Donald Trump tweeted Maureen Dowd is a "neurotic dope." | AP Photo Trump slams 'wacky' Maureen Dowd, CNN panel 'losers'

Donald Trump turned his attention back to cable network guests in a Saturday tweetstorm, slamming New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd as a "neurotic dope" and a CNN panel as "losers."

The GOP presidential nominee, who has spoken to the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist several times throughout the election cycle, tweeted that Dowd "makes up things that I never said for her boring interviews and columns."


Trump's tweets come after Dowd was interviewed on CNN by Michael Smerconish on her new book "The Year of Voting Dangerously," a collection of her columns on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump released this week.

Smerconish said Trump listens to Dowd, to which she replied, "Well listens to me is a bit strong, I picture Kellyanne Conway like a lion tamer, trying to Keep Donald Trump on his stool."

Dowd then went on to say she has "confronted" Trump with "many different things that seemed wrong to me," including incitements of violence at his rallies and Bill Clinton's infidelity as part of Trump's campaign, while ignoring Trump's own infidelity scandal with Marla Maples.

In her book, Dowd writes Trump is one of “too few operatic characters in the world. I think of him as a toon. He’s just drawn that way.”

Wacky @NYTimesDowd, who hardly knows me, makes up things that I never said for her boring interviews and column. A neurotic dope! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2016

Crazy Maureen Dowd, the wacky columnist for the failing @nytimes, pretends she knows me well--wrong! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2016

Trump also went after CNN -- which he has called the Clinton News Network in the past -- on Saturday morning.

He tweeted that the network's "ratings are so low - and getting worse. Boring anti-Trump panelists, mostly losers in life!"

.@CNN just doesn't get it, and that's why their ratings are so low - and getting worse. Boring anti-Trump panelists, mostly losers in life! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2016

Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager, is a political commentator and frequent panel guest at CNN.