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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Mitt Romney slams Trump’s attack on Fake News; defends CNN

Washington Times November 2, 2018, 115 comments

Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney penned a blog post Thursday criticizing President Trump for routinely labeling the so-called “fake news” media the “enemy of the people.”
Mr. Romney, in a post titled, “The Free Press, a Pillar of Democracy,” emphasized the “vital role played by professional news organizations” in an era when people are being constantly influenced by “propaganda from a campaign, from a political party, or even from a foreign adversary.”
“America is indebted as a democratic nation to the free press for truths it has uncovered, for truth it has disseminated, and for falsehoods it has repudiated,” the former presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor wrote.

He highlighted two tweets by the president that attacked left-leaning news networks, particularly CNN, for spreading “false information”: ........To Read More.....

My Take - You need to read the comments.  It's my conviction after today Romney's RINO political career is over. Harry Truman was criticized for not running his campaign like a Republican.....what ever that may have meant in that day.  Harry's reply was if the public had a choice between a Republican and a Republican they would choose a Republican every time.  The converse is also true.  If Utah has a choice between a Democrat and a Democrat - they'll choose a Democrat. 

Update:  Oh Well!  Prediction is really hard.  Especially about the future.  RK

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