As national media worry about tone of Trump rallies, three GOP lawmakers receive death threats

[Care4all]

Covering it, only encourages it, imo....

The President however, (if a tiger could only change its stripes), could try to bring the Nation together.... but as said,

that does not serve his own personal political agenda....

The president is trying to do just that, but scum like you fight it tooth and nail.

sure he is....

 

[BookShaka]

Covering it, only encourages it, imo....

The President however, (if a tiger could only change its stripes), could try to bring the Nation together.... but as said,

that does not serve his own personal political agenda....

You really think Trump’s opposition would welcome him into their good graces if he made an honest attempt to “bring the country together”? LOL I don’t think so. The media divides us more than anything, making their stance on Trump clear and basically telling their viewers what to think and feel (which isn’t their job in the slightest).

The night Trump won, Rachel Maddow told her viewers something similar to, “If you’ve just tuned in, no you’re not sleeping and having a nightmare, and no, you haven’t died and gone to hell.” Do you think that’s okay for her to say? To the anti-Trumpers, anyone who questions the negative reporting on him (from people who have made it their mission to destroy him by any means necessary) are considered idiots hiding from the truth.

Really? I value the truth and that’s why I find it so difficult to trust the media (Fox News and right-wing sites included).

Take a look at a days-worth of headlines with the name “Trump” and then tell me he’s the one doing the dividing. We need to be looking at ourselves too—really look in the mirror and ask ourselves if our words and actions are those of a uniter or a divider.

 

[Hellokitty]

Covering it, only encourages it, imo....

The President however, (if a tiger could only change its stripes), could try to bring the Nation together.... but as said,

that does not serve his own personal political agenda....

The left can't even stand together as One Nation for the flag.

 

[Care4all]

Covering it, only encourages it, imo....

The President however, (if a tiger could only change its stripes), could try to bring the Nation together.... but as said,

that does not serve his own personal political agenda....

The left can't even stand together as One Nation for the flag.

That's only if you are silly enough to believe the bull crud that the kneeling had to do with the Flag....

 

[dave p]

Obama’s ambassador to Russia also received death threats that weren’t reported by the media either.

It happens a lot.

Scalise has already been shot, that wasn't enough for you?

As was the lesbian guard who saved him.....why is it you forget that.

Because lesbianism is not an essential component of her bravery.

And yet...if rightwingers had had their way, she would be fired for it.....or, if she had died, her wife would get no compensation. It is a totally essential component.

Hey drama queen. She wouldn’t be fired for it.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You can be forgiven for thinking the biggest story this week is President Trump's ongoing war with the national press. After all, the press covered it that way themselves, didn't they?

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. dedicated outsized coverage this week to reporting that journalists feel unsafe and threatened at Trump rallies. A good deal of coverage has also gone to reporting that members of the press feel marginalized and disrespected at the daily White House press briefing.

But as national media worried this week that Trump's rhetoric might lead to something worse, a much bigger story went mostly unnoticed.

Police arrested two men in connection to death threats made against three Republicans members of Congress.

Law enforcement officers arrested Carlos Bayon of Grand Island, N.Y., Wednesday after they connected him to threatening voicemails made to Republican Reps. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington.

“[W]e are required to treat every single threat as if it’s real,” said Gary Loeffert, special agent in charge of the FBI in Buffalo. “Constitutional protections do not extend to threatening phone calls."

He added that his agents found evidence in Bayon's home suggesting the 63-year-old defendant's phone calls were not idle threats.

Scalise's office reported receiving a threatening voicemail on June 30. Bayon, 63, allegedly threatened retaliation for the White House’s immigration policies. Here’s a transcript of the voicemail via the criminal complaint filed July 31:

Hey listen, this message is for you and the people that sent you there. You are taking ours, we are taking yours. Anytime, anywhere. We know where they are. We are not going to feed them sandwiches, we are going to feed them lead. Make no mistake; you will pay. Ojo por ojo, diente por diente (This is Spanish for “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”). That is our law, and we are the majority. Have a good day.”
Scalise is still recovering from an assassination attempt.

McMorris Rodgers' staff reported receiving the exact same voicemail on June 30.

The second man apprehended by law enforcement is Dereal Finklin of New Jersey. Police arrested him over the weekend in connection to a “credible threat” made against Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.Y., according to the Asbury Park Press.

