David Gergen actually said...
One of the first major things you do is to silence your critics, especially in the press. You try to find -- you try to delegitimize them and discredit them so that they won't be taken seriously in what they report and then you can run over them.
Context
David Gergen discusses the tactics of authoritarianism and how they relate to Trump's treatment of the media.
10/24/2018