Trump Tweets About Female TV Anchor Draw Wide Criticism

"KCAL 9 NEWS"
JEFF: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
I'M JEFF VAUGHN.
I'M ANDREA FUJII.
TWO TWEETS THAT COULD DO LASTING
DAMAGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.
JEFF: IT'S THREATENING TO
FURTHER ERODE HIS SUPPORT BY
WOMEN AND REPUBLICANS.
JUST AS HE'S PROMISING TO
DELIVER ON HEALTHCARE, TAXES AND
IMMIGRATION.
DAVE BRYAN JOINS US NOW WITH
THE LATEST.
REPORTER: THE TWEET HAVE MADE
SOME SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL
FALLOUT AS WELL.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT
DAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT IT
WAS SABOTAGED BY HIS TWEETS THAT
BLEW AWAY ALL THE SERIOUS
LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS AND HAS SET
OFF A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM AND
HEATED DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER THIS
TWEET AND OTHERS ARE MISOGYNIST
AND INAPPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY
COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
ON A DAY WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAD PLENTY OF LEGISLATIVE
ACHIEVEMENTS TO CELEBRATE, AND
ENERGY INITIATIVE HE'S PUSHING,
THE HOUSE PASSING A BILL
ATTACKING SANCTUARY CITIES, AND
HIS TRAVEL BAN FINALLY GOING
INTO A FACT, ALL OF THIS WAS
PUSHED ASIDE BY CONTROVERSIAL
TWEET HE SENT OUT AROUND
6:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
EVEN AS HE WAITED LATER AT THE
WHITE HOUSE ENTRANCE TO GREET
THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA,
THE FIRST SHOUTED REPORTER
QUESTION WAS NOT ABOUT THE
CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA.
MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU REGRET
YOUR TWEET.
WHAT PROMPTED IT WAS THE
TWEET BLASTING THE MSNBC'S
"MORNING JOE" PROGRAM.
HE INSULTED THEM AND ADDED THAT
THEY WANTED TO VISIT HIM AROUND
NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THAT SHE WAS
BLEEDING BADLY FROM A FACELIFT.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF THEM.
ON THE THURSDAY MORNING SHOW,
THEY RIDICULED TRUMP FIRST
SHOWING OFF FAKE TIME MAGAZINE
COVERS FEATURING HIS PICTURES ON
THE WALLS.
NOTHING MAKES A MAN FEEL
BETTER THAN MAKING A FAKE COVER
ABOUT A MAGAZINE ABOUT HIMSELF,
LYING EVERY DAY AND DESTROYING
THE COUNTRY.
HE'S COVERING HIS HANDS HERE
BECAUSE IT WAS TEENSY.
REPORTER: IT WAS THE TRUMP
RESPONSE THAT PROMPTED AND.
[INAUDIBLE]
FRANKLY I WAS STUNNED.
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THE GREATEST COUNTRY OF
THE WORLD, THE PERSON WHO IS
REPRESENTING OUR COUNTRY, TO USE
THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS SO
INAPPROPRIATE.
IT SIMPLY HAS TO STOP.
REPORTER: CALIFORNIA SENATOR
DIANNE FEINSTEIN SAID THIS WAS
AN ATTACK ON ALL WOMEN.
I AM APPALLED.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
YOU DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T ATTACK WOMEN.
WE ARE HALF OF HIS CONSTITUENCY.
REPORTER: AFTER THE TWEET THEY
FIRED BACK WITH THE TWEET OF
THIS IMAGINARY SERIAL
MOCKING HIS HANDS.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, DEPUTY PRESS
SECRETARY SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
MOUNTED A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF
THE TWEET CHARGING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS THE VICTIM OF
VICIOUS ATTACKS, NOT HIS TWEET
TARGETS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WERE LIVING
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
THEY DO THIS DAY AFTER DAY AFTER
DAY AND THEN THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDS AND DEFENDS HIMSELF AND
EVERYBODY IS APPALLED AND BLOWN
AWAY.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
ATTACKED ON PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BY
MEMBERS ON THAT PROGRAM AND I
THINK HE'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT
WHEN HE GETS ATTACKED COME HE'S
GOING TO HIT BACK.
REPORTER: SANDERS REJECTING
SUGGESTIONS THAT IT'S
UNDIGNIFIED FOR THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES TO BE SENDING
OUT SUCH PERSONALLY VITRIOLIC
TWEETS.
I THINK HE SHOWS THAT
EVERYDAY IN THE DECISIONS HE IS
MAKING, THE FOCUS IN THE
PRIORITIES.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT I SEE A
WAR ON HIS THIS PRESIDENT AND
EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR HIM.
REPORTER: WHEN IT COMES TO
INSULTING WOMEN'S LOOKS AND
BOORISH BEHAVIOR, THIS IS NOT
HIS FIRST RODEO.
DURING THE ELECTION, THERE WAS
AN ISSUE WITH MEGYN KELLY.
YOU'VE CALLED WOMEN YOU DON'T
LIKE FAT SLOBS, PIGS AND
DISGUSTING ANIMALS.
THERE WAS BLOOD COMING OUT OF
HER EYES AND BLOOD COMING OUT OF
HER WHEREVER.
REPORTER: THEN THERE WAS THE
VIDEO OF TRUMP GRABBING WOMEN'S
PRIVATE PARTS WITHOUT THEIR
PERMISSION OR DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, HE NEVER HESITATED TO
MAKE DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT
THE APPEARANCE OF CARLY FEE
ARENA AND HILLARY CLINTON.
FIRST LADY MILANI TRUMP RELEASED
A STATEMENT ABOUT THE TWEET
CONTROVERSY THROUGH A
SPOKESWOMAN, DEFENDING HER
HUSBAND BY SAYING WHEN HE GETS
ATTACKED, HE WILL PUNCH BACK TEN
TIMES HARDER.
KEEP IN MIND, SHE HAS PLEDGED
THAT AS FIRST LADY SHE WILL
LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN AGAINST CYBER
BULLYING.
SO THE LATEST WHEAT STORM, WILL
THIS BE SHORT-LIVED OR DOES THIS
HAVE LEGS.
REPORTER: IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO
KNOW HOW LONG LASTING OR WILL
THEY BLOW OVER.
IN MANY RESPECTS IT POINTS OFF
HOW HIS OWN TWEETS ARE HIS WORST
ENEMY.
TODAY WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
HE SHOULD'VE BEEN HAVING A
CELEBRATION PARTY IN THE ROSE
GARDEN ABOUT THE HOUSE PASSING
IMMIGRATION BILL BUT ALL OF THAT
WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE TRUMP
TWEET ATTACK WHICH DOMINATED THE
NEWS CYCLE.
BECAUSE OF THAT DISTRACTION, THE
UGLY TWEET IS ALIENATED SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN
PARTY.
AT A TIME WHEN THE BULK OF THE
PARTIES LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE
IS STILL HANGING IN THE BALANCE,
THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS.

Trump Tweets About Female TV Anchor Draw Wide Criticism

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