Trump complains women White House reporters aren't like Donna Reed
Donald Trump complained that two female CBS News journalists in particular have irritated him during his coronavirus briefings, telling the New York Post in an interview that’s gone viral, “It wasn’t Donna Reed, I can tell you that.”
The president was referring to the late Oscar-winning actress who came to epitomize the ideal housewife of the 1940s and ’50s in roles such as Mary Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” as well as her hit series “The Donna Reed Show” that ran on ABC DIS, +0.19% from 1958 to 1966.
But Reed, who passed away from pancreatic cancer 34 years ago at the age of 64, was a very different woman from the one she played on screen. She was an early advocate for women’s rights and became known as a “troublemaker” in Hollywood by advocating for better roles, as well as for calling most directors incompetents who “hated women.”
What’s more, she was a political activist who protested against the Vietnam War. She said at the time, “I love my country, but I feel it got off the track. This is my way of helping it find its way back.”
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-complains-women-white-house-reporters-arent-like-donna-reed-but-she-wasnt-like-the-housewife-she-played-either-2020-05-05?mod=hp_minor_pos20&adobe_mc=MCMID%3D07323438466369661430685313940316008327%7CMCORGID%3DCB68E4BA55144CAA0A4C98A5%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1588695802
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