During the primary campaign an 18-year-old college student
named Lauren Batchelder told candidate Donald Trump that she didn’t think that
he was “a friend to women.” The next day on Twitter called Batchelder “an
arrogant young woman” and speculated that might have been a plant for a rival
campaign.
After that she started getting threatening and sexual phone
calls. One said, “I wish I could punch you in the face.” Another told her,
“Watch your back, punk.”
A few days ago Chuck Jones, leader of the United Steel
Workers at Carrier in Indianapolis ,
said that Trump had lied to Carrier workers. Trump then tweeted that Jones had
done a terrible job representing the workers. If the union was any good, Trump
said, they would have kept the jobs in the country.
Jones then started getting threatening phone calls. One told
him, “You better keep your eye on your kids.” Another said, “We know what car
you drive.”
Then the CEO of Boeing was quoted as questioning Trump’s
policy on trade. Trump responded with a tweet that said that the cost of
building Air Force One, which was being done by Boeing, had spiraled out of
control. He quoted a cost of $4 billion, which was far from true. He also
threatened to cancel the contract with Boeing.
The next morning Boeing stocks fell nearly $2 a share.
What do you call a government whose citizens fear to
criticize its leaders?
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