April Ryan responds to Trump by calling him "loser": "We are not weak"

The journalist April Ryan answered Friday at President TrumpDonald John TrumpMichelle Obama: "I will never forgive" Trump for an "illegal" plot Justice blocks Keystone XL Pelosi pipeline: Acting Attorney General "should not be here" MORE by calling her a "loser", claiming that if she gets up and asks questions to the president she is a loser, she is "a loser for 21 years".

"He's trying to show that he's strong against the press," said CNN Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks. "We are the" enemies. "He wants to give the example with what he thinks or who he thinks [is] low. We are not weak. "

Ryan's comments occurred on the day Trump was pursued by several journalists while he was speaking in front of the White House. Trump criticized Ryan, who also contributes to CNN, calling him a "loser" who "does not know what the heck she's doing".

Ryan was defended when appearing on CNN, claiming that she "was a very educated and intelligent journalist who deserved an answer when she asked a question to the president who responded to the news." ;call".

"And if that makes me a loser, then I've been a loser for 21 years," she said.

Last week, the White House was hit hard by the media after suspending a press card for CNN chief correspondent Jim Acosta.

The White House alleged that she had suspended Acosta's powers for being physical with a young intern at a press conference while she was attempting to take a microphone from her.

Acosta denied the allegation and asserted that he behaved in a professional manner.

White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, doubled the Trump administration's decision to ban Acosta by posting a video of the incident that many quickly described as falsified .

Trump, on Friday, disputed the fact that the video Sanders shared was manipulated, while asserting that he could revoke more press pass from reporters that did not show him "respect."