Trump Laces Into MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow in Oval Office Screed: ‘They Should Be Forced to Resign’

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President Donald Trump on Thursday called for MSNBC to “force” host Nicolle Wallace to resign for her comments on the young boy he honored at his address to Congress.

During Trump’s joint address Wednesday, the president took a moment to recognize DJ Daniels, a 13-year-old boy who survived brain cancer. Trump revealed that Daniels dreamt of becoming a police officer, and announced that Daniels would soon be sworn in as an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service.

In response to that moment, Wallace criticized Trump for pardon the January 6 rioters — some of which violently attacked officers — and hoped that Daniels “never has to defend the United States Capitol against Donald Trump’s supporters.”

“And if he does,” Wallace continued, “I hope he isn’t one of the six who loses his life to suicide.”

Those comments were met with fierce outrage, with even White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calling her out during a Wednesday briefing.

While fielding questions from the media inside the Oval Office, Trump piled on by calling for her to be pulled off the air.

“Worse than CNN is ‘MS-DNC,’ which is the worst,” Trump said. “And the good news is very few people watch them anymore. They have lost such credibility; and, frankly, what Nicole Wallace said — I’ve never been a fan of hers, and she’s not very talented — but I’ll tell you, what she said the other day about that young man is disgraceful. She should be forced to resign.

“And Rachel Maddow should be forced to resign. Nobody watches her anyway. I don’t know if — it’s not possible they pay her as much money as I hear — but certainly she’s lost all credibility. Both of them. But what they said the other day, they should be forced to resign, about that young person who is suffering.”

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