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# White House Reiterates Defense of President Trump's Controversial Mika Brzezinski Tweet

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## Video: White House Reiterates Defense of President Trump's Controversial Mika Brzezinski Tweet

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_Published 2017-06-29. The White House continued its defense of President Trump following a pair of controversial tweets about Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, which included a widely condemned comment about the latter's appearance._


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## Transcript

Did the president go too far with his tweet in it's deeply caution measure? I don't think so, I mean I think the president has been attack [ UNKNOWN ] on personal accounts by [ UNKNOWN ] on that program and I think he's been very clear that when he gets attacked, he is gonna hit back. I think the American people elected somebody who's tough, who's smart, and who a fighter and that'd Donald Trump And I don't think that it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire. The things that this show has called him, and not just him but numerous members of his staff, including myself and many others, are very deeply personal.

So to then turn and pretend like This approaches I guess it's kind of like we're living in the twilight zone. I do this day after day after day and then the president responds and defends himself and everybody is uphold and blown away. Frankly, if this had happened in the previous administration, the type of attacks launched on this program, the things they say, utterly stupid, personality disorder, mentally ill. Constant personal attacks, calling multiple members liars. Liars to their faces, while they're sitting on their programs. The rest of the media would have said, guys! No way, hold on, but nobody does that but the President, he's not going to step back, he's showed that and that's exactly what he did today.

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