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C. Deanne Rowe's avatar

Why do none of the other reporters, male or female, stand up to him???

Bert Rutherford's avatar

Exactly. Aaron, I believe those who share your profession need to grow some balls. Both males and females. This is absolutely unacceptable behavior.

Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Are they all so afraid of losing their jobs that they won't speak out?

Veronica Alleyne's avatar

not unacceptable in the least since the majority voted for him so, whose fault is it, really?

Christina Lewis's avatar

The "majority voted for him"??? What do you mean? Because the majority of eligible voters did not vote for trump!! Only about 65% of eligible voters voted in the last election! And of that 65% trump got 49.8%, while Harris got 48.3%, and others received 1.9%! So between the 35% that did not vote, and Kamala's 31.37% and 1.2% of others of 65%. Trump only received about 32.4% of the eligible votes, and 67.6% of eligible voters did not vote for trump! Therefore, the majority of this country find his antics unacceptable!!

Vel Santic's avatar

And, even those results are after tRumputinists had purged ca. 5 million of Democratic voters, mostly voters of color; eVIlonmusk's tampering with tabulating machines creating the unprecedented "drop-off" effects in the battleground states especially; terrorist putin's of kremlin bombing threats to the Democratic places thusly disrupting the voting.

And back on the majority of Americans didn't vote for tRumputin - therefore garner and unite such a majority of Americans to Impeach him&his reign of terror-Convict him&his reign of terror - Remove him&his reign of terror!!

Rep. Al Green and the RemovalCoalition.org know how!!

Laurel Esterlein's avatar

He will punish them grievously if they push back. His ways of hurting people are well known. He will get you fired and destroy your family. Don’t kid yourself.

Jan Austin-Hicken's avatar

Yep. He’s mean and evil. He takes pleasure in ruining people’s lives. It’s just sick. He’s a sick, sick, person.

Dana Bennett's avatar

For him, CRUELTY is the point. How he got elected TWICE I will never know.

Punkette's avatar

He didn’t get elected. IMHO, he cheated both times.

Lois's avatar

I know we would like to think that but I don't think that's true. He basically got the same number of votes, give or take, for each of his elections. The one he lost and the two he won. It is the independents who didn't vote that made the difference. And since Kamala only lost by 1.5% or so, it wouldn't have taken very many of them to vote for her to win.

MollyWhitebear's avatar

Go check out Nathan Taylor's website Election Truth Alliance. He and his group of cybersecurity experts with years of experience have been investigating the 2024 election in each state. He gives regular updates on how things are panning out and he explains it so that you don't have to be a tech person to understand what he's saying. My son is a cybersecurity engineer and I had him watch a couple of Nathan's video reports on the election investigation they are involved in and he said this totally makes a lot of sense and he can see this totally possible with Musk's interference. Something tRump thanked Musk for profusely on more than one occasion. Also, Mush has mentioned something along those lines two or three times in public on video.

Punkette's avatar

We are independents and voted for Kamala!

Jan Austin-Hicken's avatar

Because there are SO many people who identify with his “vision” that it’s incredibly sad and horrifying at the same time. I’m an artist and writer and don’t have a job otherwise. The last person I worked for shared the same values and the particular variety of meanest as trump. If we have a civil war situation, I’ll expect him at my door upon declaration to shoot me.

Veronica Alleyne's avatar

because the majority in this country is still stuck on stupid when it comes to racism & misogyny he will always have ardent supporters willing to burn everything to the ground just in order to rule over the ashes

Cynthia Kirby's avatar

I know, I also expect a negative reaction to my thoughts and it’s already happening. I will follow you if you decide to keep posting

Cynthia Kirby's avatar

Jan, I do believe this will happen in our lifetime, I feel so disgusted that we haven’t found the peace plan. I should start playing my Beatles music, etc, how about you?

Veronica Alleyne's avatar

all he has to do is to continue dangling racist carrots for them to chase after & it's a lock contest-wise

Cynthia Kirby's avatar

I’m trying to understand how this could have happened. I knew when Trump beat Hillary it was fd up. He’s been kept in office by the billionaire oligarchs ever since. He’s a fg moron. I don’t know how to speak to you so no one cares?

SimplyCloudGrl's avatar

Agreed. And, sadly, he has found a plethora of equally sick individuals to run the show with him. They ruin people’s lives. They make innocent people disappear. No one is safe from it.

Veronica Alleyne's avatar

when that eagle attacked him it was an omen but, nobody paid attention

Veronica Alleyne's avatar

& what say you of those who still stand with him & approve of & encourage his terrorism, do they not share some responsibility in this mishugas?

