Posted on 10/30/2016 4:14:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer called out Donald Trump for encouraging hostility toward journalists who cover his rallies.
Blitzer pleaded with Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway for the Republican nominee to take it easier on members of the press.
"They go to all the rallies, they're in this pen, he points to them, he sort of eggs the crowd on to go after them," Blitzer said. "And they're a lot of young journalists there. They're scared sometimes."
"I know them all, I respect them all," Conway began to answer, before Blitzer cut her off.
"He shouldn't be doing that," Blitzer fired back. "Could you talk to him and say to him, 'Mr. Trump, we only have a few days left. These are hardworking young journalists. They deserve some security.'"
Conway attempted to partially shift the blame to journalists themselves, who she said were being overly negative in their coverage of Trump.
"Their Twitter feed is for some of them, we've done an analysis, 85, 90% negative towards Donald Trump," Conway said. "You didn't hear anything good to say? There's nothing good to report that day that you would actually put in your Twitter feed? So I think the responsibility has to go both ways."
Trump supporters have redirected their anger to embedded journalists at his rallies. Some have described unusual levels of hostility they've encountered on the campaign trail.
On "The Situation Room" on Tuesday, Conway said she would relay Blitzer's request to the candidate, who she said was "probably watching right now."
If Trump was, the message fell on deaf ears. About 20 minutes later, at a rally in Tallahassee, Florida, Trump blasted the press once more.
"There is nothing more corrupt than those people," he said to roaring applause. "They are a corrupt group."
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LOL poor Wolfie
Wolfie: please tell Trump to be nice to these “Journalists” who are totally in the tank for Hillary Clinton..please show them some love
Cry, Wolf.
Wolfie is a BETA male....maybe even an Omega male......WUSSY CRY BABY.
I’d double down.
How do Wolf and other traitorous media scum want to be treated by patriotic Americans?
CNN’s “journalists” aren’t there to cover the rallies...they’re there to cover protests and violence. They suck.
Have Wolf Blitzer or his colleagues at CNN mentioned the convicted felon Robert Creamer who helped orchestrate infiltrators and confrontations at Trump rallies, apparently with the knowledge and coordination of the Clinton campaign??
“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as little more than spies, which, in truth, they are. If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting press dispatches from Hell before breakfast.” William Tecumseh Sherman
Journalists??? Doesn’t Wolf Blitzer mean Urinalists?
Where’s that crying dude? “leave journ-o-lists alone! waaaahh.”
Maybe it's time to go into your safe space until the election is over little Wolfie.
Poor little snowflakes. But then, this is only the beginning.
Not some Democratic butt kisser.
Hey Wolf, Trump’s not Mitt. He is not going to lay down 7 curl up in a ball.
If you want to be treated fairly, act fairly yourself. You get what you give.
I have no sympathy for these people
Awww gee, Wolfie just can’t comprehend that Trump hasn’t bowed down, cowered, and licked the boots of the Democrat PR machine... because, you know, that’s what Repubs are SUPPOSED to do!!!! Talk to him, Kellyanne! He’s breaking tradition!
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