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Surrogate, he had this to say. >> my first reaction is the same as any of president's tweets. there's many cable shows that reach to viewers and they are not always fair to the president. i'm proud of the president for developing a twitter and social platform where he can talk direct try to the american people. he's the most genuine president and nonpolitician president we've seen in my lifetime and demonstrated whatever the contents with that particular tweet is or any tweet he's demonstrated an ability to talk to the people. >> is that the kind of communication you want that he's beating up ...

Slams. [inaudible] but cnn said they see this as a threat. they said it's a sad day when president trump encourages violence against reporters. sarah huckabee sanders said he had never done so. a top official who deals with threats all the time does not think this wwe clip qualifies as one. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. i think he is the not been away on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to and he does that regularly. >> more than 220,000 people have retweeted the posting from this morning. >> is there any evidence that speech like this is derailing

Push forward on the gop health care plan, but rather ramp up the attack on the media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we will not let them. >> reporter: president trump escalating his ongoing war against the press. tweeting out this doctored video of himself pummeling a man with an edited cnn logo over his face. the video drawing sharp widespread condemnation. >> incitement to violence. >> it is very disturbing. there is nothing light hearted about it whatsoever. >> we need to protect freedom of the press. there is a responsibility on the part of everyone including the presiden...

Don't think we want him to stop tweeting, but i am very confident that the vast supermajority of republican members of congress would like him to stop tweeting. >> if you're secretary of homeland security, the timing could have been better yesterday. apparently he was shown that video in the green room while he was waiting to go on a sunday show and of course he gets asked about it. take a look. >> i want to ask you, is that the kind of communication that you want that he's beating up on sn somebody? >> i think that no one perceives that as a threat, i hope they don't. but he is beat up in a w...

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 didn't go too far. >> i think no one would perceive that as a threat. i think he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> reporter: more members of trump's party are sounding the alarm about his toxic tone toward the press. ...