‘The Trump Effect’
At 5:59 PM Monday a CBS affiliate in Atlanta broke the news that a man had been arrested a week ago after allegedly calling CNN 22 times threatening to shoot and kill all their employees.Â
“Fake news. I’m coming to gun you all down,” the 19-year old man, according to court documents, told a CNN operator during one call, CBS 46 reports.
“I’m smarter than you. More powerful than you. I have more guns than you. More manpower. Your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours,” he reportedly said during another.
“I am coming to Georgia right now to go to the CNN headquarters to f—ing gun every single last one of you,” he is also accused of saying.
Barely more than 12 hours after the CBS report, which quickly spread overnight, President Trump was back calling CNN “Fake News.”
In a rare twist, the president tweeted a back-handed compliment to CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent.
Trump has specifically called Acosta and CNN “fake news” on camera before.
On Twitter alone, Trump has called CNN “Fake News” more than 30 times.
Some are now pointing at President Trump and blaming him directly for creating the environment where someone would threaten a domestic terror attack on the news media.
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