CNN journo who vouched for profession's objectivity mocks Trump's 'working vacation'

Doug P. | 11:59 AM on August 07, 2017

After a quiet Sunday, President Trump returned to Twitter this morning, and this was among them:

Working hard from New Jersey while White House goes through long planned renovation. Going to New York next week for more meetings.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2017

CNN’s politics reporter Chris Cillizza was on it:

Working hard or hardly working, amirite? https://t.co/CI2mtgxXFU

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 7, 2017

Twitter users remembered a particular claim made last year:

Let me say for the billionth time: Reporters don't root for a side. Period. https://t.co/dhH8eherOR

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 16, 2016

It depends on what your definition of “root for” is, perhaps:

Snarky comment from reporter who claims to be objective, example 3,997,143… https://t.co/DG5eRCrATh

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 7, 2017

Let me say for the billionth time Reporters don't root for a side, amirite? https://t.co/fGOhadbqpY

— Lauren Williams (@laurenpaige1985) August 7, 2017

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