unwarranted. the enemy of the people was how the people of the united states called the free press in 2017. mr. president, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. it bares noting that so fraught with malice was enemy of the people, that even the soviet communist party couldn t use it, saying stalin used it for the purpose of, quote, annihilating individuals, end quote, who disagreed with a supreme leader. this alone should be of shame for us in this body, especially for those of us in the president s party, for they are shameful, repulsive statements. of course, the president has it precisely backward. despotism is the enemy of the people. the free press is the despot s enemy, which makes the free