JoBo's avatar

Trump through his bullying, will put those people in the spotlight. And the rest of us will raise them up. Stomp down the bully!

Richard Waddell's avatar

They would likely get tackled and charged with a crime.

Ultimately it will be a crime to be intelligent in this

grim fairy tale world of greed and lying.

Vel Santic's avatar

If they i.e. male journalists all wanted to be united in their opposition to him with truth and facts, there is no that might in the world (or, heaven) that would have broken them - it's they who would have broken tRumputin&his!! But the male journalists need to get their own spine and be determined in this purpose!!

Vel Santic's avatar

@ Laurel Esterlein, so, ???? Are you suggesting we all surrender to him?? I really hope not!! That he is that evil, we all know/should know by now, so, that should be precisely why everybody really must feel the duty to defeat him&his and punish him&his!!

Becky Suchy's avatar

Reporters need to stand together against him and call him out when he says such demeaning things to any of them. The next question after he says someone is stupid or a terrible person or a terrible reporter should be, “What you said to her/him is truly unacceptable. How are you okay with treating people like that? The press need to stand together and ask the hard questions and push back. If he kicks them all out he wouldn’t get all the attention he craves with just the few Trump loving reporters there that say just what he wants them to say.

Vel Santic's avatar

My point exactly!! Of course, Becky Suchy!!

Andrew D. Verrier's avatar

perhaps, but he will become a living martyr. He will start a movement. He will be a hero. There must be this person to stand up to the ultimate bully. As a man, I’m ashamed this hasn’t happened yet, and I’ve no reason to doubt Aaron would do that himself given the chance

Vel Santic's avatar

The person or the persons who stands up/stand up to to the ultimate bully will become a living martyr/the living martyrs who will start the movement and will be a hero/the heroes!!

So that there is no ambiguity as to what is meant!!

Andrew D. Verrier's avatar

Someone, anyone, brave enough, can and should put him in his place.

I know he’s the president.

I know he can have your family surveyed and harassed, but he is just a smarty man who is drunk on power

and likely demented.

Let that single voice, whosoevers it shall be, open a chorus of righteous denunciation on his bigoted void of a soul. #releasethemri

Nancy Williams's avatar

they won't stand up to him because of their fear of being fired from the job,

Vel Santic's avatar

that IS where the largest bulk of the problem is - the cowardice of males in USA!!

Deb's avatar

That’s what I was surprised about, as it showed the reporters during & after his despicable comment to her, everyone just stood there & let it slide. Why aren’t they standing up for each other. Granted, I’m sure he would have started his rant on the others or thrown them out, but at least they would have known they did the RIGHT thing.

Lois's avatar

You're right of course but doing the right thing seems very far away these days.

Vel Santic's avatar

Exactly, Deb!! And I bet they would have broken him&his better than Mamdani supposedly did!!

Dana Bennett's avatar

You’re the Best, Aaron. I hope you DO get in the WH press corps!!!

Cherae Stone's avatar

They want to keep their jobs, for one thing. I’m very proud of Aaron for being brave and bring a gentleman. He’s not afraid to do the right thing and that makes him an example for others.

Will you be on my team, Aaron? 💕

Keith Odom's avatar

Because they don't want to be the next victim of his wrath. So they leave their colleagues to fend for themselves. It'll be their turn some day.

Vel Santic's avatar

therein is USA's problem - lack of solidarity.

Keith Odom's avatar

Exactly. By segmenting their market they’ve actually fragmented it so it becomes ineffective.

Vel Santic's avatar

yep. so no wonder tRumputin&his take advantage of a such a situation; that's why the Pro-Democracy Americans in all and every shape and form can not allow to be segmented nor fragmented anymore!!

Alessandra Sheehy's avatar

They should plan for a unified response before the next awful attack on a journalist.

Vel Santic's avatar

They should have done that already back in 2016, and especially by 2020 the latest!! Had they done that then - tRumputin would have been nobody and nothing now, only another inmate in a prison rotting for his sins!!

Alessandra Sheehy's avatar

You’re right! I blame mainstream media for always normalizing his lies and obnoxious behavior. But my comment was concerning challenging his insults toward women journalists.

Clarke Shaw's avatar

Their bosses would fire them. Nobody has stood up to Trump sinceJim Acosta

Anthony Rupert's avatar

Kaitlan Collins stood up for Chinese-born Weijia Jiang in 2020 after Trump called COVID the “China virus” (and they don’t even work for the same network).

