# Trump threatens political opponents **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 14, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149 "2019-03-14T20:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/61 "2019-03-15T20:47:15Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > They are quoting the Breitbart article. > > Pretty much every utterance of a president is transcribed, videotaped, or both. > > Please provide such evidence. If only Trump hadn’t deleted his tweet-his Official Correspondence That Is Supposed To Be Preserved For Posterity-to Breitbart. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/62 "2019-03-15T20:50:12Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > They are quoting the Breitbart article. > > Pretty much every utterance of a president is transcribed, videotaped, or both. > > Please provide such evidence. Your claim here is that Trump did not say those words, or that those words are not being charitably enough interpreted? This utterance of the president was transcribed by Breitbart. Why do you think that they would fabricate such a quote? And you will need to provide some support to your claim that “Pretty much every utterance of a president is transcribed, videotaped, or both.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/63 "2019-03-15T20:52:09Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > They are quoting the Breitbart article. > > Pretty much every utterance of a president is transcribed, videotaped, or both. > > Please provide such evidence. D’Anconia, enough. It can appear that you’re attempting to redirect away from the topic by distraction. Stop it. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/64 "2019-03-15T20:57:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/65 "2019-03-15T21:00:53Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, I can see then that Trump still has the\*\* Mierdas touch\*\*, in this case it can even turn any trust that a right winger might had about Breitbart into shit. (bolding mine) Can I get a Y ?! Can I get an O ?! Can I get an I and an N and a K ?! What’s that spell ? What’s that spell ? What’s that spell ? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/66 "2019-03-15T21:03:53Z")
I’m glad D’Anconia has realized Breitbart is pushing misleading fake news by means of inserting direct, fake, quotes into the President’s mouth and I am thrilled he is taking charge on this issue, for he is right in insisting that we should not depend upon Breitbart as a source for accurate information, even if they are directly quoting the President of the United States. And his objection does raise a valuable point: Since we do not consider Breitbart to be a reliable source, why are we not assuming this is the same re: this article? Who says the President said that? _Breitbart_ said it. Like D’Anconia is arguing, the source itself is sufficient to cast doubt as to the accuracy of the quote. To paraphrase my grandfather “If Breitbart told me the sun was shining, I’d look out the window to make sure.” D’Anconia obviously feels the same about them. I stand with D’Anconia and his denouncement of the Fake News reporting done by Breitbart. We are stunned that they would lie, put words in the President’s own mouth as a direct quote, and then push that shit as _news_ across [Twitter](https://twitter.com/AmandaLeeHouse), FB, Insta, and more. When Breitbart issues its retraction and apology (probably today, right?), all of y’all will owe apologies to my new friend D’Anconia and myself. It’s gonna come _any_ minute now… ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/67 "2019-03-15T21:18:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Who says the President said that? If he DIDN’T say it, we would have heard over and over from everyone from Sanders to Trump that the President did not, in fact, say those things. There’s been no retraction, correction, or pushback on this, at all. That alone speaks volumes. I also join in **D’Anconia’s** condemnation of Breitbart as a shitty right-wing rag. If you want blatantly false or misleading “conservative” justifications, at least use the Heritage Foundation, not the new version of Stormfront. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/68 "2019-03-15T21:30:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The quote has been verified by several sources. What it means- yes, you can question Breitbart. But IMHO they are not as bad as FOX. > **[Fox News (foxnews.com) - Bias and Credibility](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/)** > > QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no > **[Breitbart - Bias and Credibility](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/breitbart/)** > > QUESTIONABLE SOURCE A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no > [@](#): > > Overall, we rate Fox News strongly Right-Biased due to wording and story selection that favors the right and Mixed factually based on poor sourcing and the spreading of conspiracy theories that later must be retracted after being widely shared. > [@](#): > > Overall, we rate Breitbart Questionable based on extreme right wing bias and publication of numerous false claims. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/69 "2019-03-15T22:31:32Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > So the SDMB is accepting Breitbart as factual, now? > > Good to know! But those really do look like the droids we’re looking for though. Please step out of the vehicle, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149/70 "2019-03-16T00:00:45Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump explicitly, clearly, obviously threatened violence from his supporters, including police and military. There is no way someone can twist this into Trump saying "his supporters don’t respond in kind. " It’s quite clearly the opposite of this. > > Anyone who posts an excuse like this on behalf of Trump is being deliberately obtuse, and is a disgusting, amoral pathetic excuse for a human being. This is a warning for personal insults. The Pit is right around the corner where this would be more appropriate. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-political-opponents/831149.md?page=3)