"CNN's Dana Bash played video of Trump saying Friday, When somebody is given, 97% of the stories are bad about a person that's no longer free speech, that's no longer anything, that's just cheating. Senator, he really seems to be redefining free speech as speech that is only favorable to him, Bash said. I can't imagine that you're comfortable with that."
"He didn't say free speech,' Mullin objected. He said cheating,' and what he was referring to is elections. Bash visibly reacted to Mullin's assertion and interjected, No, that's not what he was talking about! She continued, It was a very long statement that he made. He was saying that he believes that the stories on network television about him are negative, and that that it should be potentially illegal. That is my question to you."
"I guess my question is, if you just kind of take a step back, sirLet's just say you're right, that when he said cheating, he, in his mind, was referring to elections. Butsince the beginning of time in the United States of America, presidents have not liked the criticism that they got when they get coverage that they don't believe is favorable to themYou don't think there's a slippery slope going on here with that?"
President Donald Trump complained about negative news coverage, saying, 'When somebody is given, 97% of the stories are bad about a person that's no longer free speech, that's no longer anything, that's just cheating.' Senator Markwayne Mullin denied that Trump attacked free speech rights and said Trump used the word 'cheating' to refer to elections. A reporter challenged Mullin, arguing Trump seemed to suggest that negative network television coverage could be made potentially illegal. Mullin maintained that he believes in free speech while asserting there is a thin line when speech crosses into causing violence.
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