Reporters rise to challenge Trump with aggressive questioning at today's press briefing

[Nevilledog]

https://occupydemocrats.com/2020/08/05/reporters-rise-to-challenge-trump-with-aggressive-questioning-at-todays-press-briefing/


It’s time for your daily dose of Donald Trump attempting to read whatever his aides put in front of him, followed by a segment of the president avoiding answering questions truthfully from White House correspondents — in other words, it’s another Coronavirus Task Force briefing, minus any of the experts that could provide any actually valuable, propaganda-free information.

A couple of interesting trends emerged in today’s briefing.

Firstly, Trump is apparently quite concerned with the possibility that Joe Biden might beat him in Arizona, given all the time he spent praising the state and Governor Doug Ducey’s response to the pandemic.

Secondly, White House correspondents have apparently taken note of the effusive praise heaped upon Jonathan Swan of Axios for turning up the heat on the president as he pushed back at Trump’s fumbling command of the data surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.

The questions from the press today were more pointed and were followed up with the reporters questioning Trump’s veracity quickly whenever he tried to weasel out of answering with facile lies.

The president began today’s session with his usual casual racism in referring to COVID-19 as the “China virus” before starting the snore-fest section of the briefing where he poorly tries to read the prepared statement provided by his staff.

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[dhol82]

1. They were not "pointed" or "forceful" enough.

Can we get some journalists with spines at the “press” briefings?

[chriscan64]

2. Years late but refreshing.

What Jonathon Swan did was so simple, why didn't someone try this before? If they're just going to let him spew nonsense, we might as well be watching Fox & Pals.

[a kennedy]

5. I just loved this guy.....Jonathon Swan......love him.

[onecaliberal]

3. I'm sorry but Networks that keep showing him live and continues after he uses racist slurs

Over and over need to be boycotted. Guests appearing on cable shows using racial slurs need to be cut off and the the interview ended.

Most of the White House correspondents are a joke.

[malaise]

4. They've had the same job for almost four years

Fuck them

[FloridaBlues]

6. I just can't watch but I will watch CNN after they do a great job of debunking the lies where MSNBC

Doesn't bother. I get all the truth about his daily rally of lies and not watch.