300 days since a White House briefing. OUR GOVERNMENT is none of our business.

[spanone]

Why America needs to hear from its government

By 13 former White House press secretaries, foreign service and military officials

(CNN)All of us have experienced the challenges of a regular press briefing whether at the White House, the State Department or the Pentagon. We all had days where the last place we wanted to be was behind one of those podiums. But day after day, we persisted.

We believed that regular briefings were good for the American people, important for the administrations we served, and critical for the governing of our great country.

We'd like to share what we mean by that. In any great democracy, an informed public strengthens the nation. The public has a right to know what its government is doing, and the government has a duty to explain what it is doing.

For the president and the administration this is a matter of both self-interest and national interest. The presidents we served believed a better-informed public would be more supportive of the president's policy and political objectives.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/opinions/ex-press-secretaries-open-letter-on-press-briefings/index.html

[ck4829]

1. Hey, if the White House doesn't want to be seen as legitimate, I'm all for it

An executive branch SHOULD be for the people and of the people which would mean it would need to provide regular reports to those people, if we're not satisfied with it, we should say it and the cost would be the legitimacy of that executive branch.

[Ohiogal]

2. And, MAGAts,

Your orange clown yelling at reporters for a couple minutes in front of a helicopter warming up is NOT the same thing. In case you aren’t aware.

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

[kentuck]

4. Donald Trump does nothing he is not forced to do.

Either by force of law or threat of personal loss of some sort.

[justgamma]

5. Oh CNN, how naive

can you be. You have to report what they say when you know it's just a bunch of lies.

[Firestorm49]

6. My administration will be "the most transparent".

October 2012 - Trump - “Why does Obama believe he shouldn’t comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition. Hiding something?”

Nothing more needs to be said. The word hypocrisy has been worn out. I’m about as deadened over blatant hypocrisy as I am the over term “exceeding your expectations”.

[spanone]

7. Yep, that's why trump has blocked anyone from his administration from testifying....

that's why trump hasn't given one sheet of paper to the impeachment inquiry

he has zero transparency. he is hiding EVERYTHING.