Pence: Trump administration has 'defended the freedom of the press on the world stage'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BRETT SAMUELS - 11/15/18 09:35 AM EST

Vice President Pence on Thursday insisted the Trump administration has defended the freedom of the press globally, and dismissed equivocation between the White House's decision to revoke CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass and his criticism of Myanmar's leader over its jailing of two journalists.

"This administration has stood strong for a free and independent press and defended the freedom of the press on a world stage," Pence told reporters in Singapore, where he's attending an international summit.

"There's no comparison whatsoever between disagreements over decorum at the White House and the imprisonment of the two reporters in Myanmar," he added, according to ABC News.

Pence on Wednesday confronted Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi about the country's treatment of Rohingya Muslims, and over its imprisonment of two Reuters journalists. During a one-on-one meeting, the vice president called the arrest and jailing of two Reuters journalists last year "deeply troubling," and emphasized the importance of a "free and independent press."

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[Maeve]

1. No words...just emojis

[rzemanfl]

2. Fuck you Pence, you Bible thumping Nazi. n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. Do as we say, not as we do.

[Demonaut]

4. what he's saying is "we didn't arrest Jim Acosta"

[mpcamb]

5. Add this to the stack of reasons Pence should attain the presidency.

He's a lying shit-sack.

[blugbox]

6. This is why Pence is much much more dangerous

He supposedly has the reputation of a "bible thumper" but those are straight lies coming out of that mouth.

They weren't "disagreements over decorum"... the WH used forged video as evidence to revoke his pass!

[peekaloo]

7. He's so white you can see right through him.

Baby Jebus laughed.

[chowder66]

8. Propaganda Pence. nt

[Nitram]

9. Hogwash! Pence is lecturing Burma on press freedom while the President terms the press "the enemy

of the people." These people don't have a moral leg to stand on.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Yeah, they really condemned Saudi Arabia for murder.