And if he doesn’t, then hit him with a libel suit.

My guess is that the clowns in this administration are used to dealing with Yes People; sheeple who have learned to play dumb and kow-tow to their masters’ wishes. Or, they really may be that stupid. After all, lack of integrity and intelligence is a requirement for working for tRump and Co.

But to try to humiliate Mary Louise Kelly? Geezuz, Mikey, you’re in over your head… She’s far smarter than you!

Kelly was graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1993, with degrees in Government and French Literature. As a senior editor at The Harvard Crimson, she covered the 1992 Presidential election, including Bill Clinton’s inauguration. In 1995 she completed her masters in European Studies at Cambridge University (Emmanuel College) in England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Louise_Kelly

(Oh, but she’s just a girl!)

Conservatives have hated NPR since the beginning. This is just another opportunity to kill an independent voice of reason, a voice they don’t control. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7a4305bcade4dc5997c844c10362d9c3798c1cf02f67faee7ff708c286116e4e.jpg

And Mike Pompous projects: “It is no wonder that the American people distrust many in the media when they so consistently demonstrate their agenda and their absence of integrity.”
https://www.cp24.com/world/pompeo-lashes-out-at-journalist-npr-defends-its-reporter-1.4783887

Further illustration of this administration’s trouble with The Truth. See:
The Truth About Trump’s Lies
Trump’s attitude has had a devastating impact on Americans’ ability to discern fact from fiction.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/26/opinion/truth-about-trumps-lies/
(Behind a paywall on my PC, but free on my phone!)

RTMFA.