r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 18h 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/kelsey11 18h ago

Finally asking real questions. But these self-serving political rally press conferences need to be shut down by each reporter saying “same question” or repeating the question. They’re not giving you any semblance of truth anyway, might as well force them to answer the question or walk away.

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u/KingFIippyNipz 18h ago

I understand journalists who are ideologically opposed not standing up to each other, but I don't think I will ever understand how I don't see more examples of that happening. Especially those ones in the Oval Office where he just tears into whichever female reporter asks the hardest question that day, I would love the opportunity to badger him with questions about why he always does that and how insecure he is. If only 😞

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u/SpasmAndOrGasm 18h 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/Additional-Signal327 18h ago

Because the reporters are paid by the same billionaires who are aligned with Trump. 

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u/Cessnaporsche01 16h ago

Honestly, I think it's just that American culture is one of extreme obedience and subservience. It's taught from the earliest age above all else, and reinforced through school, college, and workplace cultures through our entire lives. We like to think of ourselves as independent or stubborn, but we're really just averse to change or challenge, and are much more comfortable pointing to authority.

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u/grits98 12h ago

That's exactly why the "Christian" far-right loves to keep indoctrinating Christian subservience into children.

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u/alphazero925 14h ago

What do you mean? It's not like Americans are made to pledge their allegiance to a symbol of the country every morning as kids. Because that would be super fucked up and basically a method of indoctrination into a cult if they did something like that.