Trump's tawdry Twitter threesome: Legend, Teigen and feuding egos

A town hall on criminal justice reform aired Sunday night on MSNBC hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. It was filmed inside New York’s Sing Sing prison. Apparently President Trump was watching because he launched a Twitter war brought on by a bruised ego. Singer John Legend took fire and his wife Chrissy Teigen voluntarily enlisted in the battle.

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Trump can rightfully claim criminal justice reform as a victory for his administration. The First Step Act he signed into law seeks to reform the federal prison system by reducing mandatory minimum sentences and reducing recidivism. During the town hall special, the First Step Act wasn’t included in the conversation. I didn’t see the show but I assume the legislation wasn’t included because the town hall centered around state and local incarceration issues. The First Step Act addresses federal prison reforms. The Washington Post reports that the legislation was acknowledged in a special re-aired before the town hall and showed Trump signing the bill into law.

Singer John Legend was a guest of Holt’s. He is often in the headlines for his political activism, usually criticizing President Trump and his administration. His wife, Chrissy Teigen is even more aggressive in her criticism of Trump. The two are egged on by Democrat Party leadership. I wrote about an appearance by the two celebrities at a Democrat retreat back in April at the invitation of Nancy Pelosi.

President Trump didn’t appreciate being left out of the conversation during the town hall and tweeted out his displeasure. He produced a tweetstorm.

“When all of the people pushing so hard for Criminal Justice Reform were unable to come even close to getting it done, they came to me as a group and asked for my help. I got it done with a group of Senators & others who would never have gone for it,” Trump wrote in a series of tweets on September 8.

“Obama couldn’t come close, and many others, were profusely grateful (at that time!). I SIGNED IT INTO LAW, no one else did, & Republicans deserve much credit.

“But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise. Guys like boring musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is—but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed.”

Trump also hit out at Holt for failing to “bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans” when discussing the passing of the Criminal Justice Reform and how all that people want to “talk about now is Impeaching President Trump!” instead of his achievements.

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Shots fired. Legend responded. He even dragged Melania into the fray.

He also included a dumb tweet about the fuss made in the media over a kiss during a greeting between Melania and Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit.

Chrissy weighed in and a vulgar (even for her) hashtag was born.

Legend realized how foul-mouthed his wife truly is and the two sought to do a little gaslighting about it.

So, there we are. Just another Sunday night, right?

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