MSNBC ran a misleading and suggestive chyron that definitively stated President Trump used the N-word, despite having no evidence to back up such a claim.
The chyron appeared during an “Andrea Mitchell Reports” segment and read, “Trump ignores questions on punishing critics, use of racial slur.”
MSNBC runs misleading chyron asserting President Trump used the N-word (PHOTO:Screenshot/MSNBC)
Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations and issued the following tweet, referencing a phone call with former Apprentice producer Mark Burnett.
.@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018
Actor and frequent Trump critic Tom Arnold is not buying the president’s assertion. He is currently producing a series with Viceland titled “The Hunt For The Trump Tapes.” Hollywood reporter quoted Arnold as saying,
Tom Arnold: “There’s two people who have never called me a liar about the N-word tape: Donald Trump and Mark Burnett, because they know it’s true” https://t.co/nLGB0W5xWG
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 16, 2018
This controversy arrises as Omarosa leaves the White House and the public awaits a tell-all memoir from her days in the Trump administration.
Trump has taken legal action against Omarosa for violating her nondisclosure agreement.