Trump says WaPo staffers should strike: 'We would get rid of Fake News for an extended period...
Source: The Hill
Trump says WaPo staffers should strike: 'We would get rid of Fake News for an extended period of time
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/17/18 09:43 AM EDT
President Trump said that Washington Post employees should go on strike in a tweet Sunday morning, saying the move means we would get rid of Fake News for an extended period of time.
Washington Post employees want to go on strike because Bezos isnt paying them enough. I think a really long strike would be a great idea, Trump tweeted. Employees would get more money and we would get rid of Fake News for an extended period of time! He also floated his past inaccurate claim that the Post is a registered lobbyist.
Link to tweet
His tweet came shortly after The Post reported that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone met with a Russian during the 2016 campaign who offered dirt on Hillary Clinton in exchange for $2 million.
More than 400 Washington Post employees signed an open letter to newspaper owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday, calling his current offer of a $10 pay raise and no changes to retirement benefits unfair.
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FarPoint
(12,409 posts)Nothing this faux pResident says is Late Breaking News...
It's only tRumps Gaslighting activity....
Calista241
(5,586 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Maybe some truth would get out to the dump zombies?
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)This bully only stands down when people stand up to him. You know who he never insults? Putin. And Stormy Daniels and her bad-ass lawyer. Everyone else is a paper tiger, and he can smell that shit.
Do we really have no one who knows how to go for the jugular? Asking for a friend.
Actually I think I'm going to write a few of the most promising congresscritters right now and suggest just that. Starting with Harris and Warren.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,181 posts)He is trying to redefine fact and truth
The media won't call him on it
Jedi Guy
(3,193 posts)I've seen some of the CNN commentators call Trump out on his lies, and they actually used the word "lies" when discussing his talking points. Anderson Cooper has done it, as has Don Lemon. They were both particularly fierce about it, which was nice to see. I get most of my news from CNN, so if the big three broadcast networks are pushing back on Trump's narrative, I wouldn't know. No point even mentioning Fox, for obvious reasons.
SE Cupp has also taken a stand against Trump, which is good since she's a conservative commentator on CNN. Ana Navarro has also taken Trump's narrative to task. Neither of them have been afraid to call him out. In my opinion, they represent the undercurrent of Republicans who are aghast at what Trump is doing and how the GOP has caved to him. Some of the #NeverTrumpers didn't go over to the dark side after the election, unlike Mitt Romney and Ted Cruz.
There's a significant amount of polarization going on within the GOP these days. You've got Trump's true believers, and then you've got the moderate Republicans who want no part of him. I wouldn't be surprised if the party fractures because of Trump. If so, it'd be helpful if it happens before 2020. Splitting the conservative vote would make it a lot harder for Putin to screw with the election, and make it a lot easier for the Democratic nominee to win and get us out of this nightmare.
dlk
(11,569 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Anything he wants to hurt a business with is ok , especially someone he's jealous of, or opposes him, or really is a billionaire. He also claims fake news, when he's doing the opposite again claiming the truth is fake, and his propaganda is real. The opposite of the truth, that's all he ever does is make phony claims , and lies, a lot . Con man using his position and twitter to promote propaganda with over and over again. The media needs to stop repeating his propaganda talking points every day. Stop showing is tweets, and giving him any airtime. That is what's wrong, the media repeat his lies and propaganda which is helping him use it against us.
nature-lover
(1,469 posts)Also, the media must quit giving Rudy any air time. He is out there to keep this outrageous behavior in the limelight.
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)FarPoint
(12,409 posts)We must emphasize this to the new media who continue to help tRump spead his gaslighting falsehood shit
Zambero
(8,964 posts)as always, go after the media messenger. Also off-the-chart hilarious that he would encourage WAPO employees to go on strike to secure higher wages so they could be better compensated for cranking out "fake news".
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)dawnie51
(959 posts)at a furious pace. The venality and aggression is mounting daily, even hourly, and I fear something really bad is going to happen, because this guy is completely crazy and without any morality at all. Those is close proximity to him (WH, etc.) have to be terrified.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)it would rid us of Fake News.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)You guys may not realize this, but anyone can tweet right back to Cheeto whenever he posts these ridiculous rants - and they do! I've found so many great memes on the Cheeto Twitter threads and today is no different.
Here are a few examples that I found lower down on this thread: (in no particular order, because they're all pretty great)
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)Remember that the German Nazis called their gas chambers showers.
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)for about a week and see how the economy goes, and your bull shit of being a traitor, would you call out the national guard, asshole..........................FUCK YOU
call out a strike....................you asshole, don't belong to a union, except a consortium of traitors..and that includes your republican congress.......................you bet your sweet ass asshole if it was democrat that is doing the shit your doing, there would be articles and indictments........................so FUCK You and your strike -----------------your whats called a strike breaker asshole...............a dangerous one at that,your record in Nevada speaks for itself..................
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough..................
riversedge
(70,242 posts)dhill926
(16,343 posts)have your nervous breakdown and disappear.....asshole...
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)And this is ridiculous on its face. I used to be a Union steward at the Post, and this fight happens all the time. Strikes are rare; the last one was in 1975. Trump is simply trying to shut down the free press; he's not even trying to hide it.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)... and of course he'd love it if WaPo stopped publishing for awhile... like for the next 2.8 years.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Should strike against you, and stop all buying, all anything until you leave office. Targeting CONservative companies , and anyone who supported you . That's what should happen.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)I back the employees, regardless of how shitler states he feels.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)1. WAPO should go on strike for better pay and benefits (and because Bozo's is an ass)
2. Faux Spews should shutter to save us from fake news
I know he didn't mean faux, but still...