Ex-NYT reporter mocked for critical tweet on 11-year-old moving WH lawn
Former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse was mocked on social media after criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to allow an 11-year-old boy to mow the Rose Garden lawn last week.
Frank is hard at work in the Rose Garden and doing a great job! pic.twitter.com/u4f2DtLvu6
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 15, 2017
“Not sending a great signal on child labor, minimum wage & occupational safety >> Trump White House lets a 10-year-old volunteer mow its lawn,” Greenhouse, a veteran reporter of the Times for 31 years, tweeted.
{mosads}The perspective from Greenhouse came after sixth-grader Frank Giaccio cut the grass on Friday at the invitation of President Trump.
“The sanctimonious and humorless finger-wagging of nanny state progressivism in one tweet,” wrote conservative Bill Kristol.
The sanctimonious and humorless finger-wagging of nanny state progressivism in one tweet. https://t.co/TFDoKUEyLv
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 16, 2017
Seriously? He let’s a kid mow the White House lawn -something kid will never forget and you blast him about child labor laws?
— Jeff Crank (@jeffcrank) September 15, 2017
This NYTimes reporter is EXACTLY why @realDonaldTrump won… https://t.co/Wm024NSH6A
— Harlan Z. Hill (@Harlan) September 17, 2017
The Daily Wire, which was founded in 2015 by former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro, called Greenhouse’s tweet the “most idiotic tweet ever.”
What this kid wants to do is noble, but sorry, I’m mindful of problems–I’ve written lots about child labor & kids being hurt by machinery
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) September 15, 2017
After hundreds of replies critical of his initial tweet, Greenhouse was steadfast in his opinion.
His most recent piece was published on Sept. 2 under the title “Is Trump Really Pro-Worker?”
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