r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 26d ago
Spotlight On Media Outlets Massie fires back at Trump's response for the media pulling his coverage.
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u/mrflash818 26d ago
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u/__Art__Vandalay__ 25d ago
Too bad it took a loss for him to grow a spine
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u/Mountain_Chip_4374 25d ago
To be fair, he was mouthing off before he lost his primary. That said, almost the entirety of the Republican Party are spineless sycophants kissing up to the MAGA movement so as to minimize the chances of not losing their job. How can they not be embarrassed by their actions?
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u/Zavender 25d ago
It's hilarious because Massie was still voting like 95%+ with Republicans. it was just on what the other 5% was that pissed off Trump enough.
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u/timeless1991 25d ago
It seems like Massie was 100% behind Trump’s campaign promises and backs Trumps promises completely.
You know, lowering prices, no new wars, holding pedophiles accountable, plus all the other run of the mill conservative positions.
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u/To-Far-Away-Times 25d ago
He went against party policy by opposing pedophilia, which cost him his seat.
It’s way harder for a conservative to come out against pedophilia since they’ll lose the support of their leadership.
Massie’s a good guy.
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u/Zealousideal-Area684 25d ago
It’s telling that as soon as Republicans are out, they can’t wait to dump on that party.
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u/mymar101 26d ago
I would like to remind everyone that Massie is still MAGA
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u/hyphenssuck 26d ago
We're at that stage... "Guys we can fix it from within"
Vote blue and get organized. Red team is a lost cause.
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u/iRegretsEverything 26d ago
If it’s not shit candidates. Republicans see red and just vote red even shitty candidates.
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u/Chapoopiedoopiedoooo 25d ago
They could literally disembowel a newborn in front of these cultists and say, "See how I'm doing this? See how EVIL killing a baby is? Now imagine what a democrat will do if you vote for them! It'll be so much worse! " and all the little sheep will be like omg I'm never voting Democrat, it's worse than killing babies
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u/DOAiB 25d ago
Which is why unfortunately you need to vote blue no matter who. Yes vote your heart in the primary but we need to get this county to a point where reasonable decisions are the norm and heck we should have done it last election too but too many people were lazy and bought into single issue voter garbage.
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u/iRegretsEverything 25d ago
This is the problem. This is how trump fucking won. Democrats were like oh Hillary’s corrupt ass is gonna win this, wrong. Oh this time sketch Kamala who hasn’t done shit is definitely gonna win, wrong. Democrats are running on the “anything but republicans” campaign while putting shitty candidate options up. I would vote Tom Massie on any day but you guys are wanting the vote the lesser of two evils.
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u/LikelySoutherner 24d ago
Remember when the blue team was in charge of the DOJ and brought ZERO charges against Trump.... Things will be different this time..... right?
Its this logic between these two colors over the decades is the reason we are in this mess.
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u/Acceptable-Ad8780 25d ago
Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake. Or in this case, fighting amongst themselves.
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u/thephotoman 25d ago
He’s literally the only Republican willing to take a stand against child abuse. But he is still willing to stand with the Republican Party.
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u/porn_sub_lurker 25d ago
He belongs in the Republican party. We don't want him messing our party up with his conservative values. He should be trying to fix his party like he's doing. You don't have to agree with him to respect him.
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u/FafnirSnap_9428 25d ago
Oh we know. But why jump in the middle of a fight between two people you hate and an internal civil war within a disastrous and stupid political party?
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u/mymar101 25d ago
In case anyone stupidly thought he would be a good thing once Trump was gone.
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u/FafnirSnap_9428 25d ago
True. I would hope not. Trump and his ilk have done a great job proving how corrupt and irredeemable politicians truly are.
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u/robinsnest16 24d ago
Just NOT in favor of Trump's idea of making America great again! He was in favor of Trump's promises, but Trump has broken almost every promise and gotten us into an unjustified and unaffordable war. He and others have a right to criticize the moron that broke those promises!
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u/Cheap-Success1578 26d ago
No, he's not. When you fight back against MAGA, that makes you not MAGA.
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u/mymar101 26d ago
Well when he burns you on DEI related culture war stuff don’t complain about it next time
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u/Ayotha 25d ago
"But what myyyyyyyyyyyyy virtue test"
How about you take anyone bothering to take a swing right now.
Since the rest of the country is not
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u/mymar101 25d ago
You and everyone else needs to be reminded he’s little more than MAGA and Trump being gone won’t change that
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u/Ayotha 25d ago
Uh huh. Then stand up so he does not have to.
Country has been awfully quiet besides a couple of safe protests on a couple of weekends
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u/mymar101 25d ago
I’m telling you look at what he does outside of Epstein and Trump . It’s MAGA to the core.
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u/iamthecheese12345678 26d ago
Trump is not aware of anything but money and delaying the Epstein files.
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u/Significant_Ad_8577 26d ago
Man we really need to be more like 1789 France at this point. In fact it’s long overdue
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u/rotorspinner 26d ago
If every Republican spoke out like massie we wouldn’t have a buffoon in the White House problem
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u/CueAnon420 26d ago
Unsurprisingly, ZERO evidence provided.
