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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News now says criticizing Kim Jong Un amounts to criticizing Trump
Fox News now says criticizing Kim Jong Un amounts to criticizing Trump
With Trump lavishing praise on Kim, a host pressed Marco Rubio to "clarify" his criticism of the dictator.
Aaron Rupar
Jun 13, 2018, 11:49 am
During a Fox News interview on Wednesday morning, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was pressed to a clarify a tweet he posted on Tuesday calling totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un a total weirdo who would not be elected assistant dog catcher in any democracy.
Rubios tweet came while President Trump is lavishing praise on the North Korean dictator as a strong guy with a very good personality who is very strategic and very impressive.
During the interview, Fox News Sandra Smith took her cue from Trump and pressed Rubio to clarify why hes tweeting mean things about Kim.
Youve been tweeting a lot over the past 24 hours, and some have looked at your tweets as not only a criticism of Kim Jong Un, but some have seen them as a criticism as the president, host Sandra Smith said. As you just did now, you called Kim Jong Un a weirdo, you said, hes a total weird who would be elected assistant dog catcher in any democracy. The president, he sits down with Sean Hannity, hes talking about Kim Jong Un as someone who appeared to be funny, hes smart, the president has said of him. So, could you clarify?
Rubio responded by saying he has nothing to clarify.
The president is the president of the United States. He was democratically elected by the people of this country, and in two and a half years people will have a chance to vote for him, or vote against him, Rubio said. Kim Jong Uns never been elected to anything. He inherited from his father and his grandfather a dictatorship, he has murdered people, he has put people in death camps deep suffering by the people of North Korea.
He has nuclear weapons, he has long-range missiles, he kills people abroad, including his own brother and others, and on top of all that, you know, this whole cult that theyve created in their own country, Rubio added. Their government is a cult, its almost religious-like in its cult-like elements, its a very strange and weird place. It is what it is, and Im not going to ignore that reality. Thats just a fact, these are not things that Im making up, they are real.
He has nuclear weapons, he has long-range missiles, he kills people abroad, including his own brother and others, and on top of all that, you know, this whole cult that theyve created in their own country, Rubio added. Their government is a cult, its almost religious-like in its cult-like elements, its a very strange and weird place. It is what it is, and Im not going to ignore that reality. Thats just a fact, these are not things that Im making up, they are real.
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Fox News now says criticizing Kim Jong Un amounts to criticizing Trump (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2018
OP
O.k., Kim Yung Un is a cock sucking motherfucking racist misogynistic narcissistic psychopath.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2018
#3
Kim MURDERED his own brother and countless militaries leaders and politicians....swell guy!
Fred Sanders
Jun 2018
#4
exboyfil
(17,867 posts)1. He could be describing the current state of the US
under the GOP with the exception of the death camps --- maybe that is coming.
superpatriotman
(6,256 posts)9. See: tent cities on military bases
We're getting close. Kim probably gave .45 tips on crossing the finish line.
Doc_Technical
(3,530 posts)2. So Fox Noise says
when you criticize one dictator, you criticize the other.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,604 posts)3. O.k., Kim Yung Un is a cock sucking motherfucking racist misogynistic narcissistic psychopath.
So according to Fox News, is Trump.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)11. +101000
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)4. Kim MURDERED his own brother and countless militaries leaders and politicians....swell guy!
The Fox talking heads just roll into Mordor, have their makeup slapped on and read their script before cashing their devil's pay...they are not to blame.
Sauron is the guy that is behind all the evil at Fox, who is it now that Ailes is gone...or is he??
Vinca
(50,342 posts)5. Wow - it seems Faux never hits bottom.
I wonder if host Sandra Smith realizes if she blabbed away like this in North Korea, her BFF Kim would run her through a wood chipper. Didn't he just use a relative for target practice with missiles??
VMA131Marine
(4,159 posts)6. Another eye-opening quote from the article:
During his interview with Trump, Hannity asked the president if humanitarian issues came up during his summit with Kim in Singapore. Trump immediately pivoted to ranting about the Korean War.
That was a rough fight, Trump said. They were buried along the roadways, they were buried as, you know, soldiers were going back and forth into battle and they were burying them along roadways.
What on earth is Trump talking about? Is he sympathizing with the North Korean side in the war, because that's what it sounds like.
That was a rough fight, Trump said. They were buried along the roadways, they were buried as, you know, soldiers were going back and forth into battle and they were burying them along roadways.
What on earth is Trump talking about? Is he sympathizing with the North Korean side in the war, because that's what it sounds like.
jpak
(41,761 posts)7. Are we now officially through the looking glass?
Cha
(298,139 posts)8. Fuck OFF, Frauds! There are no positive steps..
longship
(40,416 posts)10. Fuck Kim Jong Un!
Fuck Donald J Drumpf!
Oh! And fuck Fox News!!