This CNN broadcast entitled “Trump Twitter Coverage Overdone” presents four Establishment pundits who farcically (but while acting seriously) “lambast” Trump for criticizing the cast of a Broadway play that verbally attacked Vice President Pence and his family, discussing how Trump saying “This should not happen!” in a “tweet” may have a “chilling effect for artistic expression.” Also during the segment the statements “WILL TRUMP UNHOLD FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS?” and “TRUMP USING TWITTER TO DISTRACT FROM CONTROVERSIES?” is displayed along the bottom of the screen.
Here is the “Tweet” that Trump issued which the segment is discussing: “Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing. This should not happen!”
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This is what the actor said to Pence after the performance: “Vice President-elect Pence, we welcome you, and we truly thank you for joining us here at ‘Hamilton: An American Musical.’ We really do.
We, Sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us.
Again, we truly thank you truly for (sharing) this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men and women of different colors, creeds and orientations.”
It would have been great if Pence would have replied by standing or taking the stage, saying something like the following:
“Why do you think that we won’t protect you? What do you think is going to happen in our administration? It is true that we’re going to deport some illegal aliens— the ones who are convicted felons. It is true that we are worried about radical Islam because it is appropriate to be, and unvetted Islamic immigration is unnecessary and dangerous. Perhaps you are a homosexual, do you know that in many parts of the world Muslims execute people for being gay? Most Muslims who follow Sharia Law support the concept of the death penalty for Homosexuals.. They want to kill you! You don’t need to worry, we’re going to ‘defend and uphold to inalienable rights’ of all Americans!”