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Trump threatens SNL with federal investigation for mocking him
EW ^ | March 17, 2019

Posted on 03/17/2019 10:41:18 AM PDT by SMGFan

Donald Trump is taking his fixation with Saturday Night Live to a new level.

The President tweeted in the early Sunday morning hours a threat to have the NBC late night comedy series investigated by a federal agency. The offense? Mocking him.

“It’s truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of ‘the other side,'” the president wrote. “Like an advertisement without consequences. Same with Late Night Shows. Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this? There must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia! Such one sided media coverage, most of it Fake News. Hard to believe I won and am winning. Approval Rating 52%, 93% with Republicans. Sorry! #MAGA”

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To: SMGFan

I have been saying this since before the election, the entire Entertainment Industry for the most part


41 posted on 03/17/2019 11:23:57 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eCSMaster

Yes, abso-freakin-lutely.


42 posted on 03/17/2019 11:28:30 AM PDT by Enduro Guy (Always cov fe'fe)
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To: JonPreston
Maybe I’m alone but I hope Trump suspends the constitution, brings General Flynn back into the WH and commences with Pinochet helicopter rides.
Yes. You are alone...
43 posted on 03/17/2019 11:30:21 AM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: JonPreston

One small correction, please...………….Trump isn’t a conservative wimp, he’s a fighter.


44 posted on 03/17/2019 11:30:44 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: usconservative
"Will the FEC investigate? What about the IRS - were any laws broken here? "

That will be useless. Democrat moles already control those departments. Remember Lois Lerner?

45 posted on 03/17/2019 11:31:29 AM PDT by blam
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To: Mollypitcher1
Trump isn’t a conservative wimp, he’s a fighter.

Yes, thank you.

46 posted on 03/17/2019 11:32:10 AM PDT by JonPreston (If you think we're treated badly now wait untill we're disarmed.)
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To: SMGFan

LOL

Great tweet.

IMHO, SNL’s crime, is not being funny. SNL is boring, self congratulatory, and predictable.

All the late shows, ditto and yes, I miss Johnny Carson.


47 posted on 03/17/2019 11:33:16 AM PDT by Chgogal
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To: sargon
Yes. You are alone...

Proud to be separate and apart from the timid among us :)

48 posted on 03/17/2019 11:34:53 AM PDT by JonPreston (If you think we're treated badly now wait untill we're disarmed.)
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To: griswold3
Trump, even if joking, shouldn’t threaten investigations.

The FEC and the FCC are (unfortunately) independent agencies. So how is Trump's comment, even if he wasn't joking, a threat?

49 posted on 03/17/2019 11:38:13 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: RyanM
This is the kind of idiotic thing that Trump says that makes me, generally a supporter of his, shake my head in despair. Mockery of the president is about as protected as political speech can get. What’s his next brilliant idea? Resurrect the Fairness Doctrine?

Read the punch line of the tweet.

Trump is mocking SNL, and how "there must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia!"

50 posted on 03/17/2019 11:46:42 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SMGFan

Trump should merely point out their failing ratings and their terrible comedy.


51 posted on 03/17/2019 11:52:59 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: sargon; JonPreston

He’s not alone. The left are on the war path. They’re completely lawless and in open rebellion. Their last obstacle to complete rule in Amerika is PDJT and they’re making their move.

If PDJT doesn’t go there, us deplorables will have to.


52 posted on 03/17/2019 11:55:37 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: SMGFan

Hahaha.. Let’s see if the Left can take just a fraction of what they dish out!


53 posted on 03/17/2019 11:58:34 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: puppypusher
Just remember that these idiots have a Constitutional right to make fun of you.

I've long held that view, but I've since concluded that once a media outlet clearly becomes a propaganda house organ for a particular political party, then it has forfeited its First Amendment Constitutional protections.

54 posted on 03/17/2019 11:58:47 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: Salvey

Once they join the seditionists, they become enemy.

We have the right to deal with enemy as enemy. Close with and destroy.

We’ve allowed the enemy to convince us otherwise for way too long.


55 posted on 03/17/2019 12:00:03 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: puppypusher; All

Grow up.

For 8 years, FraudCo and his worshippers ruined careers of ANYONE who dared to make fun of our Number 1 domestic enemy in the White House.


56 posted on 03/17/2019 12:08:51 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: eCSMaster

President Trump stands alone in fighting every institution in America that has vowed to destroy him and his family for the longer agenda of fundamentally transforming the nation.


57 posted on 03/17/2019 12:20:51 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: SMGFan

There ought to be a name/charge/crime for all they do to make fun and embarrass the President of the United States... for the whole world to see... and that kind of treatment at home gives them all the green light to disrespect and think poorly of our President and our country for doing such in a brazen way.

It’s been a huge thorn for all the time they’ve been doing it. It’s THEM who are the dumbsquad and no decency or respect in them... they are low on the pole and I can’t stand any of them.... NEVER watch them, but see some of it replayed on fox .. the things I avoid all day, they rehash.

I wish there was some way to sue them for all they have like the lawyers are doing for the guy who was taken thru the mud by the media... make it cost them too much to bash our President! free speech has gotten out of hand and those who abuse it are trying to shut the rest of us up.


58 posted on 03/17/2019 12:22:19 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: SMGFan
What a dishonest headline. The left has the media, we all know that. The question is, does a pro-democrat commercial that is played on a loop deserve FEC examination? I believe it does because it does have a value.
59 posted on 03/17/2019 12:30:06 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SMGFan

He’s wasting his time with such threats, but I know Mr. Trump is not inclined to keep bothersome things left unsaid.
It drove people like Regis Priebus and General Kelly nuts.


60 posted on 03/17/2019 12:35:40 PM PDT by lee martell
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