Trump & son point out what CNN 'mask police' reporter did immediately after presser ended, journo fires back with reminder of how many people have died from coronavirus

Over the weekend, President Trump quote-tweeted his son Eric’s video showing CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins removing her mask just as a press conference ended:

A CNN Faker! https://t.co/boSTXeIWcU

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2020

Collins defended herself this way:

Nearly 90,000 Americans have been killed by coronavirus, and the president is tweeting about me pulling my mask down for six seconds on Friday. https://t.co/UYib8tS7pO

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 18, 2020

Is there a new “six-second rule” from the CDC that we haven’t seen?

You have 0 self-awareness.

— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) May 18, 2020

Not sure how you can thread the needle here by simultaneously claiming that this is a deadly pandemic that the president should take more seriously while abdicating responsibility for your own decision to pull your mask off when you thought the cameras had stopped rolling. https://t.co/huPrOLnjw6

— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) May 18, 2020

Do as the media says, not as they do!

Hall monitor gets busted without a pass

— Razor (@hale_razor) May 18, 2020

You got caught. Take the L like an adult.

— Carlton Hinds (@methuselaschild) May 18, 2020

I'm not trying to be snarky or anything, but is six seconds the rule? Is anything more than six seconds bad? I honestly don't know. This is a lot to take in all at once, and everybody's confused. https://t.co/KqWAG4arkj

— China is lying (@jtLOL) May 18, 2020

“It’s ok if I’m a complete hypocrite because other things also happen.” https://t.co/s2WyPlrlid

— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) May 18, 2020

According to people like you, pulling your mask down for six seconds means you want to kill grandma.

Deal with it. https://t.co/HFhnrd2rtY

— RBe (@RBPundit) May 18, 2020

I think blatant hypocrisy by a mask-policing Karen is just cause

It shows just how seriously we should take your "journalism" https://t.co/qFwcXADPSI

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) May 18, 2020

There’s been an addition to the rules of “journalism” when it comes to reporting on Trump:

All sentences must now start with the qualifier, 'Nearly 90k Americans have been killed by coronavirus, and' https://t.co/yMtFlpViL2

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) May 18, 2020

It’s definitely catching on:

As US approaches 90K deaths, new Trump campaign email calls Biden “a certified CROOK.” Wow.

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) May 16, 2020

The DNC memo must have been sent.