Earlier today, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell attempted to get Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to answer a goddamn question or two, because that motherfucker has barely spoken to the press since he was confirmed. There’s a lot of shit going down with Russia right now, our foreign diplomacy is a fucking mess, the State Department is being ignored and downsized, and lots of reporting suggests that Tillerson is only a figurehead with no actual power, and maybe Andrea Mitchell wanted a goddamn answer or two from a guy who might be able to offer some perspective.

But rather than answer a single fucking question, Tillerson ignored Mitchell, whose job it is relay information to the American people. Nevertheless, she persisted. For her efforts, she was escorted from the premises.

Mitchell was doing her job. She was asking questions. This is what a journalist should do. But according to Bill O’Reilly, Andrea Mitchell was being “unruly.”

Unruly Andrea Mitchell escorted from press conf https://t.co/dqXjCZke1Y

— Bill O'Reilly (@oreillyfactor) March 8, 2017

That wasn’t “unruly,” or “obnoxious.” That was persistence.

This is really great to watch @mitchellreports push for details. One of the hardest working people in television https://t.co/TaJMvaAw7h

— Mark Meredith (@markpmeredith) March 8, 2017

@oreillyfactor @mitchellreports Good on you Andrea Mitchell! Incredible journalist should be applauded for DOING HER JOB. Keep at it!

— Erin Collins (@ETauCollins) March 8, 2017

Bill O’Reilly should fucking look into it, because the only person being unruly here is me, who is about to lose it with this country-selling out motherfucker with a laundry list of sexual harassment settlements and who would call the same thing in a man “determination.”

Ass. hole.

Classy: even on #InternationalWomensDay O'Reilly is a sexist pig, calling Andrea Mitchell "unruly" for doing her job. https://t.co/HeD1CTr7cx

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 8, 2017

@oreillyfactor chokes wife and drags her down the stairs in front of his daugher, then comments on "unruly" Andrea Mitchell. Happy #IWD17

— James M (@james_mogul) March 8, 2017

Update:

“And that does it for this UNRULY edition of Andrea @MitchellReports” [mic drop] pic.twitter.com/mS19gAdUDq

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 8, 2017

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