Start acting like it, then.
Nothwithstanding the decline of the NYT, Republicans are still terrified by the MSM. For some reason it never occurs to them that an inherently unfriendly, biased and corrupt media is going to hammer them no matter what they say, do or don’t do, so why play nice with them?
Considering the way he’s caved to the MSM at the drop of a hat, he should change his name to “Bitch.”