As Twitchy told you yesterday, Sen. Bob Menendez responded to a polite Green New Deal question from Daily Caller reporter Henry Rodgers by threatening to call the Capitol Police on him. If that’s not an attack on our Democracy, we don’t know what is. But there doesn’t seem to be much of an outcry from the Guardians of Truth over this incident.

In fact, the Washington Post’s Dave Weigel is actively cheering Menendez on:

“Go off king.” Not exactly a condemnation, is it?

gotta love press cheering on politicians that threatened to call police on press — Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) February 14, 2019

Press: 'learn to code' shirts are a vile attack on our press.

Also Press: Haha that press IS trash. — mitrebox (@mitrebox) February 14, 2019

reporters cheering on senators who threaten to call the police on other reporters to own the cons — Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) February 14, 2019

Trump attacking CNN is an attack on the first amendment and democratic institutions. Menendez attacking and threatening a reporter from a right-leaning publication is apparently praiseworthy. I’ll be sure to take the outrage very seriously next time. https://t.co/r63cjNXWxC — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) February 14, 2019

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