Good Thursday morning.
Here is what’s on the president’s agenda today:
- The president receives his intelligence briefing
- President Trump delivers remarks on drug pricing at HHS
- The president delivers remarks at a reception commemorating the 35th anniversary of the attack on Beirut Barracks
- President Trump hosts a roundtable with supporters
- The president delivers remarks at a dinner with supporters
Bombs Away!
Yesterday, a series of bomb-like objects dominated the news cycle. Earlier in the weak, it was reported that George Soros received a bomb, or some contraption designed to look like a scary device/bomb. Yesterday we learned that similar “bombs” were sent to the Clintons, Eric Holder, the Obamas, Maxine Waters, John Brenan [sic] at a network he doesn’t work for, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office.
Two things drive the news cycle: when the media can make itself the story (CHECK!) and when the media can use the news to beat up on President Trump (CHECK!). Yesterday was a jackpot.
The story, as you could well predict, is that President Trump has caused these “bombs” to be sent because of his violent political rhetoric. This is absolute garbage. Trump has never encouraged violence against the media or violence against his adversaries, he just makes fun of them, gives them silly nicknames and/or tweets mean things. On the other hand, characters like Eric Holder, Maxine Waters and Hillary Clinton have all recently, yes RECENTLY, made comments green-lighting some degree of political violence. Holder wants to kick us when we go “low,” Waters wants people to publicly provoke and harass Trump supporters wherever they may be, and Hillary Clinton just told us there can be no civility with GOPers. The media and the Democrats, or the Democrat leadership, never criticized any of these remarks.
Where was the concern and finger wagging after a Bernie-bro, progressive nutter tried to assassinate Rep. Steve Scalise and GOP elected officials? Or any moral policing following any of the 613 events catalogued by John Nolte?
By the way, here’s a photo of one of the bombs:
This photo obtained by @ABC and confirmed by two law enforcement sources shows the device recovered from @CNN by the NYPD bomb squad. pic.twitter.com/HFzTMSoJXG
— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) October 24, 2018
What is this — what am I looking at? How does it detonate? Why is there a clock/stopwatch on it? Was it set to detonate at a certain time no matter what? Why didn’t any of these bombs actually detonate if they have a timer? I’m skeptical these “bombs” were able to function.
Back to Trump: Calling the press the “enemy of the people” is an opinion not a call to violence. The left and the media want to shut down free speech because they don’t want Trump or Republicans calling them on their biases and political positions. It’s that simple. Senator Rubio nails it:
Yes words matter. Because freedom of speech allows us to air & settle our disagreements & grievances using words INSTEAD of violence. The 1st Amendment protects press freedom,but it doesn’t bestow immunity from criticism. Criticism & calling people to violence are not the same. https://t.co/MFS48bRg75
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 24, 2018
That’s right “it doesn’t bestow immunity from criticism. Criticism & calling people to violence are not the same.” This is what the Democrats and the left want you to think, that criticism and violence are the same thing. But only for one side of the political divide, because they are allowed to call their political adversaries any and all names and sit back and watch Antifa terrorize people. Gimme a break.
Related:
OF COURSE THEY DO. Democratic Leaders Reject Trump’s Call For Unity After Bomb Scare
Trump: ‘Do you see how nice I am behaving tonight?’
Eh, it won’t matter Trump tries nicer tone after bomb threats
Report: Pipe Bombs Sent To High-Profile Democrats And CNN Contained Powder, Glass Shards
Pipe Bomb and Powder Delivered to CNN Were Harmless
Sarah Sanders Rips CNN’s Zucker For Saying The WH ‘Should Understand Their Words Matter’
New York Times Publishes Piece That Fantasizes About Trump’s Assassination
Cruz blames Waters, Booker for ‘actively encouraging’ political divide
Historical picture of the day:
U.S. Marine Crop Commandant, Gen. Paul Kelly, listens as U.S. Marine commander in Beirut, Oct. 25, 1983 Colonel Timothy Geraghty explains what happened. Kelly spent 45 minutes at the Marine base at Beirut Airport. Kelly, center, was accompanied by U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Reginald Bartholomew, left. (AP Photo/Bill Foley)
Your Daily WTF:
Other morsels:
Seems important: Chinese, Russian spies are listening in on Trump’s iPhone calls: report
CIA director set to brief Trump on Khashoggi as President fumes
FDA Approves ‘Novel’ Single-Dose Flu Drug — The First Of Its Kind In 20 Years
Mueller link seen in mystery grand jury appeal
School chief pleads guilty to pooping under high school bleachers
Georgia NAACP files complaints alleging voting irregularities in Abrams-Kemp race for governor
Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza’s belongings ordered to be made public
Delta Air Lines grounds plastic straws, stirrers
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!
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