President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter on Thursday night after she tried to ask a basic question about the $5,000 checks he promised to every American adult if Republicans win the midterm elections.
“If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” ABC’s Rachel Scott asked.
Trump didn’t quite answer.
“I didn’t do it for turning out the vote. I did it as a reward for people having to put up with five years and four years of horrible, a horrible situation caused by Biden,” he said, then continued a string of attacks on former President Joe Biden. “It’s almost a reward for the people having to put up with Biden’s policies.”
Scott tried to follow up by asking about the tariff refund checks Trump had promised Americans, but never delivered on ― except he cut her off.
“Not you! Not you!” Trump said, then leaned in toward her as she continued to speak. “Hey! Not you!”
Another reporter began to speak, but Trump wasn’t done with Scott.
“Your network and you, you’re the worst,” he added.
While Trump frequently attacks both male and female reporters as well as the media in general, he has been especially vicious toward the women who cover him.
He called Katie Rogers of The New York Times “ugly” after she co-authored a report on his lighter schedule as he ages, and he frequently rails against the Times’ Maggie Haberman, whom he has called “Maggot Hagerman.”
The president has attacked ABC’s Mary Bruce for asking what he called “a horrible, insubordinate, and just a terrible question,” insulted Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey with a now-infamous “Quiet, piggy!” and ripped CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as “Very dumb and unhappy,” among other insults.