Posted on 12/21/2017 7:02:03 AM PST by Kaslin
Some media pundits have been determined not to let President Trump and the GOP gloat over their successful votes Tuesday and early Wednesday morning on tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has passed both chambers and is now on its way to Trump's desk.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is ecstatic, considering he has worked on tax reform since he was a baby-faced politician.
For every middle-income family that knows what it's like to try to make ends meet and for every hardworking taxpayer who has ever spent hours trying to navigate complicated IRS forms, this vote in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is for you. https://t.co/JvEYtB3msN— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) December 20, 2017
Ryan's excitement is shared by Trump, who commended Republicans for their effort.
I would like to congratulate @SenateMajLdr on having done a fantastic job both strategically & politically on the passing in the Senate of the MASSIVE TAX CUT & Reform Bill. I could have not asked for a better or more talented partner. Our team will go onto many more VICTORIES!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2017
Not so fast, according to "TODAY" show anchor Savannah Guthrie, who asked Speaker Ryan if he was living in a "fantasy" in which American workers would truly benefit from the GOP plan. Still, he seemed unfazed.
MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell also tried to rain on the parade. On his show Tuesday night, O'Donnell spent three minutes explaining why basically everyone at the White House is a liar.
Trump is "the worst liar in the history of the American presidency," O'Donnell said, for suggesting he and his wealthy friends do not benefit from the GOP tax bill.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is his "daily backup liar" for lying to the press about his tax returns, O'Donnell continued. Sanders told reporters this week that Trump has not released his returns because he is currently being audited.
"An audit doesn’t prohibit you from releasing your return," O’Donnell said. "Every president’s tax return is automatically audited every year."
To protect his viewers from Donald Trump and his "supporting cast of liars," O'Donnell said he would only show video of Huckabee Sanders's briefings, not the audio.
"It would be a disservice for me to burden you with the actual sound of her lying."
I will tell you what to think and just show you video of her, muted.
There... see? Lying! Those are lies. What she says isn’t important, just listen to me.
Right there... This - THIS is no longer analysis or even commentary - this is just outright entertainment championed as “news”. Some would even call it.. propaganda.
TDS, Beautiful!
The tears of liberals are delicious.
We should do what Rush does, which is refuse to even discuss MSNBC. Nothing they do or say will surprise us. It’s just not newsworthy.
He’s nut, Jim.
Ain’t they though?
It’s way past time for Trump to go Pinochet on these ankle-biting a$$holes.
I guess he has a point. Obama was a much better (and more frequent) liar than is Trump.
And Bill Clinton was a world class liar. Probably the best ever liar that sat in the Oval office.
Compared to those two; Trump is an embarrassment to the US. But you have to cut Trump some slack in the liar department; he is an inexperienced politician. Those two were seasoned pros.
Too much hammering for him to take.
Lawrence O'Donnell (D) Refuses to Play Audio of Sanders's White House Briefing
They are Democrat activists posing as journalists.
He’s right; Trump said he was going to cut two regulations for every new one, but he cutting 22 twenty-two for every new one. LIAR!!!
The only news I’d care to read about Lawrence O’Donnell is his demise.
I agree, IMO we give far too much attention to the libs and their media. We should actually take a page from their playbook and black them out as much as possible. Not just msnbc either.
Journalism is dead.
This is pure propaganda.
Soon they’ll be telling stories about Trump eating a can of pork and beans he stole from a homeless guy on a grate in DC one night.................
It is my considered opinion that o’Donald is psychotic dilutional and a danger to himself and I am afraid to others. What we see is an insane intensity of hatred which is baseless and formed in fantasy. As the president imerges as crushing his opposition and standing out as one of the greatest presidents in history, O’Donald will lose his sanity completely and will need help in getting through his daily routine and even going to the restroom.
Liberals are ass hats.
Hey, lib turd - I suggest you show your paltry 100 viewers the video and audio of your profanity-laced rant, popularly known as “STOP THE HAMMERING!” ... You know, the one where you go berserk, live on air, thinking nobody is seeing your tirade?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3441QFnjGJI
and this one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nvyQbZszUk
The thing I like most about Lawrence O’Donnell is his absence.
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