Trump continues his dictator-like comments on the media. He can’t even take satire, let alone serious critiques. Sad!
Trump asks a good question: How do television networks get away with criticizing the president without “retribution”?
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 17, 2019
The answer is the 1st Amendment. It’s part of the Constitution. https://t.co/PjONzNIsTz
It's become commonplace enough in the past two years that it no longer gets much notice. But it's worth remembering that no other president in decades publicly threatened "retribution" against a television network because it satirized him.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 17, 2019
Shameful comment by any American president https://t.co/9tpuoPTUkx
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) February 17, 2019
Someone should read and explain the First Amendment to Trump. https://t.co/E65gzBFfJ2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 17, 2019
Enemy of the People was a term “adopted in Nazi Germany — ‘If someone wears the Jewish star, he is an enemy of the people’ — and, perhaps most famously, in the Soviet Union under Stalin, when being labeled enemy of the people amounted to a death sentence.” https://t.co/KG5TcAD7nb https://t.co/jGUw1y8PJ0
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) February 17, 2019
The president calls for "retribution" against a comedy show that makes fun of him. pic.twitter.com/rK48lhQTxd
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 17, 2019
I know it feels like just more of the same, but you must never forget how awful it is. It is a despicable sentiment from the elected head of a democratic government. He brings shame on us all. pic.twitter.com/KKUR4GNuPS
— Tamara Cofman Wittes (@tcwittes) February 17, 2019
You know why the SNL cold open lampooning Trump's emergency declaration was only so-so? Because it was too close to what actually happened.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 17, 2019
A national leader threatening “retribution” against those who practice political satire. What would you say if you saw this in any other country? https://t.co/XjpzDN16Yy
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) February 17, 2019
Don Cheadle wore a Soviet Union hockey jersey with “Trump” and “45” on the back at the end of SNL after hosting. Shade level: Masterful pic.twitter.com/hrDjPRulXy
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) February 17, 2019
Sad! 