Pulitzer Winner Eviscerates Trump: ‘Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?â€

The columnist started his piece by referring to Trump as “Mr. So-Called President,” a reference to Trumpâ€s smearing of a federal judge who temporarily blocked his executive order on travel and immigration.

Pitts, speaking of senior policy adviser Stephen Millerâ€s disastrous appearances on Sunday news shows on which he said Trumpâ€s authority “will not be questioned,” responded: 

What you do ‘will not be questioned?†Lord, have mercy. Thatâ€s the kind of statement that, in another time and place, would have been greeted with an out-thrust palm and a hearty “Sieg heil!” Here in this time and place, however, it demands a different response:

Just who the hell do you think you are?

Meaning you and all the other trolls you have brought clambering up from under their bridges. Maybe you didnâ€t notice, but this is the United States of America. Perhaps youâ€ve heard of it? Nation of laws, not of individuals? First Amendment? Freedom of the press? Any of that ringing a bell? 

Pitts, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is the author of a syndicated column and several books. Just before the inauguration, Pitts wrote that he “refused to accept” Trump as “the new normal.”