ABC Whines: Trump Getting a ‘Boost’ from Bringing Americans Home

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 27, 2018
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During Sunday’s Good Morning America, ABC News’ cast of characters exposed just how politically petty they were when they actually complained about President Trump getting positive coverage when he brings American hostages home. Between Tara Palmieri’s sympathies for Venezuela in her report and Martha Raddatz’s huffing about Trump getting a “boost,” their reporting was downright obnoxious.

The American who was released Saturday was Joshua Holt, a man imprisoned on trumped-up charges of espionage and terrorism for two years and subjected to inhumane conditions. “The 26-year-old Mormon imprisoned shortly after marrying a Venezuelan woman he met online,” Palmieri reported. But her tone turned skeptical when talking about America’s reaction to the charges, saying, “The U.S. government, however, contending these charges were inflated.

Using “inflated” instead of saying, “fabricated” or “trumped-up” gives a sense there was a grain of truth to the socialist regime’s assertions.

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