Republican senator slams Trump for Stalin-like attacks on media

A maverick senator from Donald Trump's own Republican party launched a stinging attack on the president on Wednesday, accusing him of employing Stalinist language to attack and undermine the free press. Arizona lawmaker Jeff Flake levelled the broadside in an address from the Senate floor, timed to coincide with the expected announcement of controversial "Fake News Awards" by Trump's administration. "The 'enemy of the people' was how the president of the United States called the free press in 2017," Flake told lawmakers.

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