Jenn Kaylor's avatar

I totally forgot about that! She’s a legand. She doesn’t let them intimidate her and they can’t stand that.

Lois's avatar

Probably because they don't want to lose their jobs. But many of them are with media sources that are MAGA and they go along with him and all his garbage because they are part of it. The others work for billionaire owned media who are on Trump's side and wouldn't hesitate to fire them - as they have so many already - for speaking up. Apparently they are willing to sacrifice their integrity to keep their jobs. I don't know if there are reporters from independent non MAGA and non billionaire owned media present at these events, if there are they are complicit and cowardly. I hope they sleep well at night.

Vel Santic's avatar

Like I said already with a heavy heart - therein is USA's demise.

Stephen Brady's avatar

Because their jobs depend on maintaining access. If the Orange Odium throws them out of the WH Press Pool, they will be doing the 6:00 PM local news.

Richard Waddell's avatar

Didn't all the reporters who don't 'toe the line' get removed from

the WH Press Corps, so that those who were left are less likely to say,

or do, or ask the right thing?

Jamae's avatar

It’s already been reported today that the right wing media who cover the White House aren’t even working this weekend.

Lulu's avatar

He is trying to legitimize demeaning women. The professions being attacked, the reporters being attacked, it’s all by design. Thank you for speaking up 👏

Patricia's avatar

He's too cowardly to do that to a man.

Debra Johnson's avatar

It is repulsive the way he talks to women reporter's! The next time he attacks a reporter they need to treat him the same way!

Vel Santic's avatar

For the love of everything that is lovable, I could never understand how can the journalists be treating him for a decade-ongoing as if he was a normal, legitimate anything when he so clearly isn't!!

Shan Zim's avatar

Hey Melania. You let him talk to you like this too? What kind of women watches other woman get attacked and stays silent? trash

Teresa Ginsburg's avatar

She doesn't care about anything but herself. She's a greedy old prostitute.

MissAprilAnn's avatar

She's just as bad as he is. She doesn't care.

Heather Wynne-Phillips's avatar

Trash absolutely. That is the problem here. We have, as my mother would have said, “trash” leading our country.

Vel Santic's avatar

the worst evil sort of trash.

Cheryl D's avatar

Thank you!! I heard Jim Acosta say he suspects (sounds like he might know) those other reporters don’t say shit because their bosses want them to just take it and move forward. This is BS!!! Needs to be called out.

Patricia's avatar

I get it. Unfortunately the asshole can destroy careers because the corporate media is deep in his pocket. When will they grow a pair and stand up for their reporters? No wonder the most honest and talented are moving to independent media.

Cheryl D's avatar

Yep, if any of those reporters speaks up, they’d def be platformed here and other places. We need a hero…bc lord knows corporations aren’t going to do the right thing.

Nina's avatar

Thank goodness for independent media!! I never bother with the corporate media junk.

Vel Santic's avatar

The sole exception being parts of MS NOW i.e. MSNBC.

Nina's avatar

Yes, my husband does occasionally turn it on and I do listen to it. But it's not my regular.

Ray's avatar

Trump has got mental health issues and should be REMOVED FROM OFFICE IMMEDIATELY before he does anymore damage to America and the American people.

Hegseth should be prosecuted for war crimes.

Vel Santic's avatar

his entire "cabinet" is severely mentally ill.

Roger Nairn's avatar

The reporters can also grow spines. He needs them more than they need him.

Julie Graves's avatar

Keep on keeping on! You are so important! Thank you for all you do!

adt's avatar

I totally agree! What would we do without Aaron??? Seriously, his work is so important to us.

Kate Cullan's avatar

Thanks for your work.

Wendy Smith's avatar

For starters, can we collectively PLEASE stop calling him “The President “? Maybe if we never address him as that, and simply refer to him as “Trump”, it would create a subconscious shift. Addressing him as, “the President “, only deepens the belief that he actually is. Let’s stop calling him “The President”, and see what happens.

Sharon's avatar

I refuse to capitalize his name. It is trump and nothing more.

Nina's avatar

I've gone with tRump for the last 10 months.

Vel Santic's avatar

I have never ever capitalized his name. And since ca. 2018, I've been calling him tRumputin.

Doreen Dalesandro's avatar

I refuse to even type that creature's name. To me he is agent orange.

Vel Santic's avatar

BINGO!! One me I've been practicing that you're preaching for this whole decade. Why are most of other good NONtRumputinist and ANTItRumputinst Americans so weak in self-defense and counteroffensive - is what torments me the most.

