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In the midst of a “powerhouse roundtable” discussion during ABC’s This Week about the Bob Woodward book and the anonymous New York Times op-ed on Sunday, Michelle Goldberg, a columnist for the paper, lashed out at Trump administration officials and declared they should be ashamed that they work for President Trump.
After a discussion between GOP policy expert Lanhee Chen, ABC chief White House correspondent Jon Karl, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie about how the anonymous op-ed writer may be misleading leaders in how it suggested they stop Trump’s knee-jerk reactions, Goldberg started taking swipes.
“They're talking about contempt and the name of Bob Woodward's book is real fear. Right? You hear over and over and over again, including from people who agree with Trump’s agenda, that he is unfit, that his instability puts us in danger, and that they have to be there to be the adults in the room,” she shrieked.
Despite just asserting there were administration officials acting as guardrails to supposedly protect the nation from Trump, Goldberg attacked them. “And I honestly don't understand how people can be part of this and not feel shame and not feel some responsibility for foisting this on this nation,” she bitterly spat.
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