{"id":2392313,"date":"2025-01-19T10:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-bedwetting-over-trump-frightening-chapter-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:20:32","slug":"dan-rather-bedwetting-over-trump-frightening-chapter-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-bedwetting-over-trump-frightening-chapter-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Rather bedwetting over Trump, \u2018frightening chapter\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-rather-bedwetting-over-trump-frightening-chapter-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392313&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 article discusses Dan Rather&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-cheneys-continued-criticism-of-trump-a-distraction-some-question-her-leadership\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Cheney\u2019s Continued Criticism of Trump a Distraction, Some Question Her Leadership\">continued criticism<\/a> of Donald \u200bTrump, labeling\u200b it as part of a \u2062&#8221;frightening \u200bchapter&#8221;\u2062 in \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-runs-through-three-new-polls-warns-viewers-trump-has-a-real-shot-at-beating-biden-in-2024\/\" title=\"CNN analyst highlights three recent polls indicating that Trump has a genuine chance of defeating Biden in 2024.\">current political\u200d landscape<\/a>. \u200dUnlike many other \u2062critics who may have toned down\u2062 their opposition as Trump took office, Rather \u2063remains vocal and is encouraging his followers to \u200dstay alert and engaged \u2064with the political developments under\u2062 Trump&#8217;s \u200dpresidency. The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hill-promotes-white-violence-agenda-by-using-social-justice-militias-as-the-face-of-black-gun-ownership\/\" title=\"The Hill Promotes \u2018White Violence\u2019 Agenda By Using \u2018Social Justice\u2019 Militias As The Face Of Black Gun Ownership\">article appears<\/a> to emphasize the urgency of Rather&#8217;s\u2064 message, highlighting his viewpoint on the potential implications of Trump&#8217;s leadership. It suggests a sense \u200cof alarm regarding\u200b the direction of the country and \u2063calls for collective awareness \u200band action among the public.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dan Rather bedwetting over Trump, &lsquo;frightening chapter&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1938072\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Newsman Dan Rather is not pausing his anti-Trump tirades like many other critics of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-rico-case-and-it-involves-potentially-the-incoming-president-of-the-united-states-assuming-hes-installed-tom-fitton-on-hunter-bidens-criminal-c\/\" title=\"\u201cThis Is a RICO Case and It Involves Potentially the Incoming President of the United States, Assuming He\u2019s Installed\u201d \u2013 Tom Fitton on Hunter Biden\u2019s Criminal Case\">incoming president<\/a>, and instead is urging his followers to resist President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3291847\/team-trump-gins-up-supporters-in-new-video-before-inauguration-eve-rally\/\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his policies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On his popular substack <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/42lU4IC\" title=\"\"><em>Steady<\/em><\/a>, the disgraced former CBS newsman on Sunday warned that Trump poses a threat to Americans and that citizens should not look away.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sticking our heads in the sand plays right into MAGA&rsquo;s hands,&rdquo; wrote Rather a day before America&rsquo;s 45th president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3290649\/impeached-to-transformational-trump-compared-to-reagan-and-fdr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">makes history by returning<\/a> to the White House as the 47th president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284826\/inauguration-day-2025-donald-trump-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INAUGURATION DAY 2025: EVERYTHING TO KNOW AHEAD OF TRUMP TAKING OFFICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like his allies on CNN, MSNBC, and other liberal news sites, Rather said that he is digging in to protest Trump for the next four years even as other notable media and business celebrities and titans are giving the Republican a grace period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Times are changing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VTG0IXLzMw\">pic.twitter.com\/VTG0IXLzMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1880790394302312560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Just last night, for example, the owner of the anti-Trump <em>Washington Post,<\/em> Jeff Bezos, was photographed chumming with Trump and his wife Melania. The <em>Post&rsquo;s<\/em> mixed messages and bow to Trump have prompted several of its newsroom team to bail out.<\/p>\n<p>Not Rather, pushed out of CBS after pushing fake and negative reports about former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">George W. Bush<\/a> during his 2004 reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He warned without providing any evidence that under Trump, America is heading &ldquo;into what will surely be a contentious, often frustrating, and sometimes frightening chapter in our nation&rsquo;s history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And he tried to take down Trump&rsquo;s new allies in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">social media<\/a>, such as X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elon-Musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>. &ldquo;As Elon Musk pushes X even further to the right, filled with hate speech and too much unchecked Trump, I have decided to try the new social media platform Bluesky,&rdquo; he said, adding in a deeper warning, &ldquo;Facebook, with Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s decision to stop fact-checking, may not be far behind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1938072\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1938072\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Rather expresses concern over Trump, urging resistance to his presidency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2392314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rather-Trump-Fear-scaled-1024x657.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48794,48793,32171,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2392313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bedwetting","tag-dan-rather","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rather-Trump-Fear-scaled-1024x657.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392317,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392313\/revisions\/2392317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}