CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Wednesday fired back at President Trump for accusing the “fake media” of mistreating ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn.
“The media, of course, did not fire Gen. Flynn. President Trump did. What the media did do, was reveal to the nation that Gen. Flynn had lied to the country and to the Trump team,” Tapper said during his program. Trump on Wednesday defended the former official, stating that the media treated Flynn “very unfairly.”
“I think he’s been treated very, very unfairly by the media — as I call it, the fake media, in many cases,” Trump said during his joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I think it’s really a sad thing he was treated so badly.”
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During his program, Tapper also went after Trump’s tweet that accused the media of spreading “conspiracy theories” about Russia.
The CNN host then proceeded to show clips of Trump’s previous remarks about Ted Cruz’s father and President Obama’s birth certificate.
“Those are conspiracy theories. These are facts, as established by former and current national security and intelligence officials,” Tapper said.
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Jake Tapper fires back at Trump: "Fake media" didn't fire Flynn, you did https://t.co/gWhUWDhsXm pic.twitter.com/oNuHwZj0zB
— The Hill (@thehill) February 16, 2017
Well Tapper is right on that one. If Trump thought that Flynn was being so badly mistreated why did he fire him?
And it’s about time someone called Trump on his using Fake News when it suited him. He’s a hypocrite.
Russian meddled – fake news!
General Flynn lied – fake news!
VP wasn’t informed – fake news!
But you fired Flynn – fa … leaks! pic.twitter.com/w0L3FeEyZm— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 16, 2017
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