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NBC wasn’t the only network news outlet to spout liberal hyperbole about national anthem supporters and President Trump’s motives. During Sunday’s This Week, Washington Post national correspondent Wesley Lowery joined ABC’s “powerhouse” roundtable where he claimed as fact that Trump’s goal in harping on the NFL protestors was “silence” minorities who were protesting police brutality. Of course, the rest of the panel agreed and asserted people didn’t understand what was going on.
“I want to close here and talk about the NFL. With NFL teams now facing a fine if someone takes a knee, and Wesley, you have followed all of this closely. Did the teams really cave to the president on this,” wondered fill-in host Martha Raddatz.
Lowery began by saying that the NFL had capitulated to President Trump and the fans, and admitted it unpopular with many NFL fans. “That said, I don't think this conversation can happen in the absence of the big context, right,” as he smeared Trump with the assertion he was trying to push minorities aside.
“What we see here is the President of the United States, the leader of our government, using his bully pulpit, his platform to silence minority protesters who are demonstrating against violence by their government,” Lowery declared as fact. Of course, no condemnation of the President by a reporter is complete without equating him to a dictator:
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