GOP hypocrisy @WhiteHouse: Free speech for me but not for thee

 

Top headline:  Associated Press

Bottom headline:  New York Times

Shawn McCreesh reports for the Times:

Mr. Kimmel, who has a long history of sparring with the president, had imagined himself as the M.C. at the dinner. “Of course, our first lady, Melania, is here,” he said on Thursday night. Then, pretending to address her, he called her “so beautiful” and added: “Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.” He made cracks about Mr. Trump’s age and health. 

This was before a gunman broke past a security perimeter in the Washington Hilton while the president and first lady were inside on Saturday.

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