Staff Reports
Liberally biased and anti-Trump mainstream media outlets pounced on the former president’s tweets and responses towards Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, framing it as yet another example of his divisive and disrespectful behavior. They emphasized Dingell’s emotional reaction to President Trump’s Christmas greeting, which he posted on Truth Social, attacking Dingell as a “LOSER” for criticizing his holiday message and accusing her of aiding President Biden’s supposed destruction of the country.
The media gleefully recounted Trump’s words, honing in on his claim that Dingell had called him in tears to express gratitude after he honored her late husband, former Congressman John Dingell, at his funeral. They used Dingell’s prior public rebuke of Trump, where she expressed hurt over his comments about her late husband, as evidence of her ongoing clash with the former president. They also cited the backlash Trump received in 2019 for suggesting that John Dingell was “looking up” from hell, insinuating that he had gone to a place of eternal damnation.
Trump rips ‘loser’ Rep. Debbie Dingell, claims she once called him ‘crying almost uncontrollably’ to thank him https://t.co/zAyAecqh5V pic.twitter.com/Apcnnb2MsK
— gray ta (@grayta12) December 27, 2023
Additionally, they highlighted Dingell’s condemnation of Trump’s Christmas message as “pathetic,” and her warning that Michigan could be a battleground state in the upcoming presidential election. In doing so, these biased reports painted Trump as cruel, vindictive, and incapable of offering genuine holiday well-wishes without resorting to inflammatory rhetoric.
To these mainstream media outlets, the exchange exemplified the former president’s penchant for incendiary language and personal attacks against political opponents, while also casting Dingell as a sympathetic figure facing off against Trump’s callousness. Their coverage sought to underscore the ongoing animosity between the two figures, portraying Dingell as the victim of Trump’s vindictive behavior and highlighting her concerns about Michigan’s political landscape in the 2024 election.
Unsurprisingly, these biased reports seized upon the opportunity to paint Trump as an unrepentant bully while positioning Dingell as a stalwart defender of decency and civility in the face of his brashness. Their coverage underscored the lingering tensions between the two figures and aimed to perpetuate a narrative of Trump’s divisiveness and Dingell’s resilience in the face of his verbal assaults.
