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02-11-2018, 06:00 AM
Trump's tweet defending Rob Porter sets off a fiery backlash
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While the Olympics games kicked off, the stock market sinks, and a day after a government shutdown, President Trump tweeted in defense of an accused serial abuser.
The story (https://www.yahoo.com/news/aide-rob-porter-leaving-wh-111158883.html) of now-former aide Rob Porter has dominated much of the news cycle this week. After physical abuse allegations surfaced from two of his ex wives, Chief of Staff John Kelly sent out a memo defending him on Tuesday. When pictures of injuries that Porter allegedly caused came out the next day, he left the job, though it's unclear whether he resigned or was fired.
SEE ALSO: Even Fox News called out Trump's latest lie (https://mashable.com/2018/02/01/trump-state-of-the-union-viewership-lie-fox-news/)
Of course, it wouldn't be a day in America without the president weighing in with a problematic opinion. And so that's what he did Saturday morning. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/10/trump-rob-porter-tweet/)
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While the Olympics games kicked off, the stock market sinks, and a day after a government shutdown, President Trump tweeted in defense of an accused serial abuser.
The story (https://www.yahoo.com/news/aide-rob-porter-leaving-wh-111158883.html) of now-former aide Rob Porter has dominated much of the news cycle this week. After physical abuse allegations surfaced from two of his ex wives, Chief of Staff John Kelly sent out a memo defending him on Tuesday. When pictures of injuries that Porter allegedly caused came out the next day, he left the job, though it's unclear whether he resigned or was fired.
SEE ALSO: Even Fox News called out Trump's latest lie (https://mashable.com/2018/02/01/trump-state-of-the-union-viewership-lie-fox-news/)
Of course, it wouldn't be a day in America without the president weighing in with a problematic opinion. And so that's what he did Saturday morning. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/10/trump-rob-porter-tweet/)
More about Donald Trump (https://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Trump (https://mashable.com/category/trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tweet (https://mashable.com/category/tweet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Winter Olympics (https://mashable.com/category/winter-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Rob Porter (https://mashable.com/category/rob-porter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/8OH3E1KuZR8