{"id":24970,"date":"2020-08-16T14:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=24970"},"modified":"2020-08-16T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T18:19:52","slug":"was-robert-trump-taken-out-via-covid-19-as-a-warning-to-the-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=24970","title":{"rendered":"Was Robert Trump taken out via COVID-19 as a warning to the POTUS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ted Cruz, others rip Washington Post over \u2018sick\u2019 Robert Trump obit headline<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24971\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1.jpg 931w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Last October the same paper described a slain ISIS leader as an \u201caustere religious scholar\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>By Dom Calicchio | Fox News<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\">Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0\u201cshould be ashamed of itself\u201d over its headline on an obituary for Robert Trump, brother of the president, U.S. Sen.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, R-Texas, wrote Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Just after midnight, Cruz retweeted a screen capture from The Post\u2019s website, which included a headline reading: \u201cRobert Trump, younger brother of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\">President Trump<\/a>\u00a0who filed lawsuit against niece, dies at 71.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis headline, on an \u2018obituary\u2019 no less, is sick,\u201d Cruz wrote. \u201cWaPo should be ashamed of itself. Robert Trump, RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1294852040347258885&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fted-cruz-others-rip-washington-post-over-sick-robert-trump-obit-headline&amp;siteScreenName=foxnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1294852040347258885\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The headline still appeared on the Post\u2019s website an hour after Cruz\u2019s tweet. The senator was apparently offended by the newspaper using the obituary headline to highlight a recent Trump family dispute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/robert-trump-dead\"><strong>ROBERT TRUMP, BROTHER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, DEAD AT 71<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benny Johnson, an executive with conservative group Turning Point USA, reminded his Twitter followers that just last October a Washington Post obituary headline had described the late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an \u201caustere religious scholar.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-al-baghdadi-obituary-headline-isis\">Baghdadi died as a result of a U.S.-led military operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Washington Post couldn&#8217;t put politics aside for one night,&#8221; Johnson wrote. &#8220;They treated the Leader of ISIS better than the brother of the President of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1294839706413391875&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fted-cruz-others-rip-washington-post-over-sick-robert-trump-obit-headline&amp;siteScreenName=foxnews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1294839706413391875\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just weeks before his death, Robert Trump had tried to block the publication of a book by Mary Trump, a niece of both Robert Trump and the president whose father was their late brother Fred Trump Jr., who died in 1981.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop\">\n<div id=\"desktop_desk-art-media-lb3\" class=\"ad gam\" data-iu=\"lb3\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,1x1,fluid\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robert Trump, who died Saturday in New York at age 71, was retired after years as a top executive with the Trump Organization. He was also involved in numerous charitable causes, including holiday giving and horse rescues.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of his younger brother prompted a statement from President Trump on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,&#8221; the president wrote. &#8220;He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president had visited with his brother just one day earlier in a New York City hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Post articles and headlines have been frequent targets of criticism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Post columnist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-kamala-harris-small-c-conservative\">David Byler was blasted<\/a>\u00a0for referring to Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s running mate, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California, as a \u201csmall-c conservative, party-friendly pick,\u201d despite her record of taking liberal stands on many issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop\">\n<div id=\"desktop_desk-art-media-lb4\" class=\"ad gam\" data-iu=\"lb4\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,1x1,fluid\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Post columnist Jennifer Rubin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jennifer-rubin-washington-post-we-need-gop\">drew pushback<\/a>\u00a0for an essay titled, \u201cDo we even need the Republican Party?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-changes-headline-after-op-ed-calls-for-elites-have-bigger-say-choosing-president\">heavy criticism prompted the newspaper<\/a>\u00a0to change a headline that originally read: \u201cIt\u2019s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The revised headline read: \u201cIt\u2019s time to switch to preference primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Cruz, others rip Washington Post over \u2018sick\u2019 Robert Trump obit headline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}