Terry Moran is speaking out about his exit from ABC News – and defending the comments that led to his ouster.
After ABC cut ties with Moran over a social media post about President Donald Trump and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, the journalist doubled down on his comments in an interview on Substack.
During a conversation with The Bulwark writer Tim Miller, Moran, a former senior national correspondent for ABC News, said of his post, "I wrote it because I thought it was true."
In his original X post on June 8, Moran described Stephen Miller as "a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred" and said that his "hatreds are his spiritual nourishment." The post also said that Trump, whom Moran interviewed earlier this year, is a "world-class hater" whose hatred is "a means to an end, and that end his his (sic) own glorification."
The post drew heavy criticism from the White House and led ABC to suspend Moran. An ABC News spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY on June 8, "ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others. The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards − as a result, Terry Moran has been suspended pending further evaluation."
