White House Communications Director Steven Cheung received right into a disagreement on X with a staffer for Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) — and ended the trade by angrily utilizing the R-word.
The on-line conflict started Monday when Cheung took exception to Rachel Cohen, communications director for Warner — whose grownup daughter died final week after a prolonged battle with juvenile diabetes — questioning why CNN was interviewing Tricia McLaughlin.
Cohen referred to as McLaughlin, a former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson and Trump ally, “easily the most mendacious spokesperson I’ve had the displeasure of encountering in 15 years of doing this.”
“What could she POSSIBLY have to say that adds to viewers’ understanding of anything??” she added.
Cheung quote-posted Cohen’s feedback and responded:
“Don’t be jealous you’ll never get booked on TV because you’re a loser.”
He praised McLaughlin as “one of the best communicators around” and advised Cohen “can learn a thing or two from her.”
“But you won’t because, again, you’re a loser,” he added.
Cohen fired again, writing:
“Hey Steven, remember the time you were so bad at your job the West Wing called to ask us to intervene with the media to protect national security? Because you couldn’t get it done? I was told you were the one handling that story. I’d be happy to teach you how to do it next time!”
“Hey retard, you must be thinking of someone else. Nobody would ask your simple ass for help.”
Cheung has a protracted historical past of utilizing Trump-style assaults towards the president’s critics and members of the media who ask awkward questions, together with HuffPost’s personal S. V. Date.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump himself has used the R-word slur on a number of events.
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