Terry Moran and Stephen Miller

Dear Commons Community,

ABC News reporter Terry Moran has been suspended from the air after sharing an incendiary social media post about one of  Trump’s key advisers.

In the early hours on Sunday, Moran, the 65-year-old senior national corresponden,  took to X to share a post about Stephen Miller, the president’s homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff for policy.

Moran referred to both Miller and Trump as “world-class hater[s]” in the post, which has since been deleted.

A spokesperson for ABC News commented on the post in a statement shared with PEOPLE, noting that Moran “has been suspended pending further evaluation.”

“ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others. The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards,” their statement noted.

Moran took aim at Miller and the president in the post, which was shared shortly after midnight on Sunday.

“The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism,” Moran wrote. “Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that’s not what’s interesting about Miller.”

The reporter continued: “It’s not brains. It’s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater. You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate.”

“Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred is only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment,” he concluded.

Don’t hold back, Terry!

Tony

P.S.

After the above was posted,  ABC News announced:

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