12/13/2018

MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [12-13-18] went on the attack against Mika Brzezinski, after the ‘Morning Joe’ host used a homophobic slur to refer to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In a duo of tweets, Trump suggested that there was a double standard for conservative pundits, predicting that Brzezinski would ‘probably be given a pass’ for the comment whereas a conservative would be ostracized. In a segment on Wednesday’s show, Brzezinski criticized an interview Pompeo did on Fox News in which he repeatedly ducked the question of whether he believed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman orchestrated the murder of a Washington Post columnist critical of the regime…The remark was not censored by MSNBC, but it caught fire on social media and drew outrage and disgust from those on the left and right, including the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, who is gay.”

Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump attacks Brzezinski for using a slur to describe Pompeo,” Politico, December 13, 2018 1:22 pm