Some more late-night tweeting from GOP front-runner Donald Trump, this time directed at former NBC anchor and current CNN analyst David Gregory:
.@DavidGregory got thrown off of TV by NBC, fired like a dog! Now he is on @CNN being nasty to me. Not nice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2016
Gregory left NBC in 2014.
Gregory joins Trump’s list of other foes who he says have been “fired like a dog,” whatever that means. Can you actually fire a dog?
Erick Erickson (which isn’t true by the way):
.@EWErickson got fired like a dog from RedState
and now he is the one leading opposition against me.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2016
Cruz’s former comms guy Rick Tyler:
Wow was Ted Cruz disloyal to his very capable director of communication. He used him as a scape goat-fired like a dog! Ted panicked.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 23, 2016
Glenn Beck:
.@GlennBeck got fired like a dog by #Fox. The Blaze is failing and he wanted to have me on his show. I said no – because he is irrelevant.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2015
And Erick again:
Wow, great news! I hear @EWErickson of Red State was fired like a dog. If you read his tweets, you'll understand why. Just doesn't have IT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2015
This prediction on Chuck Todd’s fate has yet to come true:
I hear that sleepy eyes @chucktodd will be fired like a dog from ratings starved Meet The Press? I can't imagine what is taking so long!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015
From the archives:
Does anyone remember this @BillMaher clip when he got fired from ABC- in fact, fired like a dog! http://t.co/Xekz6GTm
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2013
And what is it with Trump and his “like a dog” comparison?
Ted Cruz lifts the Bible high into the air and then lies like a dog-over and over again! The Evangelicals in S.C. figured him out & said no!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 23, 2016
.@BrentBozell, one of the National Review lightweights, came to my office begging for money like a dog. Why doesn't he say that?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2016
.@georgewillf is perhaps the most boring political pundit on television. Got thrown off ABC like a dog. At Mar-a-Lago he was a total bust!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2015
Egypt is a total mess. We should have backed Mubarak instead of dropping him like a dog.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2012
Obama called Reverend Wright his friend, counselor & great leader–then dumped him like a dog!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2012
Trump even uses “like a dog” for dating advice:
Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again–just watch. He can do much better!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2012
FWIW, Pattinson and Stewart did call it quits, but he’s not having much luck with his new fiancé, FKW Twigs. Time to drop her like a dog, too?
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Twitchy coverage of David Gregory
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