‘It’s unwarranted and dangerous’: Top Washington Post editor condemns Trump attacks on two journalists

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The executive editor of the Washington Post decried President Trump’s treatment of the press after he singled out two journalists and called for them to be banned from the White House.

Trump lashed out at Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker early Saturday morning, calling them “two nasty lightweight reporters” for a story they wrote about Trump’s “self-inflicted controversies and squandered opportunities.”

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