President Donald Trump declared himself “the chief law enforcement officer in our country” and said news organizations, CNN and MSNBC, are “illegal” — a claim normally used by third world dictators such as Fidel Castro — during a speech to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal." pic.twitter.com/kiVyZBWs3r
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 14, 2025
I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they’re really corrupt and they’re illegal. What they do is illegal…
These networks and these newspapers are really no different than a highly paid political operative. And it has to stop, it has to be illegal, it’s influencing judges and it’s really, eh, changing law and it just cannot be legal. I don’t believe it’s legal and they do it in total coordination with each other.
Trump was slammed for his fascist statements on Twitter/X.
This is what a dictator sounds like. https://t.co/2E2ulZLilW
— Seth Magaziner (@SethMagaziner) March 14, 2025
Journalism is legal. Criticizing the president is legal. Being a Democrat is legal. Nothing Donald Trump is ranting about here is a crime and he's disgracing himself and the Department of Justice by talking this way. https://t.co/RdCgKySODh
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein) March 14, 2025
Trump wants to get rid of freedom of speech because he wants to be a dictator.
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) March 14, 2025
And unlike his first term, he now has a government full of fascists who are eager to make that a reality. https://t.co/xnRmn9XZJ1
(Source: Twitter/X)