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Tavis Smiley Holds Nothing Back Against Media For Helping to Create Donald Trump

On the Oct. 10 edition of MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams,” writer and commentator Tavis Smiley dissects the 2016 election while commenting on Donald Trump’s 2005 controversial tape.

In the 5-minute clip, Smiley blames the media for contributing to the real estate mogul’s rise.

“I’m getting sicker and sicker to my stomach,” he starts. ” I’m not just sick about the vile comments Trump made over the weekend … or all the other sick comments he made in this campaign. I am sicken by a media that was complicit in making Donald Trump … I am not buying it. We help make this guy. The media don’t build you up and then tear you down. It builds you up to tear you down…”

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