Posted on 09/30/2019 6:39:11 PM PDT by ransomnote
Economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman suggested Friday evening that “thousands of journalists” will end up imprisoned because of the administration or President Donald Trump goes to jail.
A formal impeachment inquiry was launched Tuesday after news that Trump had asked Ukrainian officials to look into Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter regarding business dealings in the country. The transcript of this phone call was held in a special computer system for sensitive calls, according to the NYT.
The White House restricted access to other phone calls between Trump and foreign leaders, CNN reported Friday evening. Following this news, Krugman tweeted that there seemed to be “two possible outcomes.”
“Trump and a number of others end up in jail, or thousands of journalists end up in prison camps,” Krugman, a Nobel Prize winner, suggested.
Starting to look like two possible outcomes: Trump and a number of others end up in jail, or thousands of journalists end up in prison camps https://t.co/I9DpBQFwtm
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 27, 2019
Krugman did not follow up his tweet with reasons as to how “thousands of journalists” would become imprisoned if Trump doesn’t spend time behind bars.
Turkey, China and Egypt are responsible for more than half of all jailed journalists, a 2018 Forbes article reported. The report is based on data collected from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which noted that zero journalists were jailed in the U.S.
Trump spoke on the phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, CNN host Erin Burnett said Friday on “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
“We have learned of more Trump phone calls that the White House tried to keep secret,” she said. “CNN learning this hour the White House also tried to limit access to President Trump’s conversations with two controversial dictators.”
She added that this news could back up the whistleblower’s complaint, which was released to the public Thursday and alleged that presidential transcripts were placed more than once into a “codeword-level system.”
Krugman wrote an opinion piece Thursday titled “Impeaching Trump Is Good for the Economy.” He suggested impeachment “will slow down the administration’s war on competence,” adding that “the Nixon administration was a paragon of good government” compared to the Trump administration.
LOL! Sounds like Ukraine pipeline is closed.
Bitches
I’d much rather see them cease their personal carbon emissions... In keeping with their climate concerns, of course.
Only thousands?
Just thousands, I was hoping for most of them. If they have ever been guilty of broadcasting or printing fake news about trump they should be sued into living under a bridge poverty.
We don’t have “any” journalists. They are all propagandists. And the propagandists deserve to be in jail.
We’re hoping Paul Krugman, that you are imprisoned for aiding democrats in an attempted coup. You and all your corrupt media friends.
There is precedent, y’know. I believe Lincoln was locking them up as spies. And I think he was this || close to locking up the Chief Justice. Yeah, and half the country wanted to impeach him (Lincoln) too. Some worse than others. But despite all the controversy, I think the country did fairly well—up to now.
Krugman just accused thousands of journalists of being criminals who belong in prison.
Whodathunkit.
I agree. I think he is not capable of telling the truth.
I prefer helicopter rides over prison camps for the lugenpresse myself.
If Trump were a fascist we would have had our own “Night of the Long Knives”by now.
...and the problem is?????
It could happen if they are exposed as part of a massive treasonous conspiracy.
If that is the case then they should all be shot instead.
Anderson Cooper in an orange jump suit
Same feeling here. That is what needs to happen for what they’ve done.
And for good reason
I will help build the concentration camps for them. Then when they all die, deny it happened.
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