NBC's Senior Vice President of Communications Mark Kornblau seemingly struggled to find the words to respond after President Trump viciously attacked one of MSNBC's anchors in a sexist Twitter rant Thursday morning. In fact, Kornblau suggested in a tweet that it might be "beneath [his] dignity" to even address Trump's viciously personal attack on Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski:
In a two-part tweet, Trump called Brzezinski "low I.Q. Crazy Mika" and deemed Brzezinski's fiancé and co-host, Joe Scarborough, "Psycho Joe." After declaring that Morning Joe is "poorly rated," Trump claimed Brzezinski and Scarborough had "insisted" on spending multiple nights with him at his Mar-a-Lago resort around New Year's Eve. "She was bleeding badly from a face-lift," Trump tweeted. "I said no!"
Eventually, Kornblau — or someone on MSNBC's public relations team — did find the words to respond to Trump's tweets. Becca Stanek
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