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>> theres an important distinction to draw between bad stories or crappy coverage and 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 experiment, and you dont get to separate the freedoms that are in there. >> weaponizing distrust. for more reaction, caitlyn collins is traveling with the president at his new jersey golf club. >> reporter: democratic members of congress have wasted no time at...

The right citizens have to complain about that and try 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. hes really pointing out what is a pattern here. its not just about cnn or msnbc or attacking "the times" or the "washington post." its about questioning the accuracy of the cbo, questioning, really, the loyalty even republicans who criticize him undermining anyone wh...

Separate the freedoms there are in there there are five freedoms, religion, speech, assembly and protest. you dont have religious without assembly, you dont have speech without press. we all need to celebrate all five of those freedoms, thats because how this country work. we debate about big and important things and we come together around the first amendment which is an affirmation of independence. we think government is just our shared tool to secure those rights that we have by nature. we ne...

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...

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...