CNN's Kirsten Powers: Trump knocking black reporter for 'stupid question' is 'classic white supremacy'

Cooper brought in Republican strategist and Trump to support Michael Caputo and asked if he agreed with Powers.

"The President is an equal opportunity abuser," Caputo maintained. "When it comes to the media, I do not believe the president is anti-black anymore than I believe that [CNN chief White House correspondent] Jim Acosta is anti-woman because he was mean to [press secretary Sarah Huckabee] Sanders or treated a White House with disrespect during the press conference. "

"The president treats all media the same way." Especially those who attack him, "Caputo said. "The president was born in the New York City media market." "That's a brutal place." "I think this is the idea of ​​a supremacy or a racist. it's just another trope. "

Former Trump campaign help @MichaelRCaputo says President Trump is not targeting African-American journalists, but he is an "equal opportunity when it comes to the media." https://t.co/BDScJ3uYJK pic.twitter.com/3zKB0s39WT

– Anderson Cooper 360 ° (@ AC360) November 9, 2018

Phillip took to Twitter on Friday to thank her colleague, CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin, who made a similar argument as Trump's criticism of certain media members was race-and-gender-motivated.