This week, Donald Trump sparked controversy on Twitter when he called out the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe for their two-faced behavior.
The two tweets directed at the hosts called Joe Scarborough “psycho” and Mika Brzezinski “crazy” and “bleeding badly from a face-lift” during a New Years event.
I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017
…to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017
The posts — while not out of character from Trump — nonetheless sparked a serious of condemnations from media types and politicians alike. As is often the case, many of those condemnations are more than a little hypocritical in their phrasing. The media think Trump is crude, but fail to realize their own behavior toward the president is often much worse.
Watch one CNBC reporter respond to Trump’s insults with a threat on the next page:
Karl your dutch
Jerry Kauffman sorry I see it the other way around !!
Douche Deutsch, just another scumbag lib.
Who the heck is this jerk?? Never heard of him but seen as much as I ever want to see if him here! What an immature little boy he is!
Yep, but not democrat anymore
Its Donny Douche everyone.
Donnie is what his name says! And I do t think he could find the schoolyard
So you can’t fight your way out of a paper bag. And you believe everything faux news says
The President is way way better looking than you, you idiot. And I bet you, you cannot say those words if the president is in front of you. Coward. Looking for 15 minute fame.
So you suggest violence as a way to resolve your differences then culturally appropriate the word brother from Hawaiians. How very liberal of you