The details are thin, but we know Finklin, 43, “is a registered Democrat.” We also know that he “was charged with making terroristic threats against the congressman on Saturday.”

Meanwhile, the lion’s share of news coverage since July 27 has gone to discussing the White House’s ongoing fights with media, according to data compiled by TVEyes:

It shouldn’t be surprising that Trump vs. the media has been the lead story all week (and it has been). It's obvious that there’s nothing the national press loves more than talking about the national press. But that doesn’t mean we have to like it, or that we should trust their news judgment on how important it is, especially when there are so many more important stories and trends to cover.
As national media worry about tone of Trump rallies, three GOP lawmakers receive death threats — Washington Examiner

And death threats in America, a country where plenty of people die every day, isn't really news, now is it?

Trump fucking everything up for everyone, threatening half the country, that's news.

Sorry if you have a problem with perspective.

 

[DOTR]

As well they should worry. The media elites have lost control of the narrative and their base of nitwits matters less and less. Trump didn’t make them the enemy of the people. He just exposed them.

 

[Hellokitty]

Covering it, only encourages it, imo....

The President however, (if a tiger could only change its stripes), could try to bring the Nation together.... but as said,

that does not serve his own personal political agenda....

The left can't even stand together as One Nation for the flag.

That's only if you are silly enough to believe the bull crud that the kneeling had to do with the Flag....

The National Anthem takes 2 maybe 3 minutes, so yes the kneeling has to do with the flag or else the players kneeling would do so at a different time. By kneeling during the NA they are promoting divisiveness during one of the few things that has always brought people together in support of the country.

 

[BookShaka]

You can be forgiven for thinking the biggest story this week is President Trump's ongoing war with the national press. After all, the press covered it that way themselves, didn't they?

CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. dedicated outsized coverage this week to reporting that journalists feel unsafe and threatened at Trump rallies. A good deal of coverage has also gone to reporting that members of the press feel marginalized and disrespected at the daily White House press briefing.

But as national media worried this week that Trump's rhetoric might lead to something worse, a much bigger story went mostly unnoticed.

Police arrested two men in connection to death threats made against three Republicans members of Congress.

Law enforcement officers arrested Carlos Bayon of Grand Island, N.Y., Wednesday after they connected him to threatening voicemails made to Republican Reps. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington.

“[W]e are required to treat every single threat as if it’s real,” said Gary Loeffert, special agent in charge of the FBI in Buffalo. “Constitutional protections do not extend to threatening phone calls."

He added that his agents found evidence in Bayon's home suggesting the 63-year-old defendant's phone calls were not idle threats.

Scalise's office reported receiving a threatening voicemail on June 30. Bayon, 63, allegedly threatened retaliation for the White House’s immigration policies. Here’s a transcript of the voicemail via the criminal complaint filed July 31:

Hey listen, this message is for you and the people that sent you there. You are taking ours, we are taking yours. Anytime, anywhere. We know where they are. We are not going to feed them sandwiches, we are going to feed them lead. Make no mistake; you will pay. Ojo por ojo, diente por diente (This is Spanish for “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”). That is our law, and we are the majority. Have a good day.”
Scalise is still recovering from an assassination attempt.

McMorris Rodgers' staff reported receiving the exact same voicemail on June 30.

The second man apprehended by law enforcement is Dereal Finklin of New Jersey. Police arrested him over the weekend in connection to a “credible threat” made against Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.Y., according to the Asbury Park Press.

The details are thin, but we know Finklin, 43, “is a registered Democrat.” We also know that he “was charged with making terroristic threats against the congressman on Saturday.”

Meanwhile, the lion’s share of news coverage since July 27 has gone to discussing the White House’s ongoing fights with media, according to data compiled by TVEyes:

It shouldn’t be surprising that Trump vs. the media has been the lead story all week (and it has been). It's obvious that there’s nothing the national press loves more than talking about the national press. But that doesn’t mean we have to like it, or that we should trust their news judgment on how important it is, especially when there are so many more important stories and trends to cover.
As national media worry about tone of Trump rallies, three GOP lawmakers receive death threats — Washington Examiner

And death threats in America, a country where plenty of people die every day, isn't really news, now is it?

Trump fucking everything up for everyone, threatening half the country, that's news.

Sorry if you have a problem with perspective.

Threatening half the country LOL and how has your life dramatically changed since Trump took office? I’m assuming there has been major negative changes since he’s “fucking everything up for everyone.”