The mainstream media is attempting to "criminalize dissent" in America with claims that President Donald Trump is trying to incite violence against journalists with his comments, columnist and Conservative Review senior editor Michelle Malkin said Wednesday.
"They're trying to invoke some sort of impenetrable shield around journalists who have long enjoyed living in a bubble," Malkin told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" program. "Donald Trump, more than any other politician in modern America has successfully pierced that bubble, and they're panicked about it."
Further, she said the media is not criticizing members of Hollywood or even members of their own industry who have "outright, explicitly called for violence" against Trump.
"Do these people not recall that during the campaign last year and leading up until Election Day that the #assassinatetrump was trending?" Malkin said. "Where were they to pontificate about the dangers of the climate of hate and climate of left wing insight rhetoric? They were nowhere. They were AWOL. Hypocrites."
Malkin also spoke out against the nation's sanctuary cities, saying they should instead be called "outlaw cities."
"These are safe spaces for criminality and people are sick and tired of it," Malkin said. "The human cry from ordinary Americans and taxpayers who know that their pandering mayors and mush- minded police chiefs are not serving them, but rather serving open borders' special interest, they're finally being heard by Donald Trump and this administration."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is committed to enforcing the law, said Malkin, and "sending a message to every one of these police departments that they must not defy that rule of law."
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