Donald Trump Says "No" to the First Amendment

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In a preview of what would likely happen if Trump found his way to the Oval Office, he decided to ban The Washington Post from attending his campaign events by revoking their press credentials.

This is what Trump posted on his Facebook feed about his decision:


Donald Trump seems to run into this problem on a daily basis. Everything he says is "taken out of context," or is "misinterpreted." Imagine the number of international scandals and mishaps during a Trump presidency with his habit of terrible communication.

He'd probably insult the wife of some foreign leader one day and whine that he was actually giving her a compliment the next. Then he'd complain about some traditional food dish in another country and then retract his comments the next day and try to feign an allergy. He'd finish up the week with a racist statement about some other nation's leader and then get mad that people didn't appreciate his "joke."

Trump's daily statements about people and news publications misinterpreting his speeches sound like "whine, whine, whine," and it happens so damn often. In fact, Donald Trump believes whining is the best way to win.


The banning of The Washington Post isn't the first action Trump has taken against a publisher with which he disagreed. According to an article by liberal publication Mother Jones, Trump's campaign has already banned several publications from obtaining press credentials to his events:

"Trump's campaign hasn't confirmed the existence of a list of banned publications. But the list has, at times, included the National Review, the Des Moines Register, Univision, BuzzFeed, the Daily Beast, Fusion, the Huffington Post, and Mother Jones. Rather than targeting specific reporters, the Trump campaign appears to decree blanket bans on publications that have published negative coverage of the Republican candidate."

Would Trump act this way with the press room in Washington at The White House? Would he ban publications that dared critique his decisions as president? Would he threaten anyone who dared publish negative commentary about his spray tan, bouffant coif, and tiny hands?

The entire Briefing Room at The White House would probably be filled with rows and rows of Brietbart reporters and Fox News journalists.

Trump has also suggested stripping journalists of their rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution with a threat to change the libel laws. The change would allow The Donald to sue people with greater frequency whenever he thought someone said something mean about him or "misinterpreted" one of his misogynistic, fascist, racist, and infantile remarks.

An article by Trump's apparent enemy, The Washington Post, suggested that it would be almost impossible for Trump to actually rescind our First Amendment rights.

"It's hard to imagine any serious debate about an attempt to alter libel laws, however; such an effort would clearly exceed Trump's — or any president's — authority." 

Trump's threat is a perfect example of how he would abuse the office of the president and use the position to further his whiny, sniveling, personal agenda. He has zero interest in anyone but himself, and believing otherwise is folly. The race for the president is a big, fat joke to Donald Trump, and he's in it to make fools of everyone who votes for him.

He's not even entertaining like a train wreck that you can't tear your eyes away from...

...but you know what is entertaining? The West Wing and the glorious Allison Janney, AKA C.J. Cregg. No matter your position on politics, this is a much better story about the rescinding of press credentials:


Enjoy!