Bret Stephens, who was called a bedbug Monday evening on Twitter, has since deactivated his Twitter account.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday mocked New York Times columnist Bret Stephens for his reaction of being called a bedbug.
Trump's comments comes after a controversy that started on Monday. George Washington University associate professor David Karpf joked on Twitter that Stephens was a bedbug after reports that there was a bedbug infestation in the New York Times newsroom. “I’m often amazed about the things supposedly decent people are prepared to say about other people -- people they’ve never met -- on Twitter,” Stephens wrote to Karpf. “I think you’ve set a new standard.”
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