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Suppressing free press is 'how dictators get started': Senator McCain

U.S. Senator John McCain speaks at the opening of the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany (PHOTO: REUTERS)

Senator John McCain, defending the media against the latest attack by President Donald Trump, warned that suppressing the free press was "how dictators get started".

The Arizona Republican, a frequent critic of Trump, was responding to a tweet in which Trump accused the media of being “the enemy of the American people”.

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