The Hill reports:
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Monday compared President Trump’s attacks on the media to a dictatorship, asking whether Trump has any understanding of the importance of a free press. “Pretty much every president before this one has understood that the media is absolutely essential to our liberty,” Himes said on CNN’s “New Day.” “Dictators attack the media.”
Himes linked Trump’s video to “the outrageous decisive quasi-violent NRA video,” expressing concern about calls to violence in American society. “I sometimes sit back and say, ‘My god, where is this country going, does it have any leadership that has any idea what the real meaning of freedom and liberty is?’ ” he said.
Rep @jahimes on Trump’s CNN tweet: “Dictators attack the media” https://t.co/9nCYBCBxF3 https://t.co/rgeBCrYKfW
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