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Paul Krugman: If Trump Isn’t Jailed, ‘Thousands Of Journalists’ Will ‘End Up In Prison Camps’I
americatalks.com ^ | September 30, 2019 | Admin

Posted on 09/30/2019 6:39:11 PM PDT by ransomnote

Peak Trump Derangement Syndrome hysteria in full swing among mainstream media

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.

Daily Caller News Foundation


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1 posted on 09/30/2019 6:39:11 PM PDT by ransomnote
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‘Thousands Of Journalists’ Will ‘End Up In Prison Camps’

Well, I can hope.


2 posted on 09/30/2019 6:40:27 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
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To: ransomnote

Oh the hysteria!!!..lol


3 posted on 09/30/2019 6:40:30 PM PDT by TomServo
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Only Paul Krugman should be in handcuffs.

For what he did the country over the Enron scandal, he should have done jail time.


4 posted on 09/30/2019 6:41:03 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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5 posted on 09/30/2019 6:41:09 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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well well well who is first on the list of liars?


6 posted on 09/30/2019 6:41:20 PM PDT by rolling_stone (no justice no peace)
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Krugman’s delusional.
It’s not a new condition.


7 posted on 09/30/2019 6:41:23 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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… or thousands of journalists end up in prison camps

…. where they belong for publishing such lies about honest men ….

8 posted on 09/30/2019 6:41:30 PM PDT by Ken522
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Thousands of journalists are going to have to develop customer service skills or learn to code when their MSM gigs dry up as their outlets go out of business.


9 posted on 09/30/2019 6:44:02 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: ransomnote

I vote for the latter.


10 posted on 09/30/2019 6:44:18 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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11 posted on 09/30/2019 6:45:30 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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Way premature. There is a lot of work to be done before we get to 3-5000 journalists.


12 posted on 09/30/2019 6:45:31 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: ransomnote

Krugman is a fascist lunatic.


13 posted on 09/30/2019 6:45:32 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Don’t tease!


14 posted on 09/30/2019 6:45:40 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!)
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Krugman says that like it’s a bad thing!


15 posted on 09/30/2019 6:45:52 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban liberals, NOT guns.)
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If Trump truly were a fascist, those people would already be in concentration camps.


16 posted on 09/30/2019 6:46:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Paul must have read my tagline.
17 posted on 09/30/2019 6:47:35 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The media needs a major a$$-kicking.)
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To: dynachrome
‘Thousands Of Journalists’ Will ‘End Up In Prison Camps’ Well, I can hope.

lol...my very first thought..

18 posted on 09/30/2019 6:48:48 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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Krugman...the self promoted genius who claimed the internet would die out by 2005.


19 posted on 09/30/2019 6:49:19 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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So Journalists Propagandists are engaging in a criminal conspiracy? Thanx for the tip off Mr. Krugman.
20 posted on 09/30/2019 6:49:20 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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