Page 38 - False Equivalency News Today

Media and you would have seen hundreds of people in ohio, and the democratic, at this election night gathering, turn around and clap for the media. we see a president that goes after the courts. that goes after the judicial system. a president that says, as the votes were counted, that something has been wrong with the elections. he criticizes the elections that way. so dont play this false equivalency, because a former secretary of state like me said that about this election, which clearly is a...

The country, you have seen the voter suppression all over the country and you end with the secretary of state of georgia should have recused himself from running that election, as a former resident, former president jimmy carter said he should. and clearly he did everything he could to put his thumb on the scale, and won that election. quote-unquote, won that election. by only about a point. >> i guess i would ask this. couldnt you bring up all of those issues, lay all of that out, without using...

These steps -- he actually worked to oppose and fight about 50,000 of the registrations that were legitimate and stacey abrams had to go to court and win them back. this isnt just about whether she would have actually been the victor at the outcome. its that at every step of the way, and explicitly, directly, we can point to the court battles and struggle, since 2013 he has used his position to essentially create his path. and that itself is an illegitimacy and theres evidence e. the false equiv...

Thing, this was not a blue wave. oh, my gosh, this is awful. even i was so -- i was really upset by some of the people who were on our own network saying oh, my gosh. yes, this is a wave. both parties got something out of it, but people keep falling for the okey doke and people are afraid to call him out. even us in the news media were afraid to call him out because we have this whole fake pretense that we have to -- everything has to be -- we have to be objective in the sense of false equivalen...

Supporters will point and say oh, what about obamas growth. if youre in a hole and you have to dig yourself out of it, of course your level of growth is not going to be as high as the person who inherited a fantastic economy. look at the last two years of the obama presidency as far as job creation. created more jobs than trump did in the first two years of his administration, but everybody keeps falling for that, and same thing, this was not a blue wave. oh, my gosh, this is awful. even i was s...

Assassination attempt against them, two former presidents of the united states. every one of those people was a target of donald trumps, and this man, a fanatic, was radicalized by fox news, by talk radio, by a right wing propaganda machine that is as sophisticated as it has turned deadly. >> how do you -- we end up in these situations sometimes, this false equivalency, its hard to get your arms around the political equivalency. you spent a career in republican politics. how do you communicate a...

What trump is doing is stoking and inciting, for the purposes of political power, the worst amongst us to take action in his name. we have a situation where, but by the grace of god, the largest assassination attempt against them, two former presidents of the united states. every one of those people was a target of donald trumps, and this man, a fanatic, was radicalized by fox news, by talk radio, by a right wing propaganda machine that is as sophisticated as it has turned deadly. >> how do you ...

Infamies of the people and then suddenly pretending that youre concerned about civility. >> can we talk about this debate that crown both sides are guilty of fomenting this division. do you think this is false equivalency? >> yes, i do think its a false equivalency. ive been critical of democrats on some things. i dont think it makes sense for progressives to hound officials in restaurants. i dont think we need hillary clinton saying we nedont need civility. you cant speak about these in the sam...

Same thing with websites, with clicks and tweets. i agree with everything that weve said so far today. the only thing i would add is tomorrow it could be shawn hannity whos targeted or a republican congressman whos targeted. and while i agree with the condemnation of what fox has done in terms of ginning up this anger over the caravan, i think this is much more widespread problem. i think all the cable networks engage in fostering this anger and toxic environment. and thats sort of where i would...

House and the senate to restore sanity to this country, to restore hope for this country. >> well, i mean, first off, with all due respect to the former senator, that will not restore sanity in this country. >> i dont agree with you, sir. i dont agree with you. >> thats fine. but the democrats can take back the house. but just like when barack obama thought that this would break the fever, this is not going to break the fever. the establishment of this country, we all know who they are, they sit...