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Donald Trump called out Jeff Bezos of Amazon, who also owns The Washington Post, as well as The New York Times and promised to take on the liberal media. The Donald’s remarks, which also included a promise to “open up libel laws,” came at a campaign rally in Ft. Worth, Texas where he was endorsed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
“I have to tell you, I have respect for Jeff Bezos, but he bought The Washington Post to have political influence and I got to tell you, we have a different country than we used to have. We have a different — He owns Amazon. He wants political influence so that Amazon will benefit from it,” Trump said Friday. “That’s not right. And believe me, if I become president, oh, do they have problems. They’re going to have such problems.”
The New Jersey governor, who has been friends with Mr. Trump for roughly a decade, was the frontrunner’s first big name political endorsement from a previous candidate. Gov. Christie suspended his campaign for president after New Hampshire. Gov. Christie is a former federal prosecutor who served the district after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. His name has been floating as a highly qualified U.S. Attorney General, as well as a potential vice presidential nominee.
DONALD TRUMP: I’ll tell you what, I think the media is among the most dishonest groups of people I’ve ever met. They’re terrible. The New York Times, which is losing a fortune, which is a failing newspaper, which probably won’t be around that much longer, but probably somebody will buy it as a trophy, keep it going for a little longer. But I think The New York Times is one of the most dishonest media outlets I’ve ever seen in my life. The worst, the worst. The absolute worst. They have an agenda that you wouldn’t believe. And they’re run by incompetent people. They are totally incompetently run. Washington Post, I have to tell you, I have respect for Jeff Bezos, but he bought The Washington Post to have political influence and I got to tell you, we have a different country than we used to have. We have a different — He owns Amazon. He wants political influence so that Amazon will benefit from it. That’s not right. And believe me, if I become president, oh, do they have problems. They’re going to have such problems.
And one of the things I’m going to do, and this is only going to make it tougher for me, and I’ve never said this before, but one of the things I’m going to do if I win — and I hope I do and we’re certainly leading — is I’m going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We’re going to open up those libel laws. So that when The New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when the Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they’re totally protected. You see, with me, they’re not protected because I’m not like other people but I’m not taking money. I’m not taking their money. So we’re going to open up those libel laws folks and we’re going to have people sue you like you never got sued before. We have many things to do. We have many, many things to do.
