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ABC, NBC Ignore the Fact that Wall Money Lawsuit Is Entirely Partisan
By Scott Whitlock | February 19, 2019 1:30 PM EST

ABC and NBC on Tuesday ignored the fact that a lawsuit brought by 16 Attorneys General is entirely a partisan effort with every one being filed by Democrats. Although all three networks hyped the “outrage” and the “coalition of states,” only CBS This Morning explained the Democratic effort to stop funding of the wall.

This Morning co-host Gayle King noted, “16 states are challenging President Trump's plan to build a border wall without the full approval of Congress.” Importantly, she told viewers, “All 16 attorneys general involved the suit are Democrats.” In contrast, NBC’s Today omitted this fact as co-host Hoda Kotb heralded the protesters: “Outrage. New protests erupt over President Trump declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall as 16 states join forces filing a federal lawsuit to stop him.” 


Correspondent Peter Alexander touted the legal effort against the wall funding:

    Fresh off President’s Day, that coalition of states is accusing President Trump of misusing his presidential power. Their suit argues the President has, quote, “veered the country toward a constitutional crisis of his own making” to fund the wall that the suit calls ‘a vanity project.”

https://www.newsbusters.org/print/238624