Trump Calls Senator Richard Blumenthal ‘The Dick’ in Bizarre Tweets
After watching Senator Richard Blumenthal on TV, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack him again and nickname him “The Dick.”
Many times when Blumenthal has spoken out against Trump, Trump has fired back with shots at the Connecticut Democrat over his admission that he “misspoke” about his service during Vietnam following critical reporting on the subject. On the campaign trail, he spoke of his service “in Vietnam,” but he never served in Vietnam. The New York Times called him out at the time for the “misleading way he often speaks about that period of his life now, especially when he is speaking at veterans’ ceremonies or other patriotic events.”
Trump once again went after Blumenthal and this time just straight-up called him “the Dick”:
Watched Da Nang Dick Blumenthal on television spewing facts almost as accurate as his bravery in Vietnam (which he never saw). As the bullets whizzed by Da Nang Dicks head, as he was saving soldiers….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2018
….left and right, he then woke up from his dream screaming that HE LIED. Next time I go to Vietnam I will ask “the Dick” to travel with me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2018
Update
Trump was probably responding to Blumenthal’s Friday night appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball, in which he said the walls are closing in on the President:
"This sentencing memorandum is a bombshell … The pieces of the mosaic, or the puzzle, are coming into place and the walls are closing in on Trump and his inner circle including his family." @SenBlumenthal on #Hardball. pic.twitter.com/vv7Dzoa1uI
— Hardball (@hardball) December 8, 2018