ABC News suspends Terry Moran after his 'world-class hater' social media post about Trump and Miller

ABC News on Sunday suspended anchor Terry Moran after he published an anti-Trump social media post that he has since deleted.

“ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others,” a spokesperson for ABC News said in a statement about Moran's post provided to media outlets. “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.”

Vice President JD Vance called on ABC News to apologize publicly for the post before the suspension was announced.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X Sunday that Moran "went on a rampage" against President Trump and Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy.

"This is unhinged and unacceptable," she wrote. "We have reached out to @ABC to inquire about how they plan to hold Terry accountable."

In the post, Moran called both Miller and Trump world-class haters.

"Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater. You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate," he wrote. "Trump is a world-class hater. But his hatred only a means to an end, and that end his own glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment."

Vance called the post an "absolutely vile smear" of Miller. 

"It’s dripping with hatred. Remember that every time you watch ABC’s coverage of the Trump administration," he wrote. 

"As it happens, I know Stephen quite well. And he’s motivated by love of country. He’s motivated by a fear that people like Terry Moran make rules that normal Americans have to follow, but well connected people don’t," he added.

Vance continued, writing, "It’s why he fought so hard to get President Trump elected and why he works to hard to implement the agenda. ABC should apologize to Stephen. What Terry posted is disgraceful." 

Miller responded to Moran's post on X.

"The most important fact about Terry’s full public meltdown is what it shows about the corporate press in America," he wrote. "For decades, the privileged anchors and reporters narrating and gatekeeping our society have been radicals adopting a journalist’s pose. Terry pulled off his mask."