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WASHINGTONDeclaring that the frightening incident underscored a point he had been making for many years, President Donald Trump claimed Monday that the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner reinforced the need to end journalism.
Over the weekend, there was an act of horrible violence that never wouldve happened if we didnt have a free press, said Trump, adding that the senseless crime would have been impossible if anyone had taken his repeated pleas to repeal the First Amendment seriously.
Ive spent years trying to warn people of the danger involved in holding my administration accountable for its actions, and look where we are now. We cant undo the past, but I hope this terrible event proves once and for all that journalism must be banned and banned right now. If it isnt, then its only a matter of time before theres another, and even more tragic, shooting.
Trump later conceded he was cautiously encouraged by the growing number of media outlets that had assumed some responsibility and made progress in letting him get away with everything.
https://theonion.com/trump-claims-correspondents-dinner-shooting-reinforces-need-to-end-journalism
msongs
(74,054 posts)Sogo
(7,282 posts)Hmmm.
yaesu
(9,421 posts)Bayard
(30,093 posts)I was all ready to be incensed!
niyad
(133,582 posts)what he thinks, even if not completely spoken aloud.
niyad
(133,582 posts)samsingh
(18,464 posts)Trueblue1968
(19,305 posts)I just hate his guts.
#TrumpIsACriminal
calimary
(90,511 posts)Thats what he said, right?
That was one of ANY number of things hes said. And its just the latest collection of things hes said. At least, as of this evening anyway, right?
murielm99
(33,041 posts)This time, it actually IS the Onion.
BaronChocula
(4,676 posts)Who then would he lie to?