Donald Trump takes the lowest of low roads on Matt Lauer
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Donald Trump takes the lowest of low roads on Matt Lauer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/trump-lauer-tweet/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 10:26 AM ET, Wed November 29, 2017
Matt Lauer fired
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That Trump saw opportunity in the news of Lauer's dismissal to make a point about the so-called "Fake News" is not terribly surprising. It's the one consistent through line of his presidential politics.
But, that's not the truly stunning part. The truly stunning part is Trump's urging to "Check out Andy Lack's past."
Lack is the chairman of NBC News. What the President of the United States seems to be suggesting -- with absolutely no evidence to back up the claim -- is that Lack, like Lauer, has skeletons in his closet.
Trump's reference to Scarborough is far more vague. Prior to serving as the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Scarborough represented Florida in the House from 1995 to 2001.
Making insinuations like these is a deeply irresponsible thing for anyone in public life to do. It's beyond deeply irresponsible for the President -- a man with 43.6 million Twitter followers -- to do. Rampant speculation is not the purview of presidents. Or shouldn't be.............................................