Cancel Fox News. Team Trump Says Liars Shouldn’t Be on TV.
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When it comes to hot-button topics like abortion and climate change, the Trump campaign decree is deeply hypocritical.
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President Trump’s 2020 campaign arm sent a memo to major news networks Monday, calling on them to consider dropping prominent Democrats as guests for “lying to the American people” about the Mueller investigation.
The letter targeted Democrats like Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and DNC Chairman Tom Perez, and argued that networks should consider if their previous “outrageous and unsupported” claims merited further appearances.
