Republican Heavyweights Blast Trump for Bleeding Facelift Tweet
Republican lawmakers, commentators, and Twitter eggs joined the collective outrage at President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski and claiming she was bleeding following a facelift.
Trump sent off the following set of tweets Thursday morning, likely due to frustration over Morning Joe’s critical coverage of his presidency:
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
Now, we can cue the cycle that regularly follows an outrageous comment from Trump: a band of dignified Republicans distance themselves from the president’s comments — before eventually returning home to his warm embrace.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, Trump’s most reliable scourge on the right, kicked things off, calling the president’s tweet “beneath the office”:
Mr. President, your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) June 29, 2017
Paul Ryan on bleeding facelift tweet: "obviously I don't see that as an appropriate comment"
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) June 29, 2017
This has to stop – we all have a job – 3 branches of gov’t and media. We don’t have to get along, but we must show respect and civility.
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) June 29, 2017
This is not okay. As a female in politics I am often criticized for my looks. We should be working to empower women. https://t.co/sV6WDE0EUD
— Lynn Jenkins (@RepLynnJenkins) June 29, 2017
MCCAIN on Trump’s Tweets this morning: “It’s hard to understand, and not presidential…”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 29, 2017
Please just stop. This isn’t normal and it’s beneath the dignity of your office.
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) June 29, 2017
Mr. President, it is incumbent upon ALL of us to tone down this divisive political rhetoric. #RestoreCivility ➡️ https://t.co/Ky5nquKO2V
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) June 29, 2017
On the President’s tweets this morning → pic.twitter.com/tJJqsV8KCb
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) June 29, 2017
Personal attacks & character assassination yield a culture of social & political violence in which people can become radicalized & dangerous
— Carlos Curbelo (@carloslcurbelo) June 29, 2017
“It’s incumbent on all of us, then — from the President to Congress on down — to be responsible for our speech.” https://t.co/BVVKFll3Sj
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) June 29, 2017
GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito tells me President Trump’s tweets on Mika were “distasteful”
— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) June 29, 2017
I do not think making fun of a woman’s looks is acceptable. I get it every day of my life. I think that tweet is cruel – and unpresidential
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) June 29, 2017
I remember when Republicans were outraged if someone didn’t wear a tie in the Oval Office. Now the commander-in-chief tweets about facelifts
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 29, 2017
There’s no such thing as rock bottom pic.twitter.com/SiLCnEHCvI
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) June 29, 2017
Seriously dude, SHUT UP https://t.co/hki1FgzEfl
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 29, 2017
Here is a list of all the important policy priorities Trump advanced today by attacking Mika Brzezinski’s bleeding face-lift:
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 29, 2017
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
You are a pig.
Sincerely,
Bill Kristol https://t.co/2IG7yXmCs4
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 29, 2017
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