Don Jr was widely mocked on Twitter Saturday for his lack of knowledge about the prestigious Pulitzer Prize after suggesting there is no award for fiction.
The president’s son was replying to a comment made by his father calling for The New York Times and The Washington Post to have their Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election revoked.
Donald Trump had earlier tweeted: ‘So funny that The New York Times & The Washington Post got a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage (100% NEGATIVE and FAKE!) of Collusion with Russia – And there was No Collusion!
‘So, they were either duped or corrupt? In any event, their prizes should be taken away by the Committee!’
Don Jr retweeted the president’s tweet, adding: ‘He’s right… unless they give Pulitzer’s for fiction.’
And he was quickly ridiculed online by users pointing out that the Pulitzer is handed out to works of fiction.
MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin wrote: ‘Does Don Jr. not know that there’s a Pulitzer for Fiction?’
Historian Kevin M. Kruse replied with a screengrab showing the criteria needed to pick up the $15,000 prize money.
And others shared memes calling the first son ‘dumb’, ‘illiterate’, ‘the dumbest Trump’ and an ‘idiot’.
Donald Trump demanded two newspapers have their joint Pulitzer Prize revoked for their ‘100% negative and fake’ coverage. Don Jr, pictured, joined in on the attack but suggested there is no Pulitzer for fiction
Don Jr was widely mocked on Twitter Saturday for his lack of knowledge about the prestigious Pulitzer Prize after suggesting there are no awards for fiction
The president’s son was replying to a comment made by his father calling for The New York Times and The Washington Post to have their Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 election revoked
Don Jr. was quickly ridiculed online by users pointing out that the Pulitzer is handed out to works of fiction
Users shared memes calling the first son ‘dumb’, ‘illiterate’, ‘the dumbest Trump’ and an ‘idiot’
The President had earlier tweeted: ‘So funny that The New York Times & The Washington Post got a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage (100% NEGATIVE and FAKE!) of Collusion with Russia – And there was No Collusion! ‘So, they were either duped or corrupt? In any event, their prizes should be taken away by the Committee!’
Don Jr retweeted the president, adding: ‘He’s right… unless they give Pulitzer’s for fiction’
The prize is awarded ‘for distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life’
Donald Trump Jr joined in on his father’s attack saying the newspapers should receive Pulitzer prizes for fiction rather than journalism but was widely ridiculed
One user shared this meme which showed a scene from Dumb and Dumber
The prize is awarded ‘for distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life’, according to the Pulitzer website. Last year’s winner was Less by Andrew Sean Greer.
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was released last week and found no proof of collusion between Trump and Russia in the 2016 election, Trump launched a fierce attack on the left and the media.
Responding to Don Jr’s tweet, one Twitter user wrote: ‘This is not a high IQ family.’
Others joked there was ‘no need for a DNA test, Junior’ and asked ‘who wants to tell him?’
When the Pulitzer Board awarded the outlets the prize, they described their works as ‘deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration.’
Responding to Don Jr’s tweet Jon Nelson wrote: ‘He’s not what you’d call a reader.’
Comedian Tony Posnanski said: ‘And you are the dumbest Trump.’
Others pointed out the apostrophe added by Don Jr, with one person tweeting: ‘Good lord, he doesn’t know there are Pulitzers for fiction AND he doesn’t understand apostrophes.’ Another added: ‘Well, they don’t give them for extraneous apostrophes.’
Research director Robert Maguire at Citizens for Ethics was scathing in his response, writing: ‘Don knows fiction, since one of the stories the NYT won the Pulitzer for was the one in which they showed he had lied about the Trump Tower meeting, which he then confirmed by tweeting out the email that shows Russia’s offer of assistance to Team Trump.’
Responding to Don Jr’s tweet, one Twitter user wrote: ‘This is not a high IQ family.’
Others joked there was ‘no need for a DNA test, Junior’ and asked ‘who wants to tell him?’
Responding to Don Jr’s tweet Jon Nelson wrote: ‘He’s not what you’d call a reader’
Comedian Tony Posnanski said: ‘And you are the dumbest Trump’
Trump has launched a fierce attack on the left and the media after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was released last week and found no proof of collusion between Trump and Russia in the 2016 election
Others pointed out the apostrophe added by Don Jr, with one person tweeting: ‘Good lord, he doesn’t know there are Pulitzers for fiction AND he doesn’t understand apostrophes’
When the Pulitzer Board awarded the outlets the prize, they described their works as ‘deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest’
Donald Trump Jr joined in on his father’s attack saying the newspapers should receive Pulitzer prizes for fiction rather than journalism, calling them Pulitzer’s
The two publications swiftly responded to the president’s attack saying: ‘We’re proud of our Pulitzer-prize winning reporting on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Every @nytimes article cited has proven accurate.’
‘No report in our package of Pulitzer-prize winning work has been challenged,’ NYT spokesperson Eileen Murphy said to USA Today.
‘In fact, what we know of the Mueller report from the Attorney General’s summary confirms our coverage. Russia actively worked to upend the American elections in 2016 and there were multiple instances of Trump Transition and Administration officials having contact with Russia,’ she added.