Historian Heather Cox Richardson said on Thursday’s podcast to journalist Katie Courick that if the Associated Press (AP) mentions the US Gulf by a new name, it would be an important step towards authoritarianism. I warned that it could be possible.
President Donald Trump’s administration first banned the Associated Press from its oval office on Tuesday to continue calling the Gulf of America the Gulf of Mexico despite President’s Day. Presidential Order Change its name. Courick, to her YouTube Channelasking Richardson to respond to the situation, the historian immediately suggests “talking to the rise of the vice president,” and the AP must continue to reject it in order to stop potential tyranny. (Related: “Beyond Your Ski”: Scott Jennings calls CNN panelists on the carpet to boost unproven Musk corruption claims)
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“The idea that reporters must use the Gulf of Mexico when it’s been called at least the Gulf of Mexico since the 1550s is, “I think you’re in my reality now and you have to bow.” In my reality,” Richardson told Courick. “And it’s a terrible, slippery slope, because when you start saying, ‘Okay, I’ll let you let it go’, it’s hard to say no next time. That’s a really important line. ”
Julie Pace, Senior Vice President and Executive Director, AP I said On Thursday, the Trump administration’s continued restricting access to outlets is a “deeply troublesome escalation” and “an obvious violation of the first amendment” of the US Constitution.
“We urge the Trump administration with the strongest words to stop this practice,” she added. “This is the third day when Associated Press reporters are now prohibited from covering the president as members of the pool and now from official press conferences.”
However, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt defended the Trump administration’s decision on Wednesday. Briefing.
“The first day’s briefing is that if you feel lies are being stolen by the outlets in this room, you’ll be held accountable for those lies. And the waters off the coast of Louisiana are called the American Gulf. That’s the fact,” she said. “And I don’t know why the news outlet doesn’t want to call it that, but that’s true. The Secretary of the Interior has created an official designation for the geographically distinguished name server.”
“And Apple is aware of that, Google is aware of that,” she continued. “Almost every other outlet in this room recognizes that water is the US Gulf and is extremely important to this administration, not only is we here, but we also have other parts of the world. It is very important to do so for the sake of this.”
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings also defended the decision Wednesday, denounced the Associated Press for not dealing with reality.
“We have a legitimate process to change its name to this country, the president went through it with the Secretary of the Interior. [Doug Burgum] Incidentally… we also have the ability to change this body of water,” Jennings said. “Look, this smacks me a news organization looking for a way to choose a fight against Donald Trump about something they don’t need to choose a fight. He’s the president and he’s the one who’s going to do that. There’s a legal process that they’ve gone through to do so, so why don’t they respect it?”
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