Posted on 07/03/2017 11:08:49 AM PDT by ForYourChildren
"Republican representative @Scotttaylorva says media overreacts to Trump provocations: https://t.co/Tbz9JRyuvO "
— New Day (@NewDay) July 3, 2017
Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.) told CNN early Monday that the media is “getting played” by covering President Trump’s tweets.
The congressman said the media needs to cover "real issues" instead of Trump's tweets when asked on CNN’s "New Day" about whether Trump should have tweeted out a video of himself attacking the news network on Sunday.
Trump tweeted a video of himself beating up a figure with the CNN logo superimposed over their face, receiving major backlash from lawmakers and journalists.
The video was sourced from an appearance Trump made at WWE's Wrestlemania in 2007.
“I think you guys are getting played, man,” Taylor said. “I think every time he does this you guys overreact — and by you guys I mean the media in general — and you play right into his hands.”
Taylor said Trump is able to use CNN’s negative coverage of himself to score political points.
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LOL
CNN and the msm can’t help themselves.
So, we are going to continue to enjoy ourselves laughing at the #FAKEAMERICANS.
GO TRUMP GO!
WINNING!!
shutup, idiot. jeeze.
Don’t tell them!!!!
Suckers!
Oh and CNN thanks for helping get Trump elected! I appreciate your efforts to keep his message at the top of the news stream.
It does not matter whether you tell them or not.
They will respond and lash out. The media is the Snake.
Even when they are told to their face they can’t help themselves.
The Ministry of Propaganda is losing and they know it.
The more they struggle, the lower they sink into the quicksand of their own making.
“The more they struggle, the lower they sink into the quicksand of their own making.”
That is exactly what this is like.
CNN - Collusion News Network is going to lose bigly.
I think they’ll get it, eventually.
It’s why Reddit and 4chan love Trump.
He’s the biggest troll of the left they’ve ever seen, and they absolutely love it. I love it.
Cavuto must have asked every guest if they agreed with him that it was over the top.
What a clueless clown.
Trump has been rope a doping the MSM since he announced and they keep falling for it every time.
The average IQ Of the MSM has to be below 100
They are getting played. Meanwhile, under the radar, Trump is making real progress against the swamp. It’s a brilliant misdirection play.
Don’t underestimate the enemy. They are not stupid.
Yes they are. The left is made up of a few smart dedicated and nepharious people and a whole lot of useful idiots.... Who they can whip into a frenzy to further their aims
They are misguided ideologues, not stupid.
Disagree. There are a few very smart, motivated and nepharious folks who pull the strings... And a whole lot of what Lenin recognized as useful fools.
I you live in a world view where up is down and left is right, you are not intelligent, you are a fool.
He could attack every single night. He sees “funny” tweets, images, and videos every day that he can use to his favor (according to people around him). He also sees attacks from social media and new media many times a day that he can respond to.
He only tweets/says something “outrageous” occasionally even though he could do it multiple times a day. And it almost always seems to work out in his favor.
Does that sound sound like the thin-skinned, egomaniac with psych problems that his opponents claim? Or someone who understands social and traditional media and uses both to his advantage? Seems pretty clear to me (after seeing a dozen examples) but “journalists” don’t accept there’s any chance that his tweets could be smart & deliberate rather than psychotic knee-jerk reactions.
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