Trump says he'll report NBC's Kristen Welker to the FCC
Trump is now threatening to report NBC’s Kristen Welker to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment” because she said his endorsements have had “mixed results.” He then calls on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to “take this Threat to our Country very seriously.” Truly psychotic and anti-American.
Moody Starbuck48And 30% of Americans still think this dude is doing great and close to 50% would still vote for him over any democrat.. I feel like THAT'S still the main issue here
Pete Arethas26Our coward in chief always threatens women and the GOP Senators remain silent. This threat to a female journalist (and to the 1st Amendment) would be news for weeks and likely impeachable if another president said it. But for the current president we hear silence.
ned4477.bsky.social23Hello Congress. It is way past time for you to take action. Hence, every one of you is complicit. Expect my vote to reflect this.
Bert18Darline Graham didn't "run" - wasnt she gifted her brothers seat??
Middlerage14he's INSANE & epically unpopular for many reasons bsky.app/profile/midd...
Angry BryanInMo. 💥🤬💥13I'm so sick of this motherfucker I almost want to puke every morning when I wake up and realise who "runs" the country(into the ground).
Parker Molloy198The sad thing is that this is what they do to Welker, who kisses this administration's ass. There's just nothing short of full-on partisan propaganda that Trump will accept.
Daniel Gilmore37The most nakedly insecure little pissbaby in existence
Grudgie the Whale20Free speech is under assault by a deranged fascist. God forbid anyone state this clearly.
Maj11How anyone finds him to be a pillar of white masculinity as he bitches, pisses & moans about everything is astounding. But when you remember his base bitches, pisses & moans about everything? Might be that they find a kindred spirit in him...
The Bi of Hormuz4Seems worth remembering that Disney/ABC is actively suing the FCC for pretextual, politically motivated regulatory actions, and one of the most damning exhibits is Trump's own posts instructing Carr. NBC/Universal lawyers have marked this down as a key exhibit.
Aisha K. Staggers2But there are people he endorsed who lost, so..."mixed results, no?!"
Dan Immergluck2“Rebuke or Punishment” I think I remember a bad early 80s punk band with that name.
Trump: "Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has 'mixed results' on Endorsements... Bc of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to FCC for rebuke or punishment... I hope Brendan Carr takes this Threat to our Country very seriously."
Mrs. Betty Bowers238I honestly didn’t think Donald Trump could get more thin-skinned and deranged. I was incorrect.
Jax (the original)113One question. Why isn’t this mthrfkr in jail? On top of his 34 felonies, he continues to break the law daily.
Dimlan49Is Google-owned YouTube TV going to change the listings title to "Meet the Fake Press" now?
Diedrich Bader41Insert eyes and ears Orwell quote here
Timani Tunduwani31Life comes at you fast... bsky.app/profile/keit...
Tammy E 🦋24I'm so sick of all of it. Our country is a joke. We have a clown running our country and no one who should care does.
David Waldman24I knew he’d lie about his endorsement record. That was a given. I didn’t guess that he’d launch investigations into people who didn’t agree to also lie about it. He’s getting worse every minute.
Jay Nordlinger9Down the generations, politicians have at least paid lip service to our constitutional rights -- to the American project altogether. Here, Trump and his movement depart.
Michael Stahlke7I’m very glad that publications such as The Atlantic continue to be focused on the threat to free speech posed by undergraduates booing commencement speakers
Kristen Lopez4I think we’ve officially entered Alice in Wonderland territory.
casbo4Welker being a fascist lickspittle for years still resulting in her being attacked like this should be a lesson for the press but it absolutely will not be.
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly4I don't know why some anyone would be focused on this when there are real, honest-to-good sophomores at some random liberal arts college saying things that are woke.
Clark Valentine2Democratic legislators need to announce “We will soon be in power, so we advise Brendan Carr to choose his next actions very carefully.”
Your Friend Temporary Southerner2It’s September on Tuesday. The midterms are in less than 60 days by Friday.
StephMac2Meanwhile Mark Carney has the highest approval rating in Canadian history….
“Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for ‘rebuke or punishment’, after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates.” I remember when this would be unthinkable
Geddy Flea39@nbcnews.com - you have to fight back. This nut cannot be appeased and he’s really good at losing in court.
cmgiovann.bsky.social21She was simply stating a fact. This mad king nonsense needs to end.
AftershaveDave13Great, last i knew she had a show with an open mic to be able to rebuke that rebuke. Use his own words. Highly effective.
silvibet.bsky.social7If only Ms Welker had known that this day would come in spite of her efforts to always oblige him.
Michael Kohlhaas Syndrom6it's loser shit -- makes Trump look petty and weak
Maya the Cat Girl6Where's Elon Musk, the "free speech absolutist"?
Kevin M. Kruse1019We're deep into Mad King territory here and yet there will still be people on the Sunday shows today pretending that the president isn't a mentally deranged despot
Greg Pak76He’s a miserable fascist and the biggest loser on the planet and anyone at the FCC who does his bidding must be held accountable when this regime falls.
Darin Self40Trump is trying to go full Putin But its important to remember that he is a losing loser and only gets things when people don't fight back.
Michael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD18Trump has been the most impactful and transformative President we've had since FDR and it's not even close (derogatory)
Trump is getting more explicit about weaponizing the FCC. This morning he said Kristen Welker will be "reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment" for saying something he didn't like about his endorsement record. (That's not a thing. By law, the FCC can't punish Welker.) And that's not all...
