Many members of the media have had enough with President Donald Trump’s attacks, and are rallying behind “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski, who the president tweeted has a “low I.Q.” and was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she was at Mar-a-Lago around New Year’s Eve.
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Brzezinski clapped back at Trump’s Thursday attack with a subtweet calling out the president’s “tiny hands:”
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) June 29, 2017
“It’s a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job,” an MSNBC spokesperson said in a statement Thursday.
MSNBC’s Mark Kornblau, the senior vice president of communications at NBCUniversal News Group, tweeted that he “never imagined a day when I would think to myself, ‘it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States.’”
Never imagined a day when I would think to myself, "it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States."
— Mark Kornblau (@MarkKornblau) June 29, 2017
Other members of the media are similarly outraged at Trump’s comments.
“Mika is capable enough to take this. But the message it sends to others–the notion that you can talk like this w/ impunity–is grotesque,” one tweeted.
“Good time to remind you that @MorningMika is smart as hell, stronger than any critic, and a role model for what we hope our daughters can be,” tweeted another.
See a round up of reactions from the media below.
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
You are a pig.
Sincerely,
Bill Kristol https://t.co/2IG7yXmCs4
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 29, 2017
Mika is capable enough to take this. But the message it sends to others – the notion that you can talk like this w/ impunity – is grotesque.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 29, 2017
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Trump Just Went Completely Psycho And Launched A Grotesque Attack On Mika Brzezinski https://t.co/iF28Dp2uac pic.twitter.com/PcgBBiTFB2
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 29, 2017
Statement from MSNBC re Trump's attack on @morningmika pic.twitter.com/urSoy9Ber8
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) June 29, 2017
Dianne Feinstein tells us Trump's attacks against @morningmika are "sexist," and beneath dignity of the presidency
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 29, 2017
Good time to remind you that @MorningMika is smart as hell, stronger than any critic, & a role model for what we hope our daughters can be.
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) June 29, 2017
Sen. Graham on @realDonaldTrump tweets about @morningmika https://t.co/sGhI4PGCzH
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 29, 2017
The head of NBC News/MSNBC PR, responding to Trump's attack against @JoeNBC and @MorningMika: https://t.co/PJ2bppi6Lj
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 29, 2017
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I'm angry for my colleague @morningmika. I'm deeply embarrassed for our country.
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid ? (@JoyAnnReid) June 29, 2017
.@morningmika, who I used to work with at @CBSNews, is a smart, a pro, an advocate/role model for working women, just lost her beloved dad
— Maria Spinella (@mariaspinella) June 29, 2017
The White House director of social media Dan Scavino, Jr., called Brzezinski and Scarborough “unhinged” in his tweet.
#DumbAsARockMika and lover #JealousJoe are lost, confused & saddened since @POTUS @realDonaldTrump stopped returning their calls! Unhinged.
— Dan Scavino Jr.??? (@DanScavino) June 29, 2017