Rand Paul: Trump's Just 'Expressing His Opinion,' I'm Not Seeing Any Efforts to 'Limit the Press'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite



by Josh Feldman | 10:15 am, February 19th, 2017

Senator Rand Paul reacted to President Trump‘s tweet about the press being the “enemy” today by saying he’s not too concerned so long as there’s no legislation in the works to “limit the press.”

ABC’s Jon Karl asked him if he has concerns about the tweet. Paul said it’s certainly not something he would have said, but he does agree that there’s serious media bias issues out there.

Karl brought up John McCain saying yesterday that attacking and cracking down on the press is how dictatorships start.

Paul took some shots at McCain on foreign policy before saying, “I haven’t seen any legislation coming forward that wants to limit the press. I see President Trump expressing his opinion, rather forceful in his own distinct way, but I see no evidence that anybody is putting forward any kind of legislation to limit the press.”

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rand-paul-trumps-just-expressing-his-opinion-im-not-seeing-any-efforts-to-limit-the-press/

[Corgigal]

1. I'm moving to Kentucky

For about a year. Yep, will make sure I can vote. Will be a happy day.

Then if I'm lucky, up to Northern California.

[Norbert9]

3. Utah sounds nice too

[C_U_L8R]

2. When you call someone a liar

You need facts to back you up.
It is not opinion.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Rand Paul is an obedient toady. He's normalizing the treasonous. Good boy, Randy.

You're lining up behind the coup.

[Blue Idaho]

5. About what you expect from a guy

Named after Ayn Rand...

[turbinetree]

6. He Rand Paul, you are a libertarian republican fascist, and trying to "normalize" a sexual predator

and what he says about the press is dangerous and you are a jerk, I could come up with better adjectives, but you really are a jerk.

It is truly amazing how your "party" is trying there damnedest to normalize" this authoritarian despot wannabe, sexual predator as being legitimate, not happening there are more of us, than your deplorable ilk, and we are coming

[Wounded Bear]

7. Guess he didn't hear about Junior trying to strongarm CNN....

[Marthe48]

8. Another anti-American Russian sympathizer

enjoy your train ride, Randy, because the bridge is out up ahead.

[2naSalit]

9. ...yet. nt

[benld74]

10. Rand Paul another toady on govt teat

[dalton99a]

11. It's party over liberty.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Hey pretending-to-be-clueless Paul: It's called the "bully pulpit", not for nothing. . . . . nt

[riversedge]

13. oh for christs sake. Stupid comment from a Repug!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. So is this all the press is going to focus on for the next four years?

Seriously what is Trump going to do to them? Send in the National Guard to shut 'em down? Yeah, right.

Because if they were REALLY Trump's enemy, they'd be going after him relentlessly on his corruption, on Russia, on how he's going to screw/let Republicans screw schools, teachers, government employees, ACA, Medicare, and SS recipients, the environment... etc., etc., etc.! But no, they're endlessly whining about Trump not liking THEM -- after all they did to enable him, too! -- when all these other issues need front and center attention!

[LisaL]

15. They were the first he was going to come for.

Yet they endlessly build him up during the election, provided him with tons of free airtime, and blabbered on and on about Hillary's emails.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

16. And now their widdle feewings are hurt! Whine whine whine! Instead of

doing their real job!

[WinkyDink]

24. What? Has nothing to do with "feelings"---except for those of the WHINY WIDDLE BEE-YOTCH TRUMP.

If you think the media are ignoring the Russian Connection, you would be wrong.

And THAT is their job.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

25. They don't care about Russia as much as they care that Trump dissed them. It's the only issue where

they're not doing a he said/she said.

[WinkyDink]

23. Why? Are you CONCERNED? Don't worry; there will be Bills of Impeachment eventually to change the

topic.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. Who's going to bring the Bills of Impeachment? Republican majority Congress?

In your dreams.

[SCVDem]

17. Stove, Pot of Water and a Frog

The burner is lit but Rand insists everything is fine.

He wants us to wait until it's too late to do anything.

Watch the FCC and net neutrality.

[Blue Owl]

19. Which Miller says will not be questioned

n/t

[malthaussen]

20. He has a point.

But experience would seem to show that, as Mr Trump rants, so he orders.

However, it is really only the orders we should worry about. Indeed, it is only the orders we can do anything about.

-- Mal

[WinkyDink]

22. No, he does not. NO POTUS is merely another run-of-the-mill citizen expressing an opinion, unless

it's about something silly like eating broccoli (and even that was a stupid comment by an adult man).

[Thor_MN]

21. Santorum says "Not bound to facts", Paul says "Expressing his opinion"

Thor_MN says "Insane"

[milestogo]

27. I saw Rand Paul this morning and now I think he is a complete idiot.

Before I only thought he was somewhat of an idiot.

[Mz Pip]

28. Okay, fine.

Maybe no one has proposed a bill to curtail the freedom of the press but that doesn't mean we should jyst sit down and not call Trump out for his lunatic opinion.

He's the President and his opinions matter and get massive coverage. If they are bullshit then it's not just our right but our obligation to say so.

[democratisphere]

29. Rand Paul must have adopted belief in alternative facts.

Another republiCON in denial.

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. He said he wants to change the libel laws to make it easier to sue

which Paul conveniently ignores:

Donald Trump suggested in an interview Sunday that America's protections for the press might go too far and that the country's libel and slander laws would be better if they were changed to resemble the United Kingdom's.

The Republican presidential nominee, whose path to the White House has been made more difficult by allegations of sexual misconduct, over which he has repeatedly threatened to sue, made the comments in an interview with a CBS affiliate in Miami after he was asked if there is "too much protection allowed in the First Amendment."

"Well in England they have a system where you can actually sue if someone says something wrong," Trump said. "Our press is allowed to say whatever they want and get away with it. And I think we should go to a system where if they do something wrong -- I'm a big believer, tremendous believer of the freedom of the press, nobody believes it stronger than me -- but if they make terrible, terrible mistakes and those mistakes are made on purpose to injure people, and I'm not just talking about me, I'm talking about anybody else, then yes, I think you should have the ability to sue them."

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/24/media/donald-trump-sue-news-organizations/

[Hekate]

31. Weasel

[CTyankee]

32. Well, Rand, Trump sets the tone. I still blame him...

[lagomorph777]

33. I don't have much interest in anything from the Paul family: Ron, Rand, or Ru.

All say some nutty things.