Donald Trump Jr. had no patience for a hostile MSNBC reporter at the Republican National Convention on Monday, telling him to "just get out of here."
MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff began the confrontation with Trump Jr. and his brother Eric by asking about their father being a “divisive figure.”
The loaded question comes just two days after Trump was shot in the ear by an attempted assassin at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. 🔥 @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/unwu9KwEPO
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Trump Jr. replied, “I don’t think he was a divisive figure at all. I think the media created divisiveness around him. They lied about Russia, Russia collusion, they said he was a traitor, they went after him in every which way possible.”
“If the media actually starts being an honest broker, talking about the things that he did, the prosperity he brought, the peace deals that he signed around the world rather than the disaster we’re living right now, I think you’d do everyone in the country a big favor,” Trump Jr. continued.
Soboroff then asked if there would be a “second family separation policy” if the former president is reelected. JUST IN: Donald Trump Jr. calls reporter a "clown" to his face and tells him to "get out of here" at the RNC after the reporter started talking about children in "cages."
Clown is an understatement.
Reporter: "Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children… pic.twitter.com/emou5jN8m6
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“Will we continue to see policies like separating 5,000 children deliberately from their parents?” Soboroff asked.
“You mean the Obama administration?” Trump Jr. fired back.
Soboroff quickly ran cover for the policies that began under the Obama administration by denying that it happened.
“You know, they didn’t do that, sir. Will there be a second family separation policy?” Soboroff asked.
“It’s MSNDNC so I expect nothing less from you clowns even today,” Trump Jr. said. “Even 48 hours later, you couldn’t wait, you couldn’t wait with your lies and with your nonsense, so just get out of here.”
The former president's son waved the reporter off and returned to watching the convention.