Kiwiwriter47's avatar

The behavior of the President towards the media is appalling. It and he must be condemned.

adt's avatar

I completely agree! I never dreamed that America would become this bad. Growing up in America we were all so proud to be free. Things were never perfect but they have certainly not been this bad in my lifetime. We loved our veterans. Our military were considered heroes. We had the very best of quite a few things! Now we’re the opposite of everything I learned in school and everything I was taught to believe in about the USA by my family and community.

The news lies to us, people are losing everything, we have a felon in the whitehouse and half of the building has been torn down. Our economy is horrifying. Every piece of our data is with Elon. Millions will die, by design. If this regime stays in, we will be in work camps by 2027.

I’ve accepted that I will die in one of the early waves of their attacks on civilians. I’m ok with it though. It’s worth it if I can make even the tiniest difference in how my daughter is forced to live. I’ve been on this rock over half a century, I won’t be great in work camps. Of course I want my young adult child to have a chance at a decent life. So, I’ve accepted that I’ll most likely go down fighting. I never dreamed I’d have to make this kind of choice as a 50+ year old woman who has worked her whole adult life and raised an amazing adult on my own and paid all my taxes. Dehumanizing, is what it is.

Kiwiwriter47's avatar

All good points…I should write about this.

Vel Santic's avatar

yep. as to anything horrible by 2027, I'm afraid way sooner, unless all the NONtRumputinist and better yet ANTItRumputinist Americans join forces, despite the internal differences that may be, concrete-strong united in defeating and punishing tRumputin&his entire regime of terror!!

adt's avatar

I fully agree, I’m ready to die for my country. Never been in the service and I’m way too old to go now, but I owe those who fought and died or fought and suffered mental and physical injuries. I owe ANY 19 year old kid who was in a foreign land guarding oil who was under orders and ever scared the same. Trump has destroyed just about everything important to me. And he’s making my family’s life and my life harder. I’m ready to go, my kid is grown and I want a better life for her. My mom is still alive and she needs to be ok. So, those things WILL NOT happen with this man destroying me, my family and my country. Yeah, I know they intercept social media and IDGAF.

I’m ready, come get me! I’m white as snow, well traveled, 8 or 9th ish generation American, living in a red state, not racist, not transphobic, worked and paid taxes all my adult life, was a single mom, and I don’t hate anyone except Nazis, pedophiles, rapists and oligarchs and ANYONE who protects them. I’m progressive AF. And I will not live this way.

Oddly enough, seems that many of the intelligent progressive people stuck in red states think a whole lot like I do on this subject. We’re DONE.

The timing is what is difficult. I want to get them before they get me, but if I wait here, I will score quite a few points when they breech. And as I said, I’m ready to go. I’d just like losing my life to accomplish something to help save other Americans.

Vel Santic's avatar

Dear friend, I so fully empathize with you. As you can see, the entire USA and contemporary West are attacked by the rabid midget terrorist putin-his regime of system of kremlin, just like Ukraine is attacked by them. All the NONtRumputinist and ANTItRumputinist Americans simply must put all their internal differences aside and join existentially concrete-strong against the quisling, traitorous, putin-serving d.j. tRump&his entire kkkult regime!! Most hopefully, the more numerously united all the ANTItRumputinist Americans are, the more likely is that you/we will survive and succeed! But, yes, USA needs to have its own Maydan Revolution!!

Adventures with Pam's avatar

Again, nothing new, but absolutely not ok. It's not ok. I see my Maga friends with the same disrespect. The same disgusting behaviors. He has normalized it. I have called out long time friends and I have distanced myself. Disrespect and disgusting behaviors are not ok. Stand tall, stand firm, demand the respect and decency you deserve.

Tina Hollandsworth's avatar

His disrespect of women is nothing new. Demonizing women is part of his culture. His own wife seems to find him appalling. Out with the 🍊 freak.

Melinda kinner's avatar

I only trust you and the Midas Touch. I don’t look anywhere else for my news. Thank you for giving me a place that I can trust.

Vel Santic's avatar

There are a few other genuinely Pro-Democracy outlets but they're all scattered which hamstrings you. I still don't understand why don't all the Pro-Democracy American media cooperate much more cohesively.

Barbara Desmond's avatar

Good job speaking up for the female reporters. Thank you for reporting the truth and keeping us aware of what’s happening in our country. ✌🏼🇺🇸💙

Ray's avatar

Release all the EPSTEIN FILES, please no more excuses, no more lies.