Trump is also the president who stated it is “frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write” in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. latimes.com/politics/washi…
Trump has threatened to cancel the broadcast licenses of media companies that offer negative coverage of him:
Trump is also the president who had his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, call on ESPN to fire Jemele Hill for criticizing him. washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
Let’s not forget that Donald Trump is the same president who tweeted mocking images of himself wrestling a CNN reporter, and his campaign hitting a CNN reporter with a train. nytimes.com/2017/07/02/bus…
Let’s be clear: @realDonaldTrump’s authoritarian impulses and disdain for the First Amendment have real and dangerous consequences. We’ve been keeping record, and we won’t stop now. aclu.org/blog/free-spee…
