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highplainsdem

(48,978 posts)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:58 PM Apr 2018

April Ryan: I've gotten death threats for asking if Trump considered resigning

Source: The Hill

White House correspondent April Ryan said Wednesday that she has gotten death threats after asking press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders if President Trump had considered resigning.

Ryan, the correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, said on CNN that those who oppose the president have thought her question was “great,” while Trump’s supporters have been outraged.

“They’re angry. I’ve been getting death threats and we’ve been calling the FBI and I mean, I put one on social media and this is real,” Ryan told CNN.

“I asked a simple question … I did not point a finger, I asked a question and now my life is in jeopardy because of a question. But I’m going to continue to do my job,” she continued.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/382715-april-ryan-ive-gotten-death-threats-for-asking-if-trump-considered-resigning

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April Ryan: I've gotten death threats for asking if Trump considered resigning (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2018 OP
I actually caught her when she asked this question everything Apr 2018 #1
Hey April.............do you want some body guards? I love defending the Constitution because turbinetree Apr 2018 #2
Scott Pruitt might have a few body guards he can lend you. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2018 #30
" sources have told her that the possibility of Trump resigning has been on the table. riversedge Apr 2018 #3
She shouldn't have to "defend herself" for asking a legitimate question procon Apr 2018 #28
Absolutely not! get the red out Apr 2018 #32
In the Facebook hearings Turbineguy Apr 2018 #4
Did anyone bother to tell them the invisible hand of free capitalism Volaris Apr 2018 #25
But cheetoli's minion are such nice, even tempered folks.... marble falls Apr 2018 #5
A peek into what will happen if the rule of law is allowed in America. The right will Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #6
i only heard a little part but the local talk blowhard after the limbaugh show called her question certainot Apr 2018 #13
Figures. Trumplodytes tend to go straight to threats and intimidation... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #7
Michael Cohen school of lawyering... eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Apr 2018 #8
I dont' know why, you know everyone is wondering the same question TNLib Apr 2018 #9
April Ryan? yallerdawg Apr 2018 #10
I think your intimating what I'm thinking... HopeAgain Apr 2018 #27
in the spirit of Helen Thomas...thanks. mahannah Apr 2018 #11
Suckabee can go straight to hell... CTyankee Apr 2018 #12
..... Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #14
I love Pat Metheny Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #16
Nice to know another one Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #17
Way up & Still Life Talking are my favorite albums Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #19
I have the Way up DVD !! Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #20
I own it on blu ray... Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #21
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #15
Only in Trump Amerikkka. SergeStorms Apr 2018 #18
Violent tRumpLickers obviously did not consider her question ridiculous, but rather threatening. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #22
Just wait until buckets of tRdump shit get tossed into.... magicarpet Apr 2018 #23
Is it looksism to comment on SHS permanent scowl? Like my mom always used to say, dont make a face Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2018 #24
More Of Trumps Very Fine People colsohlibgal Apr 2018 #26
Good Grief! What have we come to??! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #29
At least she got called on to ask her question. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2018 #31

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
2. Hey April.............do you want some body guards? I love defending the Constitution because
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:01 PM
Apr 2018

you represent the First Amendment to the document...................


riversedge

(70,218 posts)
3. " sources have told her that the possibility of Trump resigning has been on the table.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:07 PM
Apr 2018

Interesting. but not surprising.


The reporter defended asking the question, which came one day after the FBI raided the offices of Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

Ryan said Wednesday that sources have told her that the possibility of Trump resigning has “been on the table.”

“That is not illogical, irrational. It is a real question on the table, the path [the] White House does not want to deal with because they’re trying to craft the picture, the winning image. And there is no winning picture at this moment,” Ryan said.

procon

(15,805 posts)
28. She shouldn't have to "defend herself" for asking a legitimate question
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:42 PM
Apr 2018

as a journalist that has many people wondering -- and hoping! -- about the same thing.

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)
4. In the Facebook hearings
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:08 PM
Apr 2018

the conservative congress critters brought this out. Conservative free speech was being stifled by Facebook.

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
25. Did anyone bother to tell them the invisible hand of free capitalism
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:35 PM
Apr 2018

Isn't under any obligation to respect a damn thing about them, and the State can't do a damn thing about it?
If market forces can't make money promoting their conservative idiocy, guess what???
THIS is what pisses me off most about them. They scream for 50 years about how the free market should have WAYYY more control than the big, dumb, gubmint, and then when THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT, they complain to anyone that will listen how unfair that is.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
13. i only heard a little part but the local talk blowhard after the limbaugh show called her question
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:21 PM
Apr 2018

the stupidest question about a president ever, paraphrasing, and may have done a whole show on it.

it's the kind of thing limbaugh would use to get death threats hurled at her

and that's generally what stimulates the cowards - a few ignorant blowhards here and there, chickenhawks hiding behind call screeners

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)
7. Figures. Trumplodytes tend to go straight to threats and intimidation...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:09 PM
Apr 2018

They know they don't have any arguments on any subject with any validity. But "winning" is still their goal, even when winning causes evil to others, or even themselves.

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
9. I dont' know why, you know everyone is wondering the same question
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:38 PM
Apr 2018

Even his own friends publically talk about how much he hates the job.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
17. Nice to know another one
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:49 PM
Apr 2018

I have loved his music for at least 20 years.
The Way Up has to be the finest piece of material written and composed in the past 50 years.

 

Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)
19. Way up & Still Life Talking are my favorite albums
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:59 PM
Apr 2018

I sing out his tunes at full volume when I am in the car driving alone and no one can listen to me .. it takes me to a wonderful place mentally.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,106 posts)
21. I own it on blu ray...
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:03 PM
Apr 2018

it is magnificent in my theater room. Have you seen this version of AYGWM?
It is magical.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
22. Violent tRumpLickers obviously did not consider her question ridiculous, but rather threatening.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:03 PM
Apr 2018

Of course, they are fear-obsessed. Which they express also by making schoolyard remarks about her hair. They even suggested she should lose weight but would faint like snowflakes in the sun if anyone suggest the Mango Mussolini lose weight.

magicarpet

(14,150 posts)
23. Just wait until buckets of tRdump shit get tossed into....
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:23 PM
Apr 2018

... the fan and everyone gets splatted.

Will the Nazi gun nuts be able to restraint themselves from going full out Apocalyptic
Mad Max ?

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
24. Is it looksism to comment on SHS permanent scowl? Like my mom always used to say, dont make a face
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:34 PM
Apr 2018

or it will freeze like that LOL.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
26. More Of Trumps Very Fine People
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:37 PM
Apr 2018

Neo Nazis are feeling their oats with that vile right wing narcissist in the WH.

Just got my latest Intelligence Report from the SPLC there are alt right half wits all over the USA.

We are in a fight for the soul of this Nation.

31. At least she got called on to ask her question.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:47 AM
Apr 2018

When IQ45 holds news conferences, he only calls on friendly sources, hence this:



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