GOP Congressman Blames Media For Trump’s Attacks On Jeff Sessions (Video)
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Republican Congressman Dave Brat on Thursday placed blame for Donald Trump’s unprecedented attacks on his Attorney General Jeff Session on the media.
The incident took place during an interview with CNN’s Kate Bolduan.
Brat was asked whether he feels the president is at fault for “being the one who made the ‘beleaguered’ Sessions beleaguered.”
“No, no, I don’t. I mean, the mainstream press has just been relentless,” Brat said.
“I mean, we see the stats come out this week — healthcare gets 5 percent of coverage, the budget gets 2 percent of coverage and Washington gets 90 percent of coverage.”
Bolduan pushed back saying that there is no way media outlets are powerful enough to force the president to say what he said about Sessions.
“The media is not forcing the president to tweet his attacks,” she said.
“I think you did,” Brat responded.
“If you have 24/7 coverage and he doesn’t have an AG in place to cover the most important issue that the media covers with 90 percent of your coverage, the anchors across the mainstream — you guys are good, you’re fair to me, I know you’re going to wish me happy birthday today — but some of the others are just relentless.”
Brat then said Trump is frustrated because he doesn’t have an attorney general who can “respond to the key issue that the media is grilling him on all day.”
“And so in politics, sometimes you got to do politics, and so I think that’s the source of the frustration,” he said.
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