MAGA seems to have a very hard time with facts and evidence.
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u/RoughSpinach9776 26d ago
And truth, and logic, and empathy, and humanity, and Christianity, and science… I could go on.
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u/RobbieCraigon 26d ago
Remember, Q-TrumpliKKKans, you are required to repeat what your savior-master-hero, Trumpy, has said, so that it becomes, "The Truth!"
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u/Alternative-Dot503 25d ago
Donny is apparently having another liarrhea flare up. The other end is doing overtime as well... 💩
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u/evil_timmy 25d ago
The term Lügenpresse, ‘lying press’, was used by the German National Socialist Party before and during the Third Reich to discredit the news media and to undermine public trust. By 2014, reports of verbal and physical attacks on journalists and news organizations by individuals calling them Lügenpresse, had again become a frequent feature of the public discourse in Germany. While the term ‘fake news’ is used to similar effect and intent in the United States, Lügenpresse is a historically and politically charged expression of distrust in news media on an institutional level.
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 25d ago
Doesn't even need such an explanation. The explanation is that Trump is butthurt because his idea of "Free Press" is a press that says what he wants it to say. And he still didn't manage to get that fully.
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u/According-Insect-992 Just Chill 😎 25d ago
If “fake news” is a meaningful term that draws an actual distinction then we all know that fox “news” would be at the top of that list. Also “news” max and the oan network. All outlets that knowingly and willingly publish and broadcast outright lies, mischaracterizations, and disinformation.
The president doesn’t get to decide what is or is not legitimate news. There are sometimes occasions when a jury is asked to make this determination. Otherwise, there is currently no authority on what is and is not actually news. If such a distinction is to be made the last person or people who should be entrusted with that decision are the very people the press is tasked with covering. Our elected leaders. They are arguably the people who should have the least say over what the press publishes. The constitution says enough on this topic that we don’t need elected officials chiming in every five minutes. Especially not during a time, like this one, when an entire political party is completely devoted to gaslighting the public on just about anything and everything.
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u/Worth_Piece_4165 25d ago
Even if we got that 5k, it won’t even cover inflation and our new fuel cost.. haha
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u/sohcahtoa 25d ago
It's fake news because there was never going to be any $5000 check to anyone no matter what.
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u/etherealtwo 25d ago
People need to stop respecting the office of the presidency. It's over. It used to mean something.
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u/Humble_Empath 25d ago
All I can do is laugh. Probably all the way to the coffin, which I can’t afford.
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u/Candid_Lobster_6533 25d ago
My plan for that is to go out in such a way that doesn't allow for a coffin 👍
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u/Humble_Empath 25d ago
Hit by lightning maybe?!? Something natural and cool. Falling into a whirlpool on a rafting trip or something, everyone would say, “Can you believe she was 80 and still rafting?!?.” Or skiing, I came pretty close to flying off an icy cat walk on Vail mountain when I was 35. I just prayed to the Lord to forgive me of my sins and closed my eyes tight. Obviously, I lived, but it would be cool to have it over and done with like that instead of a decade of debilitating ailments. Just want to keep moving.
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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate 25d ago
Imma vote dem anyway. If Dems lose, and the check is real, I'll get the check.
If the Dems win, I won't get the check, but at least Trump's power will be more or less checked.
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u/Spiciest_Snowflake 25d ago
Putting this "$5k check" into cash and stashing it so I can save up for a dental procedure that can save my life. Just need another $45k more, none of which is covered by Medicaid. Wasn't during Dump's first term and it's even worse now in his second
And I won't even get into my gender "politics" of it all
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u/SkyviewFlier 24d ago
What about that Venezuelan oil? or the Intel stock? or the battery company? or the strip mine in Wyoming?
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u/Koolaid04 25d ago
Him starting a TV program is free speech correct? What's the difference......ohhhhhh
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u/Grand_Taste_8737 25d ago
I guess having predetermined questions from predetermined reporters was better.
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u/Either_Capital_2422 25d ago
Sure is funny how we never had “fake” news until we elected a fake human.
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u/Procrasturbating 25d ago
Trump just butt-stuffs us no lube like he does kids, full force, and tells us to quit crying. Then gaslights that he is being gentle mid-stroke (take that either way you will).
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u/Hugh-Jorgin 25d ago
The irony ... Nobody besides Rump spreads more disinformation than fox entertainment
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u/chiclets5 24d ago
Sadly you can't use logic on the rump. He doesn't get it and won't understand the sarcasm or the logic.
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u/mac4192 23d ago
where is reporting on fraud busts that democrats are responsible for, Americans getting assaulted by immigrants n country illegally, inflation lower than when Biden was president, Iran no longer a threat, secure border, favorable trade agreements, highest wages in history of America. Media, except for Fox news refuses to report it
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u/Cheap-Success1578 26d ago
If it's an assault on fake news, then they all should be thrown out as they've all been fake for a very long time now.
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u/RVtech101 26d ago
Can’t wait to get my check. I’m spending it on the same thing I spent my DOGE check, my tariff rebate and my ACA rebate, along with all the money I’ve saved with gas being under 2 dollars a gallon!