We’ve highlighted how the Media Research Center just hates it when it’s pointed out that Donald Trump acts and talks like a mafia boss. Mark Finkelstein grumbled about this again in an Aug. 3 post:
The liberal media has been having a field day accusing Donald Trump of acting like a Mafia boss in connection with allegations that he ordered aides to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance tapes. We& caught Morning Joe doing just that last week.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Chris Christie piled on. Christie claimed that Trump’s team that, allegedly, helped him hide documents and was ordered to delete surveillance tape were “the Corleones without experience.” Adding insult to injury, Christie called Trump aide Walter Nauta the “Fredo” of the gang.
Hey, we thought “Fredo” was a moniker reserved for one of CNN’s former own: Chris Cuomo And as you’ll see, guest host Kasi Hunt couldn’t stifle a snorting laugh, and fought for several ensuing seconds not to smile again!
Finkelstein didn’t dispute the accuracy of the claim, which means he’s whining about it being said. And it’s highly ironic given the MRC’s own predeliction for making mafia references. As Finkelstein alluded to, his employer loves mocking Cuomo with the “Fredo” smear, and you will find many descriptions of LGBT activists as the “rainbow mafia” despite the fact that they do nothing remotely like any actual mafia member.
The real problem, it appears, is that the MRC doesn’t like it when anyone else uses their tactics.