White House Attacks Terry Moran for Blasting Stephen Miller
By: Joe DePaolo (Mediaite)
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Vice President JD Vance and press secretary Karoline Leavitt are lashing out at ABC's Terry Moran over a deleted X post in which he labeled White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a "world class hater."
Vance, in a screenshot posted Sunday morning on X, shared Moran's original comments about Miller.
"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. 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 only a means to an end, and that end his his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment."
The vice president branded Moran's remarks as an "absolutely vile smear," and claimed it should taint ABC's coverage.
"An ABC journalist @TerryMoran posted this absolutely vile smear of Stephen Miller," Vance wrote. "It's dripping with hatred. Remember that every time you watch ABC's coverage of the Trump administration."
Vance added, "ABC should apologize to Stephen. What Terry posted is disgraceful."
An ABC journalist @TerryMoran posted this absolutely vile smear of Stephen Miller. It's dripping with hatred. Remember that every time you watch ABC's coverage of the Trump administration.
As it happens, I know Stephen quite well. And he's motivated by love of country. He's… pic.twitter.com/hX93zKTWjy
— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 8, 2025
Leavitt, in her post, made clear that the White House is seeking repercussions.
"This is unhinged and unacceptable," Leavitt said of Moran's comments. "We have reached out to @ABC to inquire about how they plan to hold Terry accountable."
Last night, in a since deleted post, so-called "journalist" @TerryMoran went on a rampage against Stephen Miller and called President Trump "a world class hater."
This is unhinged and unacceptable.
We have reached out to @ABC to inquire about how they plan to hold Terry… pic.twitter.com/HsgusJEIvH
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) June 8, 2025
The White House's attack on Moran over his blistering criticism of Miller comes just weeks after Moran's heated interview with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Trump accused Moran of "not being very nice" after Moran called out the president for using a doctored photo showing deporting migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia as having MS-13 tattooed on his knuckles.
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This sort of denial of reality is one of the major issues in the country today. Stephen Miller is obviously a hater, he gets enraged when he talks about immigrants. The veins in his head and neck pop out. He is almost foaming at the mouth.
The media has to stop bowing to these lunatics and tell people the truth.
Ah, where would they be without name-calling.
OMG. You are endless fountain of humor.
I could spend the rest of the day posting these.
Just today he called Gavin Newsome "scum".
The dishonesty of comments that defend Trump on this score is staggering.
Every day it is all about what he said and how it could be interpreted.
HOW ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING?
You make us laugh with your nonsense, and we thank you. You accuse the "other side" of name calling while your hero is the all time global champion of name calling. When shown that, you change the subject.
I'm really fed up with what Trump said. Much of what he said has been twisted and as we learned with Jeff Goldberg, much has been made up as well.
I'm focused on curing the cancer on this nation: AKA the American left.
Much of what he says is "sane-washed" by our incompetent media.
It's a disgusting abomination, as we've heard it described recently.
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Do you think Stephen Miller is not a "hater"?
Do you really think it's the job of a supposedly objective journalist to be hurling insults at government officials in the middle of the night?
do you think it's the president's job to be hurling insults at gov't officials in the middle of the night?
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Just one of the perks
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JUST IN: ABC News Suspends Terry Moran Over Deleted Post Blasting Stephen Miller as a ‘World Class H ...
Joe DePaolo 2-3 minutes 6/8/2025
Joe DePaolo Jun 8th, 2025, 11:21 am
ABC News has reportedly suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran over a deleted X post in which he called White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world class hater.”
According to CNN’s Brian Stelter , ABC News said Sunday that Moran has been “suspended pending further evaluation” following his post.
“The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism,” Moran wrote in the deleted post. “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. 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 only a means to an end, and that end his his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.”
In its full statement obtained by Stelter, ABC News said Moran’s post was a violation of standards.
“ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others,” the network said. “The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards — as a result, Terry Moran has been suspended pending further evaluation.”
The White House immediately denounced the comments — with Vice President JD Vance calling them an “absolutely vile smear.
“ABC should apologize to Stephen,” Vance wrote in a post on X. “What Terry posted is disgraceful.”
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And moments before the suspension was reported, the White House ramped up the pressure on ABC News to punish Moran. In an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, press secretary Karoline Leavitt called on the network to take action against the correspondent.
“Hopefully this journalist will either be suspended or terminated,” Leavitt said.
Watch above, via Fox News.
Once again the media has taken the knee to Trump.
History will destroy our media for this.
Vance is the very piece of shit that made up the lie that Haitians were eating neighbors pets. These people have no credibility on an objective basis but the media keeps bowing to them. This is what will lead to people taking to the streets.