Andy Kaczynski, aka KFILE, has become an interesting dude. I forget where he worked before, but CNN picked him up in the run-up to the 2016 election because he had a talent for going on Reddit and digging up old Howard Stern interviews of Donald Trump. From there on, it was his job to dig up dirt on Trump for CNN. I remember reporting on a big exclusive of his back in October 2016: "Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video."
Gasp!
Yes, Trump appeared as a New York celebrity in a PG-13-rated Playboy video where the models were fully dressed and surrounded by fog. What an October surprise!
But it was a big September surprise when Kaczynski sat down at CNN and did a segment on an old questionnaire Kamala Harris had filled out for the ACLU during her 2020 presidential run. This was the questionnaire where she said yes, she approved of taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries on incarcerated illegal immigrants. A lot of people used the CNN segment as a fact-check when writers like the New Yorker's Susan Glasser wrote about Trump's "too-crazy moment" during the ABC presidential debate. As we reported, TIME Magazine was forced into an embarrassing correction the following day:
This is one of the greatest corrections in history, from @TIME magazine:https://t.co/LV2won82DI pic.twitter.com/bl8mUKXgHC
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) September 11, 2024
Liberals were furious with CNN and Kaczynski for doing a little research on Harris' background. Here's the piece:
Our report on CNN tonight: NEW on CNN: On a 2019 ACLU questionnaire Kamala Harris said she supported taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained immigrants, decriminalizing drug possession, and drastic cuts to ICE along with a pledge "end' immigrant detention. pic.twitter.com/KvsJrCTz4H
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) September 10, 2024
Yes, but … that was 2019. People change their minds. (Again, the scandalous Playboy video was from 1994.)
Our report on CNN tonight: NEW on CNN: On a 2019 ACLU questionnaire Kamala Harris said she supported taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained immigrants, decriminalizing drug possession, and drastic cuts to ICE along with a pledge "end' immigrant detention. pic.twitter.com/KvsJrCTz4H
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) September 10, 2024
Pro tip: Trust Harris when she says "My views have not changed." Everything she pledged to do if elected president in 2020 is what she'll do if elected in 2024. She'll ban fracking and offshore oil drilling, guaranteed.
Here's where I'm surprised — Kaczynski isn't just playing ball for the Harris campaign this time around.
Yes, we did not report what her policies are now on these specific issues because we asked the Harris campaign and they declined to tell us. https://t.co/83Y9VZxX3f
— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) September 18, 2024
No kidding.
Maybe Kaczynski has started bringing bottled water to work and isn't drinking out of CNN's water cooler — the one that turns everyone into the CNN hive-mind.
We did a story last week trying to get Harris camp to answer if she will continue the immigration EOs Biden put forth early on in his admin. No responses.
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) September 18, 2024
Per Bernie Sanders, she is only saying what she needs to say to get elected. She is still as radical as ever.
— Matt McCarthy (@MattMcC06033825) September 19, 2024
why not just wait until she decides it's time for everyone to know what her policies are? how dare you! it's not like she's running for president...
— Affula (@Xaffula) September 18, 2024
I’m dead. Andy has had enough. Hahahahahaha
— Gonzo the Great (@GonzDaGreat) September 19, 2024
It looks that way.
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