Posted on 08/26/2017 9:29:15 AM PDT by John Semmens
Assorted media spokespersons have pointed the finger of blame at President Trump for incidents of violence that have endangered members of their profession in various locations since he became president. Jim VandeHei, founder of the news website Axios, asserted that Trump is directly "putting reporters at real risk of retribution or violence." New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg wondered "how long before someone is seriously hurt, or worse?" Jeffrey Toobin, a writer for the New Yorker warned "Someone is going to do something awful to a journalist."
Well, someone is doing some awful things to journalists, but it is mostly not Trump supporters. The lion's share of the violence has come from leftists protesting Trump. Nonetheless, the media still insist Trump is at fault because, as Rutenberg maintained, "these protests wouldn't be happening if Trump hadn't stolen the election from Secretary Clinton. There might have been some anti-Clinton demonstrations, but it is unlikely that the kind of behavior we have seen from the Antifa movement—masked men throwing rocks and bottles, brandishing cudgels, and smashing property would have been so prevalent."
"We have to ask ourselves whether the civil disruption that has emerged in the wake of Trump's victory isn't sufficient reason to reverse the election results via more peaceful mechanisms," Toobin suggested. "Removing Trump through impeachment or the 25th Amendment may be necessary if we are to dampen down the kind of street violence that threatens the domestic tranquility our Constitution was established to ensure."
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