The Washington Post reporter whom President Trump wants fired for a misleading tweet about a recent Trump rally resigned from the newspaper years ago for disparaging Republicans in a string of emails.
The reporter, Dave Weigel, was hired by the Post in 2010 to blog about conservatives and resigned three months later, the paper reported at the time. Weigel’s resignation came after he posted personal, caustic emails on an off-the-record listserv about Texas GOP Rep. Ron Paul, conservative syndicated radio personality Rush Limbaugh and others.
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Other reported posts by Weigel in 2010 include him writing that Matt Drudge should “handle his emotional problems more responsibly and set himself on fire.”
Limbaugh had called for then-President Barack Obama to fail. And when Limbaugh was hospitalized with chest pains, Weigel wrote, “I hope he fails,” according to The Daily Caller.
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