United Nations officials have condemned President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against the media. In a joint statement, U.N. special rapporteurs at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, David Kaye and Edison Lanza, said of Trump, “These attacks run counter to the country’s obligations to respect press freedom and international human rights law. We are especially concerned that these attacks increase the risk of journalists being targeted with violence.” Their warning came as Trump continued to assail the media. This is Trump speaking at a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Thursday evening.
President Donald Trump: “There has never been—and even these people back here, these horrible, horrendous people—even these people back there say—look at it. It looks like the Academy Awards, there’s so many. You ever see this many? … But they can make anything bad, because they are the fake, fake, disgusting news.”