White House press secretary Sarah Sanders blasted CNN for trivializing Indian-American Trump aide Raj Shah by referring to him as “whatever his name is”.
Monday night, CNN host Chris Cuomo referred to Raj Shah as “Raj whatever-his-name-is” during a segment condemning President Donald Trump for being racially insensitive.
“Remember … we went to the White House when it happened, and Raj whatever-his-name-is didn’t back off the words,” Cuomo said earlier Monday.
Watch Cuomo’s exchange here:
CNN’s @ChrisCuomo Refers to White House Aide Raj Shah as ‘Raj Whatever His Name Is’ pic.twitter.com/1uzitQaDq8
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 15, 2018
Raj Shah is the principal deputy White House press secretary and the son of immigrants from India.
Shah tweeted to CNN’s Chris Cuomo after he referred to him as, “Raj whatever his name is”
https://twitter.com/RajShah45/status/952955572487442432
Sarah Sanders, in her usual direct way, hammered CNN for their inability to properly identify Shah, not just once…but twice.
Last month @CNN put up the wrong picture for WH Principal Deputy Press Secretary @RajShah45 & now they refer to him on air as "Raj whatever his name is." #ThisIsCNN https://t.co/PnkYDqoCpP
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 15, 2018
h/t DC