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Why Is The Mic So Low At WH Pressers (Original Post) Me. May 2020 OP
So Trump can pretend ... NanceGreggs May 2020 #1
Good One Me. May 2020 #6
My first thought too. KentuckyWoman May 2020 #9
To make him look taller, probably. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2
So their covid particles fall down MissB May 2020 #3
It's a power trip thing. GoCubsGo May 2020 #4
So if anyone decides to throw a shoe the mic stands won't block the shot! abqtommy May 2020 #5
++++++++++++++!! 2naSalit May 2020 #11
Great Answers Everyone Me. May 2020 #7
He will do anything to demean members of the press. Grasswire2 May 2020 #8
It's probably a little uncomfortable for them to have to stay bent Totally Tunsie May 2020 #10

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
1. So Trump can pretend ...
Tue May 26, 2020, 11:13 PM
May 2020

... people are bowing to him as they speak?

Sounds crazy, right? But he IS crazy, so ...

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
4. It's a power trip thing.
Tue May 26, 2020, 11:19 PM
May 2020

People have to bend over to speak into it. Makes it seem like they're bowing to him.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
8. He will do anything to demean members of the press.
Tue May 26, 2020, 11:35 PM
May 2020

Think about how he (until virus) has made the press scream over helicopter noise nearly every day.

Here's the problem. Some decades ago, the White House Correspondents Association ceded credentialing authority for WH press to the politicos of the press office itself. MISTAKE. Reporters covering Congress have access codified in Senate rules. WH reporters have no such protection.

Now we see a WH that abuses our watchdog free press as no other WH has done. It's maddening.

Doesn't help that the current president of the Correspondents Association, ABC's Jonathan Karl, has a long relationship with Trump and is played like an abused wife.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
10. It's probably a little uncomfortable for them to have to stay bent
Tue May 26, 2020, 11:45 PM
May 2020

to ask long questions. It's Chump's way of minimizing them.

Plus, he's probably hoping some sweet new reporter will make the mistake of wearing a wide-necked or low cut blouse, and he'll get a quick thrill.

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