Editor's note: before reading, understand that the Washington Post has put 20 reporters on full time staff, digging up dirt on Trump and, before the elections, is planning on publishing a book. None of this is happening with Hillary, giving Trump an honest complaint against this Marxist Lefty and his empire. Good for Trump.
From the Post: Amazon.com founder and Washington Post owner Jeffrey P. Bezos fired
back at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying Wednesday
that Trump’s criticism of Bezos’s ownership of the newspaper and the
threats issued against Amazon are “not an appropriate way for a
presidential candidate to behave.”
In an appearance at a
Post-sponsored technology conference at the paper’s headquarters, Bezos
also said that “a company like Amazon deserves to be scrutinized and
criticized. I have no worries about that.”
He added, “We have the
right to free speech, but we have our cultural norms where we’re not
afraid of retaliation, and these cultural norms are at least as
important as our free-speech rights.” He also stated that “it’s critical
that we be able to carefully examine our leaders.”
The comments
came during a question-and-answer session moderated by The Post’s
executive editor, Martin Baron. Bezos was responding to criticism
leveled against him and The Post by Trump last week.
In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity
on Thursday, Trump accused Bezos of using The Post to protect himself
from higher taxes. He presented no evidence for his assertions.
“Every
hour we’re getting calls from reporters from The Washington Post asking
ridiculous questions and I will tell you, this is owned as a toy by
Jeff Bezos, who controls Amazon,” Trump said.
Amazon is “getting
away with murder, tax-wise,” he said. “He’s using The Washington Post
for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like
they should be taxed.”
Trump alleged that Bezos, who purchased
The Post in 2013 for $250 million, has an “antitrust” problem because
Amazon is so dominant in online retailing.
“Amazon is controlling
so much of what they’re doing,” he said. “And what they’ve done is he
bought this paper for practically nothing, and he’s using that as a tool
for political power against me and against other people and I’ll tell
you what, we can’t let him get away with it.”
He later
reiterated, “He’s using The Washington Post . . . for political purposes
to save Amazon in terms of taxes and in terms of antitrust.”
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