Former longtime ABC News reporter Terry Moran defended his social media post blasting President Trump as a "hater," a post that eventually led to the reporter's ouster from the network.

"It’s way hot. And I wish I had a better story. It was something that was in my heart and mind. And I would say I used very strong language deliberately because he, I felt, and it wasn’t. ... You see him all the time doing the same, spitting venom and lies into our debate, degrading our public discourse, debasing it and using the power of the White House and what he’s been given,” Moran said during an appearance on pundit Tim Miller's "The........

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