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Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 06:56 PM Sep 2020

"What would you say to scared Americans?" "You're a terrible reporter...it's a nasty question"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/20/politics/peter-alexander-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html
(March 20)
.....Alexander: So, what do you say Americans who are scared, I guess? Nearly 200 dead and 14,000 who are sick and millions as you witness who are scared right now, what do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?

Trump: I say that you are a terrible reporter, that's what I say. I think it's a very nasty question. I think it's a very bad signal that you are putting out to the American people. They're looking for answers and they're looking for hope. And you're doing sensationalism and the same with NBC and Concast -- I don't call it Comcast I call it Concast. Let me just, who do you work, let me just say something.

That's really bad reporting. And you ought to get back to reporting instead of sensationalism. Let's see if it works. It might and it might not. I happen to feel good about it, but who knows? I've been right a lot."...(more)



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"What would you say to scared Americans?" "You're a terrible reporter...it's a nasty question" (Original Post) Tanuki Sep 2020 OP
And the election is not going to save us, they arent going to allow us...cant say more, dont want Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #1

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
1. And the election is not going to save us, they arent going to allow us...cant say more, dont want
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 07:00 PM
Sep 2020

to get people not voting by my pessimism, but between Moscow Mitch, BArr and the rest, we are in big trouble

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