CNN’s Bernstein Warns: Trump to Declare Midterms ‘Illegitimate’

Scott Whitlock | October 22, 2018
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein pushed conspiracy theories on Sunday, claiming that the Trump administration will declare the midterm elections “illegitimate,” should the Republicans narrowly lose the House of Representatives. In between calling the president a liar like no other, the reporter demanded the press do more: “We need to be doing much more than just Trump lie catching.” Talking to Brian Stelter on Reliable Sources, Bernstein insinuated, “Also, I mean, I talked to people in the White House on —  or in touch with the White House on Friday who believe that if the congressional midterms are very close and the Democrats were to win by five or seven seats that Trump is already talking about how to throw legal challenges into the courts.”

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