Top Trump aide calls GOP senator a ‘hater’

White House director of social media Dan Scavino blasted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a tweet late Wednesday night, calling the Republican senator a “hater.”

Citing reports that Flake was “troubled” by the Wednesday actions of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Scavino tweeted, “Is hater Jeff Flake a Republican?”

.@DavidChalian just said even ‘Republican’ Senator @JeffFlake was troubled with @DevinNunes…
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Is hater Jeff Flake a Republican?

— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) March 23, 2017

{mosads}Flake reportedly said earlier Wednesday that he was “very troubled” by Nunes’s surprise announcement earlier in the day that he had seen intelligence reports that showed authorities had incidentally gathered information on members of the Trump transition team.

Nunes made the announcement at a press conference, saying the information had been “widely disseminated” and “unmasked” several individuals from the Trump team. He later briefed the White House about what he had seen before discussing the information with the rest of the committee. 

Sen. @JeffFlake says he was “very troubled” by what he saw of Wednesday’s @DevinNunes controversy, adds it seems to “break with protocol.”

— Dan Nowicki (@dannowicki) March 23, 2017