Nikki Haley recently criticized a book that started rumors about an affair between her and the president. But she’s the one who needs “integrity,” according to ABC’s chief political analyst.
When celebrities and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton read excerpts from Michael Wolff’s book, Fire and Fury, during Sunday’s Grammy Awards, Haley condemned the move on Twitter.
I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) January 29, 2018
“I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations tweeted. “Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.”
Media admitted that’s likely because Wolff recently told HBO host Bill Maher that he was “absolutely sure” the president was having an affair. When he told the audience to “read between the lines” of his book to solve the puzzle, many outlets, like Slate, pointed to excerpts in his book concerning Haley. In a Friday Politico podcast, Haley called the accusations “absolutely not true.”
But that didn’t stop ABC News’ chief political analyst, Matthew Dowd, from criticizing her remarks Monday.
Seriously, “trash”??? Do you know who you work for, defend, and celebrate and the things he has said and done over the last year, over the last ten years, in his life? Come on. Have some integrity.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 29, 2018
“Seriously, ‘trash’??? Do you know who you work for, defend, and celebrate and the things he has said and done over the last year, over the last ten years, in his life?” he tweeted back at her. “Come on. Have some integrity.”
He later insisted he didn't "hate" the president.
It would only be valid if she said same thing about the President. And i don’t hate President Trump.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 30, 2018
That’s ABC’s “chief political analyst.” Actually, he’s chiefly a political hack, working at the network that brought us Brian Ross’s high-quality journalism.
Speaking of integrity, the New York Times Bari Weiss recently slammed the left’s “double-standard” when it comes to women like Haley. She wrote:
A prominent Republican woman is smeared. The author who does the smearing is celebrated by all the A-listers, including the most prominent Democratic woman in the country, who herself has a history of giving a pass (or worse) to men accused of sexual assault and harassment. And yet the arbiters of American culture cheer the Democrat and, in the words of the actor Don Cheadle, tell the Republican who has the gall to defend herself: ‘Sit down, girl. You’re drunk.’
