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If the press were not fake and if it was honest, the press would have said what i said was very nice. Wait a minute. Im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. The press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control. The public doesnt believe you people anymore. Now, maybe i had something to do with that, i dont know. As you know i have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. The media. In other words, the fake news. Any me...

Going to cripple his side. steve: lets talk about the other side. on the other side you have the republicans, jeff flake technically is one of the republican senators from arizona although he did write the anti-trump book and he is not running for re-elections because his poll numbers have tanked. yesterday, he had a speech on the floor of the u.s. senate. only a couple democrats were in attendance, mr. speaker, listen to this. here is he where he compares the current president of the united sta...

Attacking our commander-in-chief yet again. the outgoing arizona lawmaker comparing donald trumps attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the soviet dictator joseph stalin. >> a testament to the condition of our democracy our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesnt suit him fake news it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press. >> republican national committee ch...

Morning, mccains colleague jeff flake criticized the president for using a term associated with the former soviet dictator joseph stalin. lets watch. >> the enemy of the people was how the president of the united states called the free press in 2017. it is a tes tament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. this alone should be the source of great shame for us and this body. especially for those of us in the...

Fake news. its just fake. its fake. its made-up stuff. >> some people find this amusing, but today some members of the presidents own party are saying its dangerous and enough is enough. earlier today, listen here. republican senator jeff flake, whos an outspoken critic of the president, went to the senate floor to voice his frustrations, arguing that trumps rhetoric, repeatedly calling the media, quote, the enemy of the american people, in the senators view echoes phrases used by joseph stalin....

Inauguration day, other gop senators feel the way flake and mccain do and arent as willing to say it publicly. the speech were about to see partly directed as his fellow gop senators trying to convert them. its also an important moment because flake is trying to get people to focus on what the impact is of the daily drip drip drip of trumps poisonous words about the media. heres a part we didncan put on screen, it was shared ahead of time, when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that ...

Body. especially for those of us in the presidents party for they are shameful, repulsive statements and of course the president has it precisely backward. despotism is the enemy of the people. a free press is the despots enemy which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesnt suit him fake news it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press. i dare say that anyone who has had the privilege and awesome res...