Trump is now threatening to sue The Des Moines Register and the previous pollster for his or her inaccurate Iowa ballot. The newspaper ought to dare Trump to sue and snicker at his risk.
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Trump says he plans to sue Ann Selzer and the newspaper in Iowa that printed her ballot displaying Trump dropping simply days earlier than the election pic.twitter.com/ujSmW3GTTM
â Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 16, 2024
Trump mentioned whereas chatting with reporters:
I’ve a couple of others that I’m doing I’m going to, for example, we’re bringing, I’m doing this not as a result of I need to, I’m doing this as a result of I really feel I’ve an obligation to. I’m going to be bringing one in opposition to the individuals in Iowa, their newspaper, which had an excellent pollster who acquired me proper on a regular basis.
After which simply earlier than the election, she mentioned I used to be going to lose by three or 4 factors and it turned the most important story everywhere in the world as a result of I used to be going to win Iowa by 20 factors. The farmers love me and I really like the farmers. And it was attention-grabbing the way in which she did it. She introduced it down two weeks earlier than.
She mentioned I used to be going to solely win by 4. That was an enormous story. However that was good as a result of she introduced it down from 22 factors to 4 or regardless of the quantity was. Method up. Method up. Straightforward win. By no means even thought to go there. I respect them. I really like them.
These are deranged ramblings of an individual who’s out of contact with actuality. After all, Trump will convey the lawsuit as a result of the purpose of the lawsuit isn’t to win however to scare pollsters out of publishing dangerous information for Trump.
Since arriving on the nationwide political scene, Trump’s objective has been to regulate the information protection, which suggests controlling all the pieces, together with public opinion polls. Trump is making an attempt to scare all pollsters out of publishing polls that present his unpopularity.
The right response from The Des Moines Register is to do the other of what Disney and ABC did with the defamation swimsuit and inform Trump to sue. The newspaper ought to stay up for the lawsuit as a result of it will likely be laughed out of court docket.
Trump is making an attempt to realize management of the media. The Des Moines Register can take a stand for the free press by not repeating ABC’s mistake.
