Dana Bash Presses Rep. Jamie Raskin Over Dems. Toning Down Their Rhetoric Against Trump

[0:00] Yeah, it's Donk here today for Monday, April 27th goes to Dana Bash of CNN. [0:04] Let the record show that I was watching the Sunday morning news yesterday and I caught this in real time. [0:09] Okay, State of the Union was on and Dana Bash was having a conversation with Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland [0:15] and they were talking about the shooting that happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night [0:19] and Dana Bash asked Jamie Raskin if he and other Democrats should reconsider heated inflammatory language towards President Trump. [0:28] Let's listen. And you have, as many of your fellow Democrats, have used some heated rhetoric against the president. [0:36] And do you think twice about that when something like this happens? [0:39] What rhetoric do you have in mind? [0:40] Well, just talking about some of the fact that he, you know, is terrible for this country and so on and so forth. [0:47] I understand that that's your democratic right, but overall, do you have a responsibility? [0:53] I have no personal problem with Donald Trump at all. [0:55] I mean, I talk about the policies of this administration, the authoritarianism like we saw on display in Minneapolis [1:02] where two of our citizens were gunned down in the streets simply for exercising their First Amendment rights. [1:08] I'm talking about policies. I don't personalize it. [1:10] His policies are terrible for this country. [1:12] As soon as I heard Dana Bash say that, I text my guy, one of my homeboys, I text him at 9.37 yesterday morning. [1:19] And I was looking at the text and I said, Dana Bash on CNN, just asked Jamie Raskin if him and other Democrats were toned down their violent rhetoric towards Trump. [1:27] And my homeboy replied to me, this is the greatest gaslighting of all time. [1:31] OK, stuff like this is why Trump buys these networks. [1:35] Good investment. Now, clarification, Trump didn't buy the network. [1:38] But what my homie was referring to is the purchase of CNN by Skydance. [1:43] OK, Skydance is owned by David and Larry Ellison, who are allies of Trump. [1:48] And David Ellison has assured Trump administration officials that he will be making sweeping changes to CNN's programming. [1:55] Do you remember when Pete Hexseff said, and I quote, the sooner David Ellison buys CNN, the better? [2:01] Do we have that? [2:01] With every passing hour, we know and we know they know that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling. [2:09] They can barely communicate, let alone coordinate. [2:12] Our response? No mercy for our enemies. [2:16] Yet some in this crew, in the press, just can't stop. [2:19] People look up at the TV and they see banners, they see headlines. [2:23] I used to be in that business. [2:25] And I know that everything is written intentionally. [2:28] For example, more fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz. [2:37] Patently ridiculous, of course. [2:40] For decades, Iran has threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. [2:43] This is always what they do, hold the Strait hostage. [2:47] CNN doesn't think we thought of that. [2:50] It's a fundamentally unserious report. [2:53] The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better. [2:57] Why did he say that? [2:58] He said that because he knows that as soon as it was announced that Skydance was acquiring CNN, that everybody at CNN was going to fall in line. [3:06] And for the most part, it's true. [3:07] OK, like Dana Bash did this weekend, because the fact whenever something like this happens to Donald Trump, whenever there is an assassination attempt, [3:15] whenever there is some type of political violence that happens at, you know, one of these events, [3:19] people always say, so are we going to tone down the violent rhetoric towards Trump? [3:26] Stop it. [3:27] Like, I'm sick of that narrative. [3:29] I need every single media personality to direct that energy and that question towards one person and one person only. [3:36] And that person is President Donald J. Trump. [3:38] At what point do people simply say, hey, Trump, it's clear that you're the drama? [3:42] Well, OK, how quick we forget, just last month, Donald Trump got on True Social and said, Robert Mueller just died. [3:50] Good. [3:51] I'm glad he's dead. [3:52] He no longer can hurt innocent people. [3:54] President Trump, do you not realize there are people out there who feel the same way about you? [3:58] That's why you don't wish death on people. [4:01] That's why you don't say things like, I'm glad a person is dead. [4:04] Whatever God got planned for a person is between them and God. [4:07] There's no need to speak that kind of negativity over anybody's life because you end up speaking it over yours. [4:13] Now, I know a lot of people think that this political violence that happens towards Trump is fake. [4:19] I see that narrative online a lot. [4:21] And look, it's quite possible that it is fake. [4:24] I have no idea what's real anymore. [4:26] Between AI and bots on social media, we are going to spend the rest of our lives questioning if things are real or not. [4:32] But it's quite possible that the Trump administration has caused so much pain to people's everyday lives that folks are fed up and willing to risk it all. [4:41] OK, not saying it's right, but that is probably the reality of where we are in our society right now. [4:46] OK, so not only does someone like Trump need to tone down the violent rhetoric, he needs to reverse course on a lot of these policies. [4:53] OK, that have hurt people because organizations like those didn't do anything because the American people paint Donald Trump said. [4:59] And I quote, a whole civilization is going to die tonight, never to be brought back again. [5:06] Think about all the people who are unjustly deported because of Donald Trump's immigration policies. [5:10] All I'm simply saying is, and quote me on this, the Trump administration has caused so much pain to people's everyday lives that some folks are fed up and willing to risk it all. [5:21] OK, there are people who are hurting because of the actions of this administration and they want revenge. [5:27] Not saying it's right. [5:28] Just simply saying that is where we are as a society right now. [5:33] OK, Dana Bash, CNN, those are the conversations you should be having, not questioning Democrats on whether or not they should tone down the violent rhetoric, [5:41] because the reality is the violent rhetoric, the violent actions aren't coming from them. [5:46] OK, it's coming from the tippy top. [5:48] The president himself is the drama and everyone, especially the media, needs to stop acting like he's not. [5:55] Donkey of the Day is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lamisoff. [6:00] Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. [6:02] If you're ever injured, go to MichaelTheBull.com. [6:04] That's MichaelTheBull.com. [6:06] And when you mess with the bull, you get the horns. [6:08] Pick your ass up. [6:15] You all finished or you all done?