ACHTUNG, BIG BABY: Guess who’s suing CNN over ‘unfair’ comparisons to murderous dictator?
Donald Trump–who has probably killed more trees than anyone else with his lifetime of bogus lawsuits–is currently extra big mad that anyone who might have appeared on CNN said something not nice about him.
He really only cares about two things: himself and whatever other people are saying about him.
The ultimate control freak absolutely freaks out whenever anyone says something about him that he doesn’t like, whether it’s a journalist, comedian, musician, or, ahem, some lady on Twitter with strong opinions about how he doesn’t even have the qualifications to oversee a paper route, let alone the entire country.
The guy who kept a copy of Mein Kampf on his bedside table (according to his first ex-wife, Ivana “First Tee” Trump) is now suing CNN because he claims their comparisons of his MAGA movement to Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s are “unfair.” The Daily Beast reports:
Lil Donny’s latest manufactured outrage to distract from his myriad legal problems, the latest of which could actually result in a real indictment for him (please come through, Fani Willis!), is a well-orchestrated one because it involves one of his ultimate triggers: being compared to Adolf Hitler.
But this latest frivolous defamation lawsuit has already drawn a sharp response from the network with a motion to dismiss.
Oh!
And CNN’s new lawyer just happens to be a former Republican senator and fellow Florida resident, George Lemieux.
If Donald’s lawsuit sounds like a child wrote it, it’s because one did.
“CNN seeks to create the news…beyond simply highlighting any negative information about the Plaintiff and ignoring all positive information about him,” the lawsuit whines, “CNN has sought to use its massive influence purportedly as a “trusted” news source—to defame the Plaintiff.”
“As a part of its concerted effort to tilt the political balance to the Left,” continued the largest baby in all of Florida’s hellscape. “CNN has tried to taint the Plaintiff with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of ‘racist, ‘Russian lackey,’ ‘insurrectionist,’ and ultimately ‘Hitler.’”
SEETHE!
“Taint the Plaintiff” sounds like a new reality show on CourtTV.
In response, CNN’s motion to dismiss searingly scorches Trump by simply stating facts.
Amazing how that works so much better.
“The Complaint seeks to silence any criticism of Plaintiff’s debunked claim that the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen.'” the motion reads.
“The lawsuit, though, does not even try to prove this claim is true, for the simple reason that evidence of material election fraud does not exist.”
That’s a proper burn right there.
I also enjoyed this part: “Plaintiff must set forth both the details of each allegedly defamatory statement and provide notice identifying those defamatory statements before filing suit.”
You can’t sue someone for their opinion of you just because you don’t like it, but Trump wants to end all First Amendment protections for anyone in the media who dares criticize him.
Who else did that?
I just can’t quite put my (very Jewish) fingers on it.
This mainstream media news story about Trump being compared to Hitler is from six years ago.
SIX.
I don’t recall him suing CBS over this, but I suppose he could always find a way.
Watch for Trump’s legal team to drop this one like it was Tiffany Trump’s hand once he walked her down the aisle.
Learn more here:
The irony here is appalling.
In his lawsuit against CNN for comparing him to Hitler, Trump argues that now is the “perfect” time to peel back First Amendment protections for American journalists.@thedailybeast story: https://t.co/CE5bQoUhC8
— Jose Pagliery (@Jose_Pagliery) January 10, 2023
