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His pastor growing up was dr. norman vince ent peel. he thinks that by the words that he says, being reshape reality. this is a war over reality. by demonizing the press, hes trying to tell his followers, what i say is the reality, not what you see with your own eyes. >> karine when you hear that, were looking at the very basic reasons, justification and rationale that united states always upheld as the principles that the country was founded on. we know they didnt always live up to those princi...

Terrible job. scapegoating the press happens. richard nixon tried it in his first year. he unleashed spiro agnew. agnew gets driven out of office. its not a good strategy. the great presidents learn to live with the press and even like them. reagan, many liberal reporters didnt like the press ended up personally liking him. they were able to tolerate him. what hes doing by demonizing the press is nixonian and it doesnt really score real well in the history books. >> the big question now about --...

John mccain and lindsey graham right now are the people in vont of that proverbial tank saying hey, stop, there is something important here. and i think that when they -- when john mccain comes out and says dictators get started by demonizing the press, thats a very, very important red flag for all of us showing what he might do. i think the issue is not just what republicans said they can bring around, i was with a progressive u.s. senator new to the senate who was talking about john mccain and...