President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out but once more at one of many ladies who cowl him as a result of she requested a query that he didn’t like.
PBS NewsHour White Home correspondent Liz Landers requested why the FBI seized election data in Arizona.
“Properly they in all probability thought the election was rigged,” Trump stated, repeating his debunked conspiracy idea concerning the 2020 election, which he misplaced.
“It wasn’t rigged, although,” Landers replied.
“Oh actually?” Trump shot again. “How have you learnt?”
Landers was prepared with some receipts.
“Your personal legal professional common in 2020 stated that there was not measurable voter fraud to alter the end result of the election,” she reminded him, referring to a conclusion from then-Lawyer Common Invoice Barr, who was appointed to that place by Trump himself.
Trump wasn’t having it.
“You don’t suppose it was rigged? I feel it was rigged,” Trump stated. “Should you say it wasn’t rigged, you’re a rotten reporter.”
Landers requested the president for proof, however he walked away.
Whereas Trump has at all times had a testy relationship with each female and male reporters, he’s been particularly demeaning towards the ladies who cowl him, notably in current months.
Final month, he known as CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “the worst reporter” and scolded her for not smiling. He has additionally attacked Collins on social media as “at all times Silly and Nasty.”
Additionally final month, he instructed Washington Put up reporter Natalie Allison that she had a “very dangerous perspective.”
Final yr, he responded to a query from CBS Information White Home correspondent Nancy Cordes by asking: “Are you silly? Are you a silly particular person?” The president additionally attacked Katie Rogers of The New York Occasions as “ugly” after she co-authored a report on his lighter schedule as he ages.
As well as, he accused ABC’s Mary Bruce of asking what he known as “a horrible, insubordinate, and only a horrible query,” and insulted Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey with a now-infamous “Quiet, piggy!”