Has mega media bigwig Rupert Murodoch had it with Donald Trump? There are new signs that he has. Two Murdoch newespapers which are major media players on the right now mince no words when it comes to Trump:
Mr. Trump betrayed his supporters by conning them on Jan. 6, and he is still doing it.”
“…Trump has become a prisoner of his own ego. He can’t admit his tweeting and narcissism turned off millions. He won’t stop insisting that 2020 was ‘stolen’ even though he’s offered no proof that it’s true.…Meanwhile, reports that Trump was pleased that the Jan. 6 crowd chanted for Vice President Mike Pence to be hanged — a truly reprehensible sentiment — makes him unworthy for the office. Trump can’t look past 2020. Let him remain there.”
Indeed, it seemingly doesn’t stop with Trump. The latest news is that his Truth Social app — started as a Twitter rival amid charges on the right that Twitter didn’t allow free speech and was censoring or exiling some on the right (like Trump) — is now banning those who post about the January 6 hearings.
I’ve long felt that those who suggest that the January 6 committee failed unless voters minds are changed in elections miss part of what could happen:
**GOP MAGAs are unlikely to change their minds but the hearings could motivate Democrats to vote in higher numbers and damage Trump’s support among independents.
**The hearings could make Trump highly damaged political goods so that many Republican elites veer toward deep-sixing him as a nominee and opting to back other Trump-style conservatives who don’t have the same baggage. In a nutshell: Trump supports love him but those who don’t consider him a nutcase.
The Murdoch editorials suggest that a search for someone who could offer Trumpism without the narcissim, pinnocio-ism, drama and overt corruption of Trump could be soon underway. If it hasn’t started already.
“Mr. Trump betrayed his supporters by conning them on Jan. 6, and he is still doing it.”
-Murdoch's @WSJ, cutting Trump loose— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 11, 2022
They know they can’t win with Trump anymore. https://t.co/AM5LkXwDD0
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) June 10, 2022
When you loose the the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, you are loosing.
"Mr. Trump betrayed his supporters by conning them on Jan. 6, and he is still doing it."https://t.co/ARARJXwAde— Brad Pomerance (@bradpomerance) June 11, 2022
Surprise this afternoon from @nypost Editorial Board:
“It’s time for Republicans to move on….Trump can’t look past 2020. Let him remain there….[P]ick your favorite from a new crop of conservatives. Look to 2022, and 2024, and a new era. Let’s make America sane again."— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 10, 2022
Murdoch's NY POST saves Trump is unfit for the Presidency! (We've been saying that for 10 f-ckin' years!).
Trump 'refuses to accept reality': Murdoch newspaper says it’s time for GOP to move on https://t.co/2fOHpuYbx6
— Mart Cicchino (@CicchinoMart) June 11, 2022
Murdoch cannot whitewash his role of him in the most destructive presidency in US history via@crikey_news https://t.co/6BukMNIPRz
Donald Trump may have lit the match that sparked the violence in Washington DC, but Murdoch planted the explosives, writes Kevin Rudd.— William Dekmetzian (@WizePenguin) June 11, 2022
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.