WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign surrogate who now holds a job in the administration is apologizing after attacking a reporter on her personal Twitter account.
Lynne Patton, who heads a regional office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, referred to reporter April Ryan as “Miss Piggy” in a tweet Wednesday. Ryan is the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and frequently appears on CNN.
Patton later tweeted, “Tonight, I made an inexcusable comment on my personal Twitter account that I deeply regret & deleted on my own volition.” Patton is apologizing to Ryan, HUD Secretary Ben Carson and the “#trump family.”
I deleted my last tweet by choice. No one from this Administration contacted me. It was beneath me & I apologize to @AprilDRyan. My parents raised me to respect others & I regret my response. I apologize to them, @SecretaryCarson & the Trump family. They deserved better. pic.twitter.com/MOWkRhOLnN
— ?? Lynne Patton (@LynnePatton) January 25, 2018
Patton was an event planner for Donald Trump and his family before his 2016 presidential campaign.
How could she have been mistaken for Hamhock Sanders?
Says it all…
All class, that Trump administration.
She’s the head of the HUD NYC regional office. A position that requires a lot more experience and knowledge about policy than being an event planner for the Trump organization.
Resign.
Otherwise, shut up.
You blew it; now go away.
Forever.