Current US Senate senior advisor hopeful Lake Kari called for journalists to be “sent to a labor camp” because of a seemingly casual conversation a reporter had with a reporter. Democratic electioneer votes for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Top GOP official Caroline Wren under pressure on issue closely interested “March to Save America” ​​rally on January 6, 2021, Subsequent riot at the US Capitol – called the media “the enemy of the people”, disparaged reporters as humorless robots who couldn’t take a joke, and reiterated that he wanted to see them imprisoned in labor camps. Donald Trump He takes back the White House.

Wren posted her original comment on X on Sunday night. A tweet by Brahm ResnikA journalist from Phoenix, Arizona NBC affiliate KPNX/12 News said he answered a knock on the door of his home moments earlier.

Here’s Resnik’s tweet: “Dem pollster: ‘Is (your son) home?'” Me: ‘No. He moved out of state a few years ago. How many doors did you knock on?’ He: ‘Thousands. ‘It’s up to the voters to act or die.’ #BattlegroundAZ”

While others shared similar experiences, with a field researcher Saying you stumbled upon something Wren apparently said, “(l)a lot of empty houses, people moving out, etc.” He interpreted things like this quite differently. to tweet“Brahm Resnik is openly encouraging election fraud here. “He must have been the first journalist sent to the Gulag.”

When Independent When she asked Wren to comment on the post on Monday, she first texted three “rolling on the floor laughing” emojis and then took a swipe at the media at large.

Wren replied, “I know the humor is lost on journalists, but the gulag reference is a common joke among those of us with a sense of humor.”

Amidst Donald Trump’s endless rhetoric about the press being the “enemy of the people” and his speech at his latest rally, in response to a follow-up question about how such speeches could be misunderstood as a call to action rather than a joke, Wren said he wouldn’t care if the reporters covering the event were shot, saying, “The press “He is the enemy of the people,” he sent a message.

“Where did Trump say he wanted to put the journalist (sic) in a labor camp?” Wren wrote. “If so, I hope Brahm comes first.”

Wren responded to the idea that reporters were being assassinated for doing their jobs by sending an “eye roll” emoji followed by a “Thoughts and prayers” message.

Resnik declined to comment.

Trump has long cheered the specter of violence against members of the media. Throughout his political career, Trump called the shooting of a reporter by a police officer’s rubber bullet a “beautiful sight” and basked in reports that then-GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte struck a journalist with his body in 2018. He jails journalists who protect the identities of their sources and regularly turns rally crowds against reporters there to cover what’s going on. In the last eight weeks alone, Trump has launched more than 100 attacks against the press. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

“Trump’s tirades against the press have become so commonplace that we are at risk of not noticing them anymore,” the nonprofit said in a statement. “But the regularity of Trump’s abuses makes the urgency of calling them out even greater. The dangers of becoming numb to Trump’s attacks on the media cannot be overstated; What starts as a verbal insult can easily turn into something much more serious if left unchecked. RSF is deeply concerned that violent rhetoric can easily lead to violent actions.”

Approximately 75 journalists have been physically attacked in the USA so far in 2024. According to the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The organization’s data shows that 321 journalists have been shot or shot since 2017, 374 by private citizens and seven by politicians.