Fox News host confronts Conway on Trump getting ‘crazy with Twitter’

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro confronted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Saturday about President Trump’s presence on Twitter in the wake of his recent highly personal attacks against MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on the platform.

“The president at this point has, I think, made it clear what his strengths are and he needs to stay focused on speeches like this, and not get crazy on Twitter,” Pirro said, referencing Trump’s first Fourth of July speech as president at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

{mosads}“I love that he connects directly with people on social media and otherwise, Jeanine,” Conway said, pivoting from Pirro’s comment.

“We just appreciate that you’re covering the substance because all the things he talked about tonight, he did mention the press. But most importantly he mentioned all of the promises he’s keeping on the Supreme Court, on judicial restraint, on veterans,” she continued. “You’re one of the few shows, few networks, that even bothers to connect veterans with the information they need and deserve.”

Pirro, who frequently praises the president, is not the only Fox News host to speak out against Trump’s attack on Brzezinski, in which he called her “crazy” and “low I.Q.” and referenced her bleeding from a facelift. 

I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017 

…to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

Fox anchor Julie Banderas ripped Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel’s defense of Trump on Thursday saying he didn’t “need to stoop to that level.”

“I don’t care who you are. You don’t stoop to the level of that. I mean that’s like me scolding my 4-year-old for using a bad word and then me repeating it. That’s just not how you run a country or you parent a 4-year-old,” Banderas said.

“I mean I have to be honest, you know, if you see this negative commentary on a show, change the channel. Ignore it. I mean that’s what I tell my kids: When somebody’s mean to you, don’t fight back. Just walk away.”