Should Trump shut down the White House Press Room

[Inmate Trump]

This would be blatant fascism.

The press reports the *truth* about what is going on in his administration...he doesn't like it, so he's going to just shut it down? And you guys are okay with that??

This country is quickly dying.

[Inmate Trump]

I would support this for very different reasons. Very, very different ones.

What reasons?

Seems pretty indefensible to me. It's the straightest path to full dictatorship.

[Inmate Trump]

Why do you want press-free news conferences?

It's vital to have a free press questioning and analyzing our leaders.  And surely you must know that any precedent you guys set now, you MUST honor with any future administration.  So if there's ever a time when the press is critical of a Democratic president then you can't criticize if said president tries to shut them down. Which they likely wouldn't because most Democrats are not also authoritarians, but the point is that all these crazy and previously untought of actions that Trump and the GOP are doing set a precedent for all future administrations. YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE A DEMOCRAT FOR BEING A WOMANIZER, LIAR, CHEAT, ETC.  You can't criticize any politician for sexual assault in their personal lives, or for potential treason or espionage if it ever comes out that they've worked with a foreign power to rig an election.

Everything Trump is now doing you will have to warmly accept from a Democratic contender should one resemble him in any way. And that includes suppression of a free press.

And suppression is exactly what this is. He is trying to make his message be heard unopposed. Today it's the press briefings, tomorrow it'll be the nightly news. This cannot be acceptable to anyone who believes in anything that America has ever stood for proudly.

[Inmate Trump]

As Bannon says: Media, The Opposition Party. They ARE the opposition party and should be treated as one.

This right here exactly why this idea of stopping press conferences is a scary idea.  Because it will NOT end at press conferences and you're a fool if you think otherwise.  Media and the press is heir opposition and they will not stop until they've silenced them all.


EDIT: Also, I would like you to reply to what I said about how you will no longer be able to criticize a Democratic politician if one ever says/does any of the stuff Trump and his cronies have said and done.  Can you agree with me that it would look very hypocritical for you and your buddies to now diss anyone else's sexual exploits, lies, racist and offensive rhetoric, criminal records, and any shred (even to the tiniest degree) of influence from a foreign power? You guys are really running out of things with which to attack your opponents.

[Inmate Trump]

^ so I guess that means you won't respond to my statement of how you will be unable to criticize any future politicians?

[Inmate Trump]

I told you Clay people like Pete have no problem doing mental gymnastics to defend Trump

Oh I get it.  It's just so frustrating to me that these people have so little regard for policy and country.  To them, it's all about the party and their ruler.

[Inmate Trump]

I told you Clay people like Pete have no problem doing mental gymnastics to defend Trump

Oh I get it.  It's just so frustrating to me that these people have so little regard for policy and country.  To them, it's all about the party and their ruler.

Or perhaps its could be to do with the 'evidence' put forward against Trump in this non stop witch hunt just doesn't stack up.

So Michael Flynn, Manafort, firing Comey, leaking info to the Russians, "with a few exceptions", an now Jared are not evidence of anything on Trump-Russia but Obama meeting with Lois Lerner is evidence he orded the IRS to attack tea party groups?

Exactly.

Not to mention the freaking NSA saying there is a connection.  Oh, and Sessions also had undisclosed meetings with Russia.

It's adding up to one giant scandal the likes of which has not been seen in this country before.  The biggest, most criminal scandal of a US president.  And the "patriotic," and "moral" party doesn't care one bit.