Senior MSNBC journalists block US ambassador to Germany on Twitter

Kristen Welker and Chuck Todd have both been openly critical of Trump and his administration in their posts, often remarking that the president espouses racist and homophobic views.

Grenell, the highest ranking openly gay official in the Republican Party, is often critical of perceived media bias on his Twitter account. Earlier this year, Grenell was tapped by the Trump administration to lead the effort to decriminalize homosexuality in nations where it is still illegal.

“Barbaric public executions are all too common in a country where consensual homosexual relationships are criminalized and punishable by flogging and death,” Grenell said in a February response to reports that Iran had executed young, gay men. “Politicians, the U.N., democratic governments, diplomats and good people everywhere should speak up — and loudly.”

As a gay U.S. ambassador, Grenell has faced opposition from German officials in his post. “Any U.S. diplomat who acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power must learn that our tolerance also knows its limits,” said Wolfgang Kubicki of the Free Democratic Party while calling for Grenell’s removal from Germany.

Grenell, 52, also shared that he had been blocked by Mark Landler, who covers foreign policy for the New York Times. “Mark Landler covers foreign policy for @nytimes. But he’s interested in covering the issues…he says,” Grenell said in a tweet.