April Ryan is done with Donald Trump and Sarah Huckabee Sanders' attacks on the press. After the dustup with Jim Acosta during Wednesday's White House press briefing, she joined CNN's Brooke Baldwin to let them all have it.
Ryan reminded viewers that Trump has "been the biggest leader when it comes to railing against the press," especially "when it comes to fake news."
"He's issued 'Fakeies,' if you will, those fake awards. It's not a good look, it's not a good situation," she continued.
She then reminded Trump that he took an oath to defend the constitution, but Trump has "gone against that" when he attacks the press.
Reminder: Trump told James Comey that reporters ought to be tossed in jail. "They spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend and they're ready to talk," he told Comey.
"We are not yes men. That's the issue so many people want us to fall in line to say, yes, we are not saying yes, we are not saying no," she continued. "We're asking pertinent questions that maybe this administration may not like."
After enumerating the issues before them, which include uncomfortable subjects like the fact that Trump is not just under investigation by Congress but also the Special Counsel, and the pesky fact that his personal attorney's offices were just raided, she asked, "What is wrong with asking these questions?"
"This has been going on for a long time. and unfortunately, you know, this morning I got a call from one of the journalists who has been under attack as well as myself who said over on Fox News they were railing against the Variety article talking about the fact that we are getting death threats."
April Ryan began receiving death threats after she asked Trump if he would step down just after Cohen's office was raided.
"And why are we getting death threats?," she continued. "Because the words are going out into the atmosphere that we are less than human, that we're doing some kind of job that's not legal, legitimate!"
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/04/we-are-getting-death-threats-april-ryan