A host from MSNBC on Saturday feuded with Donald Trump’s former intelligence officer Richard Grenell, who is reportedly now acting as a “shadow secretary of State” for the former president.
It started with a video of MSNBC's Alex Wagner reporting on Kash Patel, the former Chief of Staff to Trump's Secretary of defense. According to the report, he promised to go after people in the media, and is being considered for Attorney General in a potential second term for Trump.
Wagner called Patel's consideration as head of the DOJ "the most alarming detail" in a recent report about a second Trump presidency.
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Conservative podcaster Benny Johnson shared the video of Wagner's broadcast on social media, writing, "MSNBC is panicking over the possibility that Trump might pick Kash Patel to be Attorney General," with a laughing emoji.
Grenell, who Raw Story recently reported on in connection with his international affairs on Trump's behalf, shared Johnson's post and tagged Wagner with a caption that says, "Stop Asian Hate."
In a separate post, Grenell wrote, "Far Lefties always get away with being racist."
"Watch how [Wagner] goes out of her way to show her outrage that Kash Patel is being considered for AG 'OF THE UNITED STATES.' She’s so condescending that it’s the U.S. Watch for yourself."
Wagner then took it upon herself to reply.
"Oh Rick. Did you not know that I’m ASIAN AMERICAN?" the news host asked. "This is so embarrassing for you."
She added, "But not more embarrassing than having an utterly unqualified fascist in the running for Attorney General of the United States."
