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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN's Cuomo: Calling the Press the 'Enemy of the People' Is Proof Trump Hates America
https://www.mediaite.com/online/cuomo-calling-the-press-the-enemy-of-the-people-is-proof-trump-hates-america/Last night, CNNs Chris Cuomo eviscerated President Donald Trump with a brutal history lesson and made a very good case that the president hates America.
In the Closing Argument segment on his CNN show Thursday, Cuomo argued that a tweet the president sent declaring, once again, that the press is the enemy of the people is proof positive that he actually detests America.
This is ugly and it is unoriginal, Cuomo said of the tweet. Most importantly, it is an admission that you hate your country.
Here is the case Cuomo lays out, in full:
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In the Closing Argument segment on his CNN show Thursday, Cuomo argued that a tweet the president sent declaring, once again, that the press is the enemy of the people is proof positive that he actually detests America.
This is ugly and it is unoriginal, Cuomo said of the tweet. Most importantly, it is an admission that you hate your country.
Here is the case Cuomo lays out, in full:
You know this phrase was an operative threat to murder opposition in the French Revolution, right? You know Khruschev. His predecessor, Stalin, used it specifically with artists and thinks that threatened hid narrow views of humanity. Did you know Mao used it during his murderous campaigns? America, the country you lead, was formed in defiance of strongmen, bullies and the idea that might makes right. A free press is a metaphor for what makes America great. So you have now admitted that you are against what we are all about. And the real problem now is for you to convince people that you dont hate what makes America truly great. I know in the past, youve tried to play that you respect the media, and that you know were important, you know, like you said that when a bunch of us got murdered, but it didnt take long to come back to this. I knew you didnt lower those flags after the Maryland newspaper shooting right away for a reason. Just like you wont really own how Russia did the U.S. dirty in the election. Why? Because you see things through the lens of what is good for you in these matters. So right now, you want people to hate us. But as the old expression goes, you point a finger at someone else, and there are three pointing back at you and a thumb thats kind of nowhere defending where you put it but thats not the point. The point is to say Putin isnt the enemy, the free press is, doesnt worry me. I know the truth. Ive traveled the world and I know our media is envied and, perhaps, the best check against the abuse of power that can lead to a Stalin or a Mao. The real worry should be for you. Do you really think people will keep a president who hates what their country is all about?
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CNN's Cuomo: Calling the Press the 'Enemy of the People' Is Proof Trump Hates America (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jul 2018
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bdamomma
(63,799 posts)1. there will be blood spilled
if this keeps up.
skylucy
(3,737 posts)2. Chris Cuomo's show is great. Entertaining and wow does he ever go after Trumpsters who
are his guests! Fun to watch someone so quick on his feet who pulls no punches when he interviews fools and liars.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3. If he said it about Fox he'd be telling the truth.
dalton99a
(81,392 posts)4. How Hitler's attacks on the German press helped one of history's greatest despots rise to power