BUNKERED DOWN
“So I looked, and going back to the first day he saw this video, he has addressed the absolutely horrific video of George Floyd,” she asserted.
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‘PASSION’
“He said, look, he was trying to de-escalate, he didn’t want violence, he’s trying to stop the violence that took place overnight.”
RIVAL COVERAGE
“Police are saying the crew was asked to move and they refused, CNN is denying that,” anchor Sandra Smith said on Friday.
JUST DON’T
The Fox News host suggested Trump understood black pain over police brutality because he dealt with an “out-of-control FBI” during the Russia investigation.
‘I UNDERSTAND THE ANGER’
“No one wants to hear from the man who wanted the death penalty to come back for the Central Park Five.”
SYCOPHANT
“Couldn’t President Trump’s attorneys immediately depose Joe Scarborough?”
‘I AM ENTITLED’
“So why is it OK for you to do it?” Ed Henry asked the press secretary on Thursday.
‘DEFENDING SOCIETY’
Carlson was singing a far different tune during armed anti-lockdown protests, declaring that “we’re allowed to disagree with what our leaders do however we like.”
‘HAVING FUN’
Limbaugh claimed that the president was peddling false accusations because he wants to agitate “holier-than-thou journalists.”
‘JUST STOP’
While the president continues to push a debunked murder conspiracy about an MSNBC host, despite pleas from a dead woman’s family, some Republicans have gone after Trump.
