CNN reacted on Monday after President Donald Trump’s rapid response team targeted its White House correspondent Kristen Holmes.
“@POTUS hosts a hero lifeguard in the Oval Office and she uses it as an opportunity to take a cheap shot about one of President Trump’s staffers. These scumbags are the lowest of the low. “Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question. They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.
“[Holmes] is a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession,” the White House -run account stated on X. It’s quite troubling,” the White House said, targeting Holmes.
CNN defends Kristen Holmes
Following White House attack, CNN issued a statement defending its reporter. “This afternoon, she did her job and asked the President of the United States a tough, relevant, and newsworthy question on behalf of the American people. At that time, they both were employed at CNN’s Washington bureau, which is a cable news network.
She served as an on-air correspondent, while he held the position of a White House and political producer, tasked with covering the 2020 presidential campaign, according to NY Times.
“Kristen Holmes is one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House,” CNN said.
