MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski soberly addresses Donald Trump: 'You have no idea what your words mean'
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Donald Trump's favorite attack line against rival Hillary Clinton of late has been to call her a "bigot." He first used the word during a rally in Mississippi on Wednesday, and parroted it again Thursday when challenged by CNN's Anderson Cooper, who asked Trump whether he really meant Clinton possessed the hatred described in the dictionary definition of bigotry.
On Friday morning, MSNBC's Morning Joe played footage of Trump's confrontation with Cooper before host Mika Brzezinski issued a sober condemnation of Trump's seemingly careless diction:
Brzezinski herself has been a target of Trump's attacks, alongside her Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough. Most recently, Trump called her "neurotic" and "not very bright," catapulting Brzezinski into the long list of female TV personalities Trump has personally insulted.
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
