President Donald Trump slammed the New York Times on Thursday after its editorial board openly urged voters to contact Republican senators and tell them not to support the Senate Republican tax reform bill.
In Thursday morning's tweets, Trump called the "failing" Times a "pipe organ" and "virtual lobbyist" for the Democratic Party
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/936203511037136897
"The Failing @nytimes has totally gone against the Social Media Guidelines that they installed to preserve some credibility after many of their biased reporters went Rogue! @foxandfriends," Trump added.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/936206961728786432
The president's tweets were in response to the editorial board "temporarily" taking over the Times Opinion Twitter page on Wednesday. The board urged the Senate to "reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation's fiscal health" and save the Obamacare individual mandate.
This morning, the Times editorial board is tweeting here to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation's fiscal health. #thetaxbillhurts
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The Times proceeded to send out a series of tweets with contact information for seven Republican senators who are considered more persuadable to vote against the Republican effort to overhaul the tax code.
The Republican senators included were Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), John McCain (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Bob Corker (Tenn.), James Lankford (Okla.), and Jerry Moran (Kan.).
The Times has endorsed Democratic presidential candidates every year since 1960.