Report: Former MSNBC Wunderkind Luke Russert Wages War on Childhood Wonder – By Andrew Stiles (Free Beacon) / Mar 3 2021
Ex-journo compares beloved Transformers characters to Joseph Stalin
Luke Russert, the former MSNBC wunderkind who retired from journalism at age 30 to pursue “other endeavors,” is back in the news again.
The former journo is at the center of a heated controversy that has roiled Georgetown’s historic district, the wealthy enclave of Washington, D.C., where Russert resides. Georgetown University science professor Newton Howard has come under fire from Russert, among others, for placing large sculptures of two iconic Transformers characters, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, in front of his $4 million home.
DCist reports:
Howard assumed putting the sculptures—one standing taller than 10 feet, the other roughly six feet—outside wouldn’t be a problem; they occupy space on either side of his front door that had been taken up by two brick planter boxes before.
The reaction was immediate. “Children absolutely love them,” he says. And so do others: “I’m in awe of your Transformers statues,” wrote a Georgetown student in a note he left outside Howard’s house.
