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Trump seeks upper hand on civility — to chagrin of Dems | TheHill

posted onJune 26, 2018
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Article snippet: A Virginia restaurant’s decision to not serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reverberated throughout Washington on Monday, as MORE seized on the story and Democratic leaders sought to distance their party from a liberal firebrand’s decision to cheer it on. Trump focused on the brewing controversy as a way to shift the focus from his administration’s “zero tolerance” border policy and onto the actions of his fiercest critics. The president tweeted his disgust on Monday morning with The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va., and then followed his missive up with an attack on Rep. MORE (D-Calif.), who over the weekend urged other opponents of the president to confront administration officials in public. In doing so, Trump used the kind of insults that have a part of his political brand, even though they added to a tone of incivility that many saw the Virginia restaurant owner as worsening with her actions toward Sanders. “The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders,” Trump wrote in the first tweet. Later, the president took aim at Waters, calling her “low IQ,” and insinuating she might be subject to harassment as a result of her own comments. “(Waters) has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement,” Trump tweeted. “Be careful what you wish for ... Link to the full article to read more

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