{"id":68046,"date":"2021-01-08T01:26:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=68046"},"modified":"2021-01-08T08:33:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:33:12","slug":"political-director-of-abc-news-talks-about-cleansing-america-of-trump-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-director-of-abc-news-talks-about-cleansing-america-of-trump-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Director Of ABC News Talks About \u2018Cleansing\u2019 America Of Trump Supporters"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpolitical-director-of-abc-news-talks-about-cleansing-america-of-trump-supporters%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=68046&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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the last four years, people in liberal media have called Trump an authoritarian and even a fascist.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that they are projecting. The professional left is pretty much everything that they have accused Trump of being and this is a perfect example of that.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Klein is the political director of ABC News. This week, he wrote on Twitter of \u2018cleansing\u2019 America of Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Someone must have let him know how awful that sounded, because he ultimately deleted the tweet, but not before people made a copy.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/abc-demands-cleansing-trump-movement-from-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>ABC demands \u2018cleansing\u2019 Trump movement from America<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Beware, 75 million Trump voters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The media is calling for your ideological \u201ccleansing\u201d of Trump thought.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a column and tweet, ABC\u2019s well-respected political director Rick Klein made the call after yesterday\u2019s pro-Trump riots inside the halls of Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is a sentiment throughout much of the political media and among Democrats who are also pointing an accusing finger at aides to President Trump who are resigning before their jobs end on Joe Biden\u2019s Inauguration Day in 13 days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEven aside from impeachment and 25th Amendment talk, Trump will be an ex-president in 13 days. The fact is that getting rid of Trump is the easy part,\u201d Klein wrote in his popular blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCleansing the movement he commands, or getting rid of what he represents to so many Americans, is going to be something else,\u201d he added, drawing comments that it sounded too much like Hitler.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s a copy of the tweet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I want people to remember that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickklein\">@rickklein<\/a> made this comment today about people who have a different political view. He is the Political Director of ABC News. The word he used \u201cCleansing\u201d is beyond disturbing considering his position. To state 75 million Americans must be cleansed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TClStsCX2X\">pic.twitter.com\/TClStsCX2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diane B (@dmb1031) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmb1031\/status\/1347373702179155970\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Can you even believe this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Didn\u2019t fascists \u201ccleanse\u201d their enemies?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickklein\">@rickklein<\/a> is calling for.<\/p>\n<p>Guess that makes him a fascist too.<\/p>\n<p>Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\">@ABC<\/a> good with that? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhgzhYWWRp\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZhgzhYWWRp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SebGorka\/status\/1347270807123341313\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ABC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickklein\">@rickklein<\/a> says he wants to see a &#8220;cleansing&#8221; of Trump supporters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esG6vNYcej\">https:\/\/t.co\/esG6vNYcej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1347349551309471746\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>This is what the left thinks of their fellow Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s sickening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cross posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlookout.com\/political-director-of-abc-news-talks-about-cleansing-america-of-trump-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Lookout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/01\/political-director-abc-news-talks-cleansing-america-trump-supporters\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Political Director Of ABC News Talks About \u2018Cleansing\u2019 America Of Trump Supporters<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last four years, people in liberal media have called Trump an authoritarian and even a fascist. 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