GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona condemned President Donald Trump’s attacks against former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as ‘unbecoming,’ just hours after Trump called the only African-American to have served in a senior role in the White House a ‘dog’…Trump’s reference on Tuesday [8-14-18] morning to Manigault Newman as a ‘crazed, crying lowlife’ and a ‘dog’ is at best a sharp departure from the language typically employed by Presidents and at worst a reference that traffics in sexual and racial imagery. Trump has long denied being racist and has dismissed a claim made by Manigault Newman that he used a racial slur on the set of ‘The Apprentice.’ He’s also invoked ‘dog’ to insult non-African-Americans — including Mitt Romney and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon…Flake, who is not seeking re-election in 2018, has been a frequent critic of the President. Trump has responded in saying that Flake decided not to run again because his career is ‘toast’ and had ‘zero chance of being elected.'”
–Veronica Stracqualursi, “GOP senator calls Trump’s attack against Omarosa ‘unbecoming’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 14, 2018 1:44 pm