President Trump slammed Mika Brzezinski on Twitter.
President Trump lashed out at Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,' for using a homophobic slur to describe Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Brzezinski, in a discussion about Pompeo's recent interview with 'Fox & Friends,' said on Wednesday: "I understand that Donald Trump doesn't care...But why doesn't Mike Pompeo care right now? Are the pathetic deflections that we just heard when he appeared on Fox and Friends, is that a patriot speaking, or a wannabe dictator's buttboy?"
Trump reacted via Twitter on Thursday: "If it was a Conservative that said what 'crazed' Mika Brzezinski stated on her show yesterday, using a certain horrible term, that person would be banned permanently from television." "She will probably be given a pass, despite their terrible ratings. Congratulations to @RichardGrenell, our great Ambassador to Germany, for having the courage to take this horrible issue on!" the president further noted. Earlier, Grenell shared Brzezinski's apology on Twitter, which read, "SUPER BAD choice of words...I should have said 'water boy'... like for football teams or something like that.. SO SORRY!" He tweeted: "Accepting apologies is important. We all fail. But I don't see that you've actually apologized to gays? Your words demean, mock and therefore try to control whole groups by minimizing our humanity."