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Discussed. >> thats relevance. >> ad nauseam. right now, you have republican senator ben sasse, this morning was on with jake tapper, who had this response to the tweet from the president today about that image youre seeing in that third box on the screen. lets listen to what ben sasse had to say. >> theres an important distinction to draw between bad stories or crappy coverage and the right that citizens have to argue about that and complain about that. and trying to weaponize distrust. the fir...

Saying, trump is weaponizing distrust. >> i have that sound byte right now. >> theres around important distinction to draw between bad stories or crappy coverage and the right that citizens have to argue about that and complain about that, and trying to weaponize distrust. the first amendment is the beating heart of the american experiment. you dont get to separate the freedoms that are in there. >> weaponizing distrust. >> thats why this matters. cnn happens to be his target. it was the new yor...

With vladimir putin, dealing with north korea, and working on his health care bill, hes involved in juvenile behavior, far below the dignity of his office. we will keep doing our jobs. he this start doing his. health and human services secretary tom price insisting that the presidents tweeting doesnt detract from the health care battle. >> the fact of the matter is he can do more than one thing at a time. >> reporter: but some republicans saying the behavior could have serious consequences. >> p...

We will keep doing our jobs. he should do his. >> the fact of the matter is they can do more than one thing at a time. >> reporter: but some republicans say his behavior could have serious consequences. >> people are begging the president not to do this. he ought to stop doing it. >> theres an important distinction to draw between bad stories or crappy coverage and the right that citizens have to argue about that and complain about that and trying to weaponize distrust. >> reporter: the presiden...

About that and trying to weaponize distrust. the first amendment is the beating heart of the american experiment, and you dont get to separate the freedoms that are in there. >> weaponizing distrust. thats the key quote from ben sasse. the view in many corners of the media world is thats exactly what the president is doing, or at least trying to do. encourage and fire up his fans, his most loyal supporters, to have even less trust of the media. in other words, as sasse said, weaponizing distrust...

Us from going to the white house, but im president and they are not. >> reporter: now one republican accusing the president of trying to weaponize distrust. >> the first amendment is the beating heart of the american experiment, and you dont get to separate the freedoms that are in there. >> reporter: the white house homeland security adviser watching the wrestling video on abcs "this week," coming to the presidents defense. >> youre in charge of homeland security there. that seems like a threat...

Punctuated with a video showing the president attacking a person whose face shows the local media. >> they tried to stop us from going to the white house. but im president and theyre not. >> reporter: the twitter assault of the press comes just days away from a crucial overseas trip where he will meet face to face with russian president vladimir putin, and drastically hes trying to show them how to shuffle through a health care bill. h his lack of major focus on those issues has republicans conc...

The right that citizens have to argue and complain about that, and trying to weaponize distrust. the first amendment is the beating heart of the american amendment, and you cant separate that in there. >> kate collins is stratravelin with the president. >> reporter: democratic members of congress have wasted no time attacking the president after he tweeted a video of himself tackling a man with a cnn logo imposed on his head. house minority leader snowplows, "violence and violent imagery to bull...

Not. >> reporter: trump continued to air his grievances on twitter saying at some point the fake news will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy, success with isis, the border, and so much else. while some say trump overstepped with the wrestling video, white house officials like homeland security advisor insist it didnt go too far. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. i think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> repo...