MSNBC Guest Dismisses Mollie Tibbetts As “Some Girl In Iowa” Who “FOX News Is Talking About” Following News Of Her Murder
Christina Greer, a frequent MSNBC guest and a professor at Fordham University, on Wednesday apologized for a "flippant" remark she made the previous evening, when she reduced the memory of late University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts as "a girl in Iowa" who "Fox News is talking about."
Greer appeared on MSNBC's "The Beat," where she and the panel discussed the breaking news of President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty to eight counts and his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort being found guilty on eight counts.
She faced backlash on social media following the MSNBC segment for her comment about Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Iowa student who disappeared in July while jogging. Authorities announced on Tuesday that they found her body in a cornfield in a rural part of the county and later announced they had also arrested suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who is believed to be an illegal immigrant, and charged him with first-degree murder.
Greer's comment about Tibbets came while slamming the Republican Party for continuing to move the goal post with Trump no matter what he says or does, adding that she couldn't believe Republicans supported Trump after the 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape was released in October 2016.
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