Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday blasted the Washington Post for a “sick” headline on its obituary for Robert Trump, President Donald Trump’s brother.
In a tweet, Cruz said the Post “should be ashamed of itself” for a headline that read: “Robert Trump, younger brother of President Trump who filed lawsuit against niece, dies at 71” — highlighting a Trump family dispute.
“This headline, on an ‘obituary’ no less, is sick,” Cruz wrote. “WaPo should be ashamed of itself. Robert Trump, RIP.”
Conservative Benny Johnson of Turning Point USA also chastised the treatment, noting the Post obituary headline described the late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar.”
"The Washington Post couldn't put politics aside for one night," Johnson tweeted. "They treated the Leader of ISIS better than the brother of the President of the United States."
Just weeks before his death, Robert Trump had tried to block the publication of a book by niece Mary Trump, whose father was the late Fred Trump Jr., who died in 1981.
Robert Trump, who died Saturday at 71, was retired after years as a top executive with the Trump Organization, and was involved with charitable causes.
The president announced the death on Saturday night, the Associated Press reported.
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