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CNN Guest: Trump Has ‘Impulse’ To ‘Go After Women And Critics Of Color’

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Justin Caruso Contributor
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A guest on CNN’s “New Day” Friday said that President Donald Trump has an “impulse” to attack women and people of color because Trump defended himself from an allegation that he disrespected a Gold Star family.

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Daily Beast editor in chief John Avlon said, “He keeps doing it. He does seem to have a particular impulse sometimes to go after women and critics of color. That may be a factor here, we’ve got to find out.” (RELATED: Florida Dem Says She’s ‘A Rock Star’ After White House Attacks)

“After this terrible incident that happened in Niger, there is a great delay, and he takes credit for making all the calls. And then this one seemed to really have backfired, from the family’s perspective. So the question is, do they want — they are trying to do tax reform. Do they want day five of this story? Because the president keeps making that inevitable by tweeting about it in unhinged ways.”

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