Brian Stelter79This morning Trump also said "THE FAKE POLLS USED BY OUR CROOKED MEDIA ARE OUT OF CONTROL, AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT. FCC TO THE RESCUE!" The FCC has limited power, and that's by design. But Brendan Carr has obviously been responsive to Trump's posts in the past...
Michael 19I'm not a Kristen Welker fan, but Trump attacking MTP is an attack on the press & free speech. Trump knows if he says something insane, the press will jump all over it. So STOP REPORTING HIS BULLSHIT. If Trump is not in the news every day, maybe he'll explode & it will all be over.
Vince Angeloni10And Todd Blanch expects us to believe this kind of presidential influence will totally never happen with the DOJ. 🙄
purplepolitics1.bsky.social9This must be a galvanizing moment to ensure democrats, independents, and traditional republicans vote in a blue wave to check this assault on American democracy. As much as I would love to debate how far left Dems should be, this is not the election for that. Focus on saving the country.
PatriotBoy20255Trump is spiraling into the abyss, and he will do or say anything to make voters look the other way. He loses the midterms, his political power will be reduced to feeble,worthless attempts to control us with Executive Orders.
gunderson4.bsky.social2The main objective of these shows is to let Republicans politicians lie with a veneer of legitimacy. If Trump can’t take the mildest of rebukes maybe MTP & the other Sunday morning shows should just pack it up and we can get infomercials instead.
Joe Walsh113The fascist in chief didn’t like what a journalist said about him so he’s ordering the government to “punish” that journalist. Not the first time he’s done this. He’s the most anti-free speech, anti-free press president we’ve ever had. Thread.👇
Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸6Trump belongs in prison. Actually, he should have been in prison in 2021.
The Massachusetts Spy2Coming up next in all media: We demand that every Democrat running for office condemn some Twitch guy in words we will provide to them.
Here’s NBC’s Kristen Welker yukking it up with Trump ethnic cleansing czar Stephen Miller at last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This morning, Trump urged his FCC chairman to investigate Welker and give her "rebuke or punishment" for saying he had “mixed results” in his endorsements.
Mark Jacob91Sucking up to fascists only makes the fascists demand that you suck up more. Here's Trump's post today calling on his authoritarian FCC chairman Brendan Carr to investigate NBC's Kristen Welker.
Kiki1Kristen Welker yukked it up with Stephen Miller at the WHCD, only for Donald Trump to demand the FCC punish her weeks later. Access journalism won't save you from authoritarians who hate a free press. When corporate media treats the U.S. democracy's decline as business as usual, they fail everyone.
Patrick McCann1@kristenwelker.bsky.social When you dance with the devil…
Josey Wales fella1Pretty soon Brenden carr will be chasing down people for looking at the president the wrong way.
"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to punish reporters for accurately reporting the news" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Wondering where one can find "rebuke" or "punishment" in the laws establishing the FCC. Meanwhile, Roberts is working to invent a doctrine to give Trump what he wants.
FunnyFeminist2Can you imagine if Joe Biden said anyth — ugh never mind 🙄
Texas Krusty2Yet the media will absolutely NOT have the freakout they had when Obama kicked Fox out for one day.
Trump says (not does) Welker will be (hasn't been) Reported to (someone will say words) FCC (which hasn't done anything about this and doesn't control individual reporters) The threat itself is authoritarian, censorious, 1A-violating, and bad. But don't grant it more power than it actually has.
Monde Boeuf1If Welker deserves anything, it's shame for her record of giving Trump fellators an oversized platform and little pushback.
cobbdouglas.bsky.social1But Welker always likes to bias towards capitulating to Trump. So yeah FCC isn’t going to formally do anything, but Trump will effectively get what he wants in more favorable commentary.
Trump calling on the FCC to "punish" Kristen Welker. (That's not a thing.)
Helen Kennedy48Trump is watching tv this morning and throwing a big angry tantrum, demanding his flunkies stop those mean people saying things he doesn't like. What else is presidential power for? bsky.app/profile/elio...
Mike Bloom2I know we say this a bunch, but he's getting noticeably worse
Feathered Stone1Are we sure it’s Trump? I think Natalie‘s up and very mad.🤭
Donald Trump claims he's referring NBC's Kristen Welker to the FCC "for rebuke or punishment" because she reported the president has mixed results with endorsed candidates. (Networks aren't licensed by the FCC and agency policy prohibits it from refereeing editorial content disputes.)
Rudely Van Gelder2It's becoming increasingly difficult to tell who writes these ranting, raging missives. I think it's most likely a group effort - some kind of West Wing writers room knocking back Four Lokos and seeing just how much further down they can drag the boss's approval ratings via his Temu Twitter account.
Allan Schlosser1Further evidence, if any were needed, of the damage Trump toady Carr has done to the FCC's regulatory independence.
I'm not a Kristen Welker fan, but Trump attacking MTP is an attack on the press & free speech. Trump knows if he says something insane, the press will jump all over it. So STOP REPORTING HIS BULLSHIT. If Trump is not in the news every day, maybe he'll explode & it will all be over.
Moodyblues19734He believes he the almighty king and all should bow to his maniacal whims.
Some Random Dave2The problem is not that they're reporting what he said. The problem is that they're presenting it as "this is a perfectly normal thing that a perfectly normal person said", and not touching on the dishonesty, bad faith, or dementia.