Reporter Who Called Out Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘I Can’t Take It Anymore’
Brian Karem, the reporter who scolded deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for attacking the press during a briefing Tuesday, says he’s had enough of the White House’s “bullying.”
The Montgomery County Sentinel executive editor warned that the White House’s aggressive behavior toward the media is unconstitutional and sabotages the First Amendment.
“For the government to sit there and undermine, essentially what is very essential checks and balances system ― it’s disheartening,” Karem said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Wednesday. “It’s unnerving. I can’t take it anymore. It’s nuts.”
'I can't take it anymore,' @BrianKarem says about WH media treatment. Full clip here: https://t.co/QJAznkq4WT #morningjoe pic.twitter.com/s5rxn3qCOY
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) June 28, 2017
Karem made headlines Tuesday after he interrupted Sanders’s rant against the press over what she called “constant barrages of fake news” targeting President Donald Trump.
“You’re inflaming everybody right here and right now with those words,” Karem told Sanders. “You have been elected to serve for four years at least. There’s no option other than that. We’re here to ask you questions.”
Hours later, Karem told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that the confrontation had been “a long time coming.”
Tensions between the press and the White House continued to mount Wednesday after Trump tweeted yet another attack against “fake news.”
The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me. They don't even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare. Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
Karem condemned the president’s latest tweets on Wednesday and encouraged his fellow reporters to push back against Trump-led efforts to weaken the Fourth Estate
“We’ve been called the ‘enemy of the people’ from that White House,” Karem said. “We’ve been told that we’re fake media. We are bullied and browbeaten every day ― and I’ve pretty much had enough of it.””
“It’s not good for this country,” he added. “It’s got to be stopped and ... more of us have to stand up to it every day.
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