Stelter: As I Expected, Karoline Leavitt Blamed the Media for Inciting the WHCD Shooter

STELTER: “— was exactly the kind of incendiary blame-the-media response that I expected we would hear from the Trump Administration right after the shooting incident. Blaming the opposing party and blaming the media that were sitting in the room for the actions of a would-be assassin. The press secretary said the criticism of the president is inspiring crazy people to ‘commit violence’ because of those words, and it has to stop. And she has every right to make that argument. She has every right to make that argument, but it’s not in the spirit of the First Amendment. And if the Trump Administration tries to use its power to silence people, to try to enforce her point, and shut down criticism, that’s when the First Amendment alarms would start to ring.”

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Stelter: As I Expected, Karoline Leavitt Blamed the Media for Inciting the WHCD Shooter‘She had every right to make that argument, but it’s not in the spirit of the First Amendment’News & PoliticsTRANSCRIPT:STELTER: “— was exactly the kind of incendiary blame-the-media response that I expected we would hear from the Trump Administration right after the shooting incident. Blaming the opposing party and blaming the media that were sitting in the room for the actions of a would-be assassin. The press secretary said the criticism of the president is inspiring crazy people to ‘commit violence’ because of those words, and it has to stop. And she has every right to make that argument. She has every right to make that argument, but it’s not in the spirit of the First Amendment. And if the Trump Administration tries to use its power to silence people, to try to enforce her point, and shut down criticism, that’s when the First Amendment alarms would start to ring.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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