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:
Judy Cattani of course you would, you liberals have one mind and one thought, tell me where all that violence from trump and his supporters are happening, where are they burning buildings, attacking people, turning police cars over, breaking windows and stopping free speech, beheading the president, talking of assassination, you people are just to damn stupid to even bother with, I’m done replying to idiots
i’m ur huckleberry u scumbag idiot!
Trump can’t make it but he said I could fill in for him, just say when and where.
Mine too!
Hmmmmm beta male libtard vs.$#%&!@*dont give a$#%&!@*New Yorker—- my money’s on trump
What a$#%&!@*all talk no action
Of course not. trump will send one of his boys, or one of the janitors from his Trump Tower to take care of this small tick and quiet him down in no time!
What a classy gentleman… great role model!
Trump would beat his ass
Threatening our President. Isn’t that against the law?