As Twitchy has reported, President Trump’s recent comments during which he referred to MS-13 gang members in the U.S. illegally as “animals” sparked an avalanche of out-of-context reports and hyperventilating congressional Democrats making it sound as if Trump directed the comment toward all “undocumented immigrants.” Bethany Mandel offered this warning to a disingenuous liberal media:
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/997066403235627008
CNBC journalist John Harwood did acknowledge that the president was specifically referencing MS-13 gang members, but still slammed Trump for using that language:
however repugnant their actions, MS-13 gang members are human beings IMHO
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 17, 2018
There it is — more media “firefighting”!
oh cool we're actually going to do this pic.twitter.com/Hgxb964weN
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) May 17, 2018
The media sure can pick the strangest hills to defend.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/997068903149748224
Hey, if the lefty media wants to actually fight that battle, who are we to stop them?
To paraphrase Churchill, if Trump insulted the Devil many journalists would make at least a favorable reference to him in their Twitter feeds. https://t.co/7PgMCMoQl8
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 17, 2018
Remember, @Reince & @seanspicer thought this guy should moderate a GOP debate.
— The Meturgeman (@DraftRyan2016) May 17, 2018
I'm willing to have this debate. I actually think Harwood is right.
But people like Harwood PURPOSEFULLY SKEWED THE FACTS…and thus, we can't have this debate honestly. Now, we get to debate if the media is made up of partisan hacks.
Again…this entire thing HELPS TRUMP. https://t.co/eQRCEAcsuE
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) May 17, 2018
So…Your hot take is that Trump was NOT referring to their repugnant actions? But you're a Democrat activist posing as a journalist. So what if I suggested to you that maybe MS-13 gangsters "identify" as animals, biology not withstanding. You'd have to accept their claim, right? https://t.co/ncyRAbVLx2
— Moira ☘️ ن (@Moira1987) May 17, 2018
good luck running on that platform dems https://t.co/61F1iTNNoL
— Ken Smithmier (@SouthTradr) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/katiepack/status/997116772921806848
These idiots are actually doubling down on their stance today. Mind blowing. https://t.co/iVTxIcUiNZ
— Deebs ????? (@DeebsFLA) May 17, 2018
Maybe calling MS13 “animals” was like NYDN calling Ivanka a ghoul. Pretty sure he didn’t mean it literally. pic.twitter.com/kcJqsNvtgs
— Scott (@croncrete) May 17, 2018
Is this why NO DEMOCRATS stood during the SOTU when @realDonaldTrump recognized the parents of Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens who were killed by those MS13 “human beings”?
— Rill-Liberty (@ThAlMeArCrEq) May 17, 2018
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