Trump renews attack on media as ‘true Enemy of the People’ as he blames ‘fake news’ for ‘great anger’ in wake of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
Gunman killed 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday
Prosecutors are considering a death penalty prosecution against Robert Bowers
President Trump is blaming ‘fraudulent’ political media coverage for creating ‘grat anger’ of the sort that may have led to the killings
‘Fake News Must End!’ he tweeted, arguing that a fairer press corps would create more ‘Peace and Harmony’
Hollywood actors in partocular have blamed Trump for ‘dog whistle’ language that they see as a wink to anti-Semites
Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. says Trump is an unusually strong advocate for Jews and heard the president’s rally crowd applaud his stern words Saturday
Bowers’ account on the ‘Gab’ social media platform included a Nazt hate symbol and a claim that Jews are ‘children of satan’
The entire Gab service went down Monday after GoDaddy withdrew its hosting agreement and PayPal canceled its online payment abilities
By DAVID MARTOSKO
DAILYMAIL.COM
29 October 2018
President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on ‘Fake News Media’ on Monday, blaming the deadly Pitsburgh synagogue shooting on a coarsening tone from the political press – even as Demcorats point the finger of blame back at him.
‘There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news,’ the president wrote on Twitter. ‘The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open & obvious hostility & report the news accurately & fairly.’
‘That will do much to put out the flame of Anger and Outrage and we will then be able to bring all sides together in Peace and Harmony. Fake News Must End!’
Federal prosecutors said Monday that they will seek the death penalty for the shooting suspect, who is charged with 11 counts of murder.
Robert Bowers, 46, has a history of posting anti-Semitic material online. He faces 29 criminal counts in all, including the violation of a federal ‘hate crimes’ law.
He was also a ‘verified’ user on Gab, a social media platform set up as a rival to Twitter where right-wingers could assemble without fear of being banned.
That entire website went dark on Monday after its hosting service, GoDaddy, canceled its service. PayPal, co-founded by the Trump-backing venture capitalist Peter Thiel, had already withdrawn Gab’s ability to accept online payments.
Gab CEO Andrew Torba said on Twitter that the synagogue shooting was an ‘act of terrorism,’ and that his site had suspended Bowers’ account and turned over its contents to law enforcement .
Trump told reporters on Saturday that he wants to visit Pittsburgh to mourn with members of the Tree of Life Synagogue.
A small group of Jewish liberals circulated an open letter on Sunday demanding that he ‘fully denounce white nationalism’ before coming.
In a letter addressed to the President, members of Bend the Arc accused Trump of contributing to Saturday’s tragedy by ‘spread[ing] lies and sow[ing] fear about migrant families in Central America.’
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