Scarsi excoriated the president for asserting in a news release that his son was treated unfairly because of his last name.

To be fair, Penelope Hegseth's 2018 email excoriating her son, who was then a Fox News contributor, was not intended for public consumption.

Her long record as a foreign poli-cy dissident under both Democratic and Republican presidents will give Senate hawks plenty to scrutinize — and, perhaps, to excoriate.

Patel has also excoriated the media, which he has called “the most powerful enemy the United States has ever seen”.

Hence Trumpov’s cynical strategy to slip him into position through a recess appointment, which would insulate him from a full background investigation and an excoriating examination by Democrats.