Trump went after New York Attorney General Letitia James. She has a blunt response.

Letitia James.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James wants President Trump to know she has a name.

On Monday, Trump sent an unprompted tweet thread claiming that "Governor Andrew Cuomo uses his attorney general as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes," including suing the president himself. James — the attorney general in question — soon responded to make it clear she wasn't appointed by the Democratic governor, and also that Trump could call her "Tish" in the future.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.