Sunday, July 12, 2020
WHCA president accuses McEnany of 'denying reality' during press briefings
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany may have resumed regularly scheduled press briefings, but ABC News correspondent Jon Karl argued Saturday that she's not conducting them the right way.
Karl,
who leads the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), penned an
op-ed in which he accused McEnany of giving partisan monologues and
"denying reality" during press briefings.
"The job is to inform
the public: to be an intermediary between the president and a press
corps the public relies on for information ... Denying reality and using
the White House podium for purely political purposes is a violation of
public trust," he wrote in The Washington Post.
He
added: "Briefings under the current press secretary rarely last 30
minutes -- which is short by traditional standards -- but routinely
include opening and closing messages that more closely resemble the
monologues of a partisan political talk show than a public official’s
briefing."
Trump’s refusal to appeal to centrists could make Biden president and give Dems Senate majority
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-trump-race-arnon-mishkin
Former Vice President Joe Biden is getting help in his presidential campaign from a surprising source — President Trump.
Rather
than trying to appeal to centrist voters — moderate Republicans,
independents and moderate Democrats — to widen his base of support, Trump is doubling down on his most extreme positions in an effort to boost turnout by his most fervent supporters in November.
In
addition to posing grave risks to the president’s reelection chances,
this unconventional strategy increases the chances Democrats will
capture majority control of the Senate and expand their majority in the
House of Representatives.
Roger Stone: Critics blast Trump for commuting ex-adviser's jail term
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53373128
Mr Biden's spokesman Bill Russo said Mr Trump could not be shamed and could only be stopped at the ballot box.
"President
Trump has once again abused his power, releasing this commutation on a
Friday night, hoping to yet again avoid scrutiny as he lays waste to the
norms and the values that make our country a shining beacon to the rest
of the world," he said.
House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff condemned Mr Trump's clemency.
"With
this commutation," said the top Democratic lawmaker, "Trump makes clear
that there are two systems of justice in America: one for his criminal
friends, and one for everyone else."
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren said it showed Donald Trump was the most corrupt president in history.
Sen. Mitt Romney Calls Trump's Decision to Commute Roger Stone's Sentence 'Historic Corruption'
https://time.com/5865809/mitt-romney-trump-roger-stone/
On Saturday morning, Utah Sen. Mitt
Romney became the first Congressional Republican so far to speak out
against President Donald Trump’s Friday night decision to commute the
sentence of his longtime associate Roger Stone.
Stone had been sentenced to 40 months in prison for multiple felonies
including lying to Congress and attempting to obstruct the Congressional
investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Jeff Mason on Trump commuting Stone's sentence: 'Bringing this up again may in some ways be positive' for POTUS
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jeff-mason-donald-trump-commuting-roger-stone-sentence
Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason reacted Saturday to President Trump commuting Roger Stone's sentence, saying there will more more "fireworks" regarding the president's actions.
"This
is his Broadway, really, right now of responding to what he thinks was
unfair the entire time related to Robert Mueller's investigation of the
Russia probe and specifically to his friend and confident Roger Stone,"
Mason said on "America's News HQ."
"I
think it is important to remember that Stone was convicted by a jury,
and so in terms of the political risk for the president, this does come
at a time when the president himself has been focusing on a law and
order response to the protests around the country, emphasizing himself
as a law and order president."
Mueller defends Stone prosecution and says 'his conviction stands' in Washington Post op-ed
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/robert-mueller-defends-roger-stone-prosecution/index.html
Former special counsel Robert Mueller, in a very rare move, has written an op-ed for The Washington Post
defending his office's prosecution of Roger Stone and saying he is
still a convicted felon and "rightly so" in light of President Donald
Trump's commutation of Stone.
"Congress
also investigated and sought information from Stone. A jury later
determined he lied repeatedly to members of Congress. He lied about the
identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks. He lied about the existence
of written communications with his intermediary. He lied by denying he
had communicated with the Trump campaign about the timing of WikiLeaks'
releases. He in fact updated senior campaign officials repeatedly about
WikiLeaks. And he tampered with a witness, imploring him to stonewall
Congress," Mueller wrote in the op-ed posted Saturday evening.
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in online forum
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html
Neff worked at Fox News for nearly four years and was Carlson's top writer. Previously, he was a reporter at The Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet that Carlson co-founded. In a recent article in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Neff said, "Anything [Carlson is] reading off the teleprompter, the first draft was written by me." He also acknowledged the show's influence, telling the magazine, "We're very aware that we do have that power to sway the conversation, so we try to use it responsibly."
During the years that Neff wrote for him at Fox, Carlson has hosted one of the most influential shows on cable news. In the last quarter, Carlson had not only the highest-rated program in cable news, but the highest-rated show in the history of cable news. Carlson also counts President Trump among his most loyal viewers. On multiple occasions, the President has tweeted out videos of Carlson's program. Which is to say, the scripts that Neff likely helped write and shape were being shared by the President of the United States.
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