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does this mean when the dems take the white house again, they can exclude faux news with impunity?
They could but they won't because they will want things to go back to normal. And that's how Republicans win.
They've been moving goalposts for many many years. The dems can't even see their side of the field anymore.
There's no normalcy left to go back to any more at this point. It was tried after Trump's first term, and it failed. The game is changed forever.
You think there will be another vote? Don’t hold your breath
This is an impeachable violation of the constitution, one of many Trump has committed. Congressional members who aren't fascists would not fall in line behind a Democrat who tried any of these crimes.
It isn't an impeachable violation. It's one of the many unwritten norms of government that Trump has violated.
It's not fucking unwritten. It is very much written. In the Bill of Rights. Number 1, right up fucking front. Restricting the press is a clear, unambiguously criminal act in violation of the law, and his oath of office.
Freedom of the Press doesn't mean anyone show can up and travel with the President at all times. That's what the pool is. The pool is selected from the press and has traditionally had representatives of each major media outlet. The pool travels with the President at all times. They fly on Airforce one with the President. There is nothing in the constitution about this.
https://whca.press/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015WHCA_PracticesPrinciples_CoverageAccess.pdf
If Democrats ever get power again, these types of norms need to be made into laws so they can't be ignored by fascists attempting to consolidate power.
If Democrats are ever in power again they need to lock out all right-wing media outlets. Playing fair only helps cheaters win.
And if any right wing media posts any criticism of it, they need to be sued- Just like Trump has done.
They won't, they'll continue everything Republicans put in place, that's how their ratchet effect works.