Memorex wrote:If you think the press has been honest and fair, you are clearly blind. You are missing the whole point of how Trump got elected.
Trump got elected because voter turnout was so low. He did not bring in millions of new voters to the Republican party. Fewer people voted for him than Romney or McCain. And, fewer people voted for Clinton than Obama. If all of these people protesting had actually VOTED, Trump would have lost.
Trump and his Press Sec's response was not about crowd size. It was about the dishonest reporting of crowd size, or whatever as an example of what they will not put up with. If the press doesn't want Trump to discuss crowd size, maybe they should not be making it an issue, which was meant to undermine his win. And yes - I felt the same way when stupid shit would come out re the Obama admin.
You are an idiot.
Show me a report from CNN where they were making an issue of crowd size. It was a fucking TWEET. Crowd size was not part of the news cycle until this statement.
The only person who was making it an issue was Trump, in his own demented mind. So, he orders his press sec. to make this statement that is FULL OF LIES. It was a lie that the crowd was the biggest ever. It was a lie that the white covering had not been used before. It was a lie that there was a large backup of people due to going through detectors to enter the Mall. It is a lie that the "press" was making an issue out of it. Hell, he lied at the CIA saying God stopped it from raining during his speech.
The President is LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE to satisfy his own bloated ego. THAT is the truth.
Here's a perfect example. They keep saying he goes in with the lowest approval rating ever - 40%. I can't even tell you how laughable that is. This is the same media that said Hillary had a 98% chance of winning. That's not an exaggeration.
The media was reporting on what various oddsmakers were saying. They were not making up the statistics themselves - as TRUMP DOES. And, BTW, the polls were right...Clinton 'won' by a couple points...just as the national polls predicted. The swing states all had Trump gaining ground.
That 40% poll is way over-sampled on Dems, etc.
Oh, please, it's the same fucking poll that FF was quoting here when Obama was down. You are denying reality if you believe Trump is entering office with much popularity AT ALL. It should be EXPECTED for the only politician who had higher negatives than Hillary Clinton.
Trump won half the vote
That's a lie, too. He won %46 of the vote to Clinton's %48.
He was VERY FAR AWAY from 'half'...four million votes.
So tell me how his popularity falls. The people that hate him now hated him before the election.
Yep...and a few more. Maybe because people don't like provoking China, or colluding with Russia, or assaulting the intelligence community, or his constant whining about EVERYTHING and not being able to pay attention to his job.
That press conference was something I've been waiting to see for a long time. It was their "elections have consequences" moment. So yes, an absolute breath of fresh air. I hope every time the news is full of shit they call them on it.
It was a not a 'press conference'. It was Trump making a statement to the press and nation via his surrogate. He didn't even have the balls to do it himself, to stand in front of the nation and repeatedly lie.