CNN contributor Corey Lewandowski used to be Donald Trump’s campaign manager.
Tuesday night on CNN, he showed America what that means, dredging up a request on President Obama’s college transcripts and asking whether he got into Harvard as a U.S. citizen.
Let’s just say two other people on the CNN panel were pissed at him for bringing it up, and the discussion got heated in a hurry, with one panelist telling Lewandowski:
“I’m going to Beyonce you: Boy, bye.”
CNN panelist invokes @beyonce after Corey Lewandowski asks about Obama college transcripts https://t.co/9OviFjQ7K2https://t.co/bRfmG8YN20
— Independent Journal (@TheIJR) August 3, 2016
Watch the full video above, and read the transcript below, via Media Matters:
COREY LEWANDOWSKI: I just think it’s important to remember, right, that the president of the United States has an obligation to still govern the country. And if he wants to engage in partisan politics, I don’t think this is the right venue for it. He wants to go on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton, absolutely he has the right to do that.
But that also means he becomes fair game for any retort that Donald Trump wants to put on him. And I just think that the decorum of the presidency of the United States, the East Room is not the place to engage in those partisan attacks.
ANGELA RYE: Don, let me just respond, really quickly to this. Let me be very clear on this. Donald Trump has been attacking the president long before he began campaigning for this important office. He is the one who was the spokesperson for the birther movement, and was calling for transcripts for — and saying the president was an affirmative action admittee of Harvard. So let’s —
LEWANDOWSKI: Did he ever release his transcripts from Harvard?
RYE: By the way, tell me about those tax returns, while you’re at it.
LEWANDOWSKI: Well you raised the issue, i’m just asking. You raised the issue, did he ever release his transcripts or his admission to Harvard University? You raised the issue, so just “yes,” or “no.”
RYE: Corey? Just a moment, I’m going to Beyonce you. Boy, bye. You just so out of line right now, tell your candidate to release his tax returns.
LEWANDOWSKI: Don’t raise the issue if you don’t want to address it.
RYE: Two words, tax returns. Tax returns.
LEWANDOWSKI: Harvard University transcripts. You raised the issue, did he ever release them?