On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had dinner with Sen. Ted Cruz and his family. Cruz’s daughters, and a stuffed animal from Catherine’s kindergarten class, even got to have their picture taken with the president, but apparently GQ special correspondent and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann thought this wasn’t a good thing.
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Our family had dinner w the President & First Lady, who were warm & gracious. Catherine brought Joe–her kindergarten class stuffed giraffe! pic.twitter.com/fJ5GvuZ98B
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 9, 2017
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Olbermann tweeted in response:
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Senator, it's not that you don't have principles – you don't even have ONE principle. Using your kids as political props for Dear Leader! https://t.co/n9EuYOGdPm
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 9, 2017
I mean do they know what he said about "grabbing"? Or about your wife? Or your father? Have some self-respect, Senator: Flee the country https://t.co/n9EuYOGdPm
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 9, 2017
Twitter users, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hit back against Olbermann’s absurd tweets:
"Worst person in the world." https://t.co/0sZqWFiyvK
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) March 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/LastWave2014/status/840136711267004419
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“It was a social evening,” Cruz said. “We had a very nice evening with the president and first lady, with Heidi and the girls. Catherine was most excited to bring Joe with her, the stuffed giraffe from her kindergarten class who every student takes home for a few days. And so Joe had a chance to have dinner with the president, which was a fun thing.”
As Western Journalism pointed out, Trump has made an effort to get along with other Republicans lately including Sens. Marco Rubio and Lindsay Graham.
Andrew Mark Miller of Young Conservatives noted an important point — Olbermann’s hypocritical comments reflect on him, not on Trump.
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“I’m not going to waste my time and go through all the liberal politicians who post pictures of their kids but I mean give me a break,” Miller wrote.
“I highly doubt he actually thinks it’s wrong for a Republican senator’s family to meet with a Republican president,” Miller wrote. “But, he doesn’t care. Bashing Trump pays the bills.”
That is very true.
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It is a good thing to see Trump and Cruz working to mend fences. They have to work together and isn’t it a good thing to try and get along?
If I recall correctly, it got pretty nasty between former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail yet there Obama was, eight years later, campaigning for Clinton.
I’m not a masochist so I’d rather not go through Olbermann’s tweets (seriously, that’s a cruel task … ) but I’m guessing this vitriol toward Trump/Cruz didn’t extend to Clinton/Obama. Just a guess.
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