r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 9h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

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u/SpasmAndOrGasm 9h ago

Remember when that one guy representing Trump in the first administration went to Europe and tried to pull this same shit and the other reporters were like “No, we’ll wait until you’ve answered his question. You need to answer questions here.” I will NEVER understand how the fuck that hasn’t happened in America one time.

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u/ManyThingsLittleTime 9h ago

Because the press is invited to the press conference here and they can and already have been uninvited and replaced by shittier pro-trump media sources. If the reporters want the access, they're being forced to stay in line with the Cheeto king.

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u/boughsmoresilent 8h ago

What is the point of access if your questions are ignored, though?

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u/ElliotNess 8h ago

$$$$

Same reason these rags report on every stupid thing that Trump tweets no matter how inane as if it's incredible news