John King: Trump's attack on a reporter at the coronavirus briefing was “bullshit”
King: “What the president did to Peter Alexander is reprehensible”
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Citation From the March 20, 2020, edition of CNN Right Now
JOHN KING (CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AND HOST OF INSIDE POLITICS): I sat in that room for just shy of ten years, it was a perfectly valid question. And what the president did to Peter Alexander is reprehensible. The American people are looking for answers, they do want hope. They do want support, Mr. President. That was a very fair question. Our Katilan Collins is in the briefing room right now. She was there for that contentious briefing.
Kaitlan, this is a Trump trademark. This is a Trump trademark. It was striking that this came, this -- forgive me -- bullshit attack on fake news, came just moments after the Secretary of State said the American people need to be careful about where they get their information and go to sources they can trust.
I get there are at times disagreements, there are times contention between politicians and reporters. That was a 100% legitimate question with no hype, no shade, no bias -- he just wanted to attack.