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White House Attacks CNN Reporter Over Natalie Harp, North Korea

White House Attacks CNN Reporter Over Natalie Harp, North Korea
'Someday, your children will...': White House attacks CNN reporter after question about Trump aide Natalie Harp · wionews.com

A reporter named Kristen Holmes asked President Trump some questions at the White House.

She asked about one of his helpers, Natalie Harp, and about North Korea.

The president got angry and told her to be quiet.

He said she was being disrespectful and called her "fake news."

His team also posted mean messages about her on the internet.

All of this happened at an event honoring a teenage lifeguard who saved a child.

A senator named Jon Ossoff had said the president would rather build a ballroom and travel with his helper than do his job.

The news company where the reporter works, CNN, said the attacks were wrong and stood up for her.

Some people think the reporter was just doing her job by asking questions, while others think she should not have asked them at that event.

Key facts

President
Donald Trump (age 80)
Reporter
Kristen Holmes, CNN Senior White House Correspondent
Aide
Natalie Harp (age 35), dubbed the "human printer"
Event
Oval Office ceremony honoring 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams
Accuser
Senator Jon Ossoff (Democrat)
Ballroom cost
$400 million
White House Communications Director
Steven Cheung
Book reference
"Regime Change" by two New York Times reporters

Quotes

White House Rapid Response

White House social media account

“"You’re a loud, boisterous person, you’re fake news, be quiet," he said before calling her "very disrespectful."”
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“"Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question."”
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