[Daily Caller] Republican Tennessee State Rep. Micah Van Huss filed a bill Wednesday in the state’s General Assembly that would explicitly label media outlets The Washington Post and CNN as "fake news" and condemn them for "denigrating our citizens.""A RESOLUTION to recognize CNN and The Washington Post as fake news and condemn them for denigrating our citizens," the bill’s summary reads.
"I’ve filed HJR 779 on behalf of a constituency that’s tired of fake news and Republicans who don’t fight," Van Huss wrote on his Facebook page.
The bill’s text cites several instances where The Washington Post and CNN have drawn a "line between Trump opponents and Trump supporters" by asserting without evidence or definition that Trump’s supporters are "cultists," such as when a CNN guest "suggested that Trump supporters belong to a cult and that our president is using mind control."