“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” The current occupant is deeply, deeply disturbed. If he were in a care facility, his family would be getting a call right now.
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The story has made it to The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The Times headline:
President Calls Democratic Lawmakers “Traitors” Over Video to MilitaryThe call for the death penalty appears in the first paragraph.
The Post headline:
Trump: Democrats “traitors” for telling military not to follow unlawful ordersThe subhead:
The president said lawmakers who appeared in a video committed “seditious behavior” and should be arrested and put on trial for treason.The Post doesn’t mention the call for the death penalty until the tenth paragraph of the article’s twenty paragraphs.
For contrast, consider the Guardian headline:
Democrats condemn Trump after he says they should be punished ‘by death’ over video postAnd the subhead:
Trump called group of lawmakers ‘traitors’ over an X video of them urging military members to refuse illegal ordersWho’s doing the best job of reporting this news?
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I guess they have decided in advance not to obey in advance.
I hope next time we get a populist leader the media will decide in advance not to sane wash and not to have a double standard.
Let's see how widely reported these death threats will be. My guess: not very.
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