Trump’s Spokesperson Says Reporters Are ‘Literally’ Beating Trump Supporters. She Has It Backwards

Trump national spokesperson Katrina Pierson has had a rough August. First, she suggested President Obama, who took office in 2009, was somehow responsible for the 2004 death of Muslim American solider Capt. Humayun Khan in Iraq. A couple weeks later, she blamed Obama for invading Afghanistan, even though that also happened during George W. Bush’s first term.

On Monday, Pierson delivered again. While discussing the media’s alleged desire to destroy her boss on Fox Business, Pierson said “the voters” are “tired of seeing left-wing reporters literally beat Trump supporters into submission, into supporting policies they don’t agree with.”

Suffice it to say there have been no documented instances of reporters beating on Trump supporters. On the other hand, there is a precedent for Trump staff laying hands on a journalist....
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