CNN’s Brian Stelter was “gobsmacked” after former CNN contributor and current GOP spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said Dems had “zero chance at winning legitimately” in 2020:
Kayleigh McEnany says Dems have "zero chance at winning legitimately" in 2020. She's "sowing the seeds of fundamental distrust in our electoral process," @margarethoover said on @CNNTonight. I was gobsmacked. pic.twitter.com/7jCFZPRaEX
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 5, 2019
First up, as we told you yesterday, Hillary Clinton lied about why she lot Wisconsin when she said her voters were turned away at the polls because “of the color of their skin”:
Hillary Clinton: I Lost Wisconsin After Voters Were Turned Away at the Polls ‘Because of the Color of Their Skin’ https://t.co/mMo7xoMqEM pic.twitter.com/XrdfxhEqKL
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) March 4, 2019
Why isn’t Stelter “gobsmacked” by that as much as he was with McEnany?
You want to know why Hillary Clinton lost Wisconsin? Because 1) black voters in Milwaukee found her singularly unmotivating; 2) white working class voters in the north and west of the state (traditionally more Dem, previously Obama regions) preferred Trump's appeal to hers.
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) March 5, 2019
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They’re the same, but Stelter’s ire flows only in the GOP direction:
This is as dishonest and despicable as Donald Trump's bogus claims about election fraud (like 3 million illegal aliens voted in 2016) and should be treated as such. https://t.co/TLaCbFDhGl
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) March 4, 2019
But even better, here’s Soledad O’Brien smacking him around with this reminder that CNN literally created McEnany:
Brian’s boss Zucker on McEneny. GQ/April 2017
She’s a character “in a drama” “Everybody says, ‘Oh, I can’t believe you have Jeffrey Lord or Kayleigh McEnany,’ but you know what?” Zucker told me with some satisfaction. “They know who Jeffrey Lord and Kayleigh McEnany are.” https://t.co/TZc6PWR9UF
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) March 5, 2019
We eagerly await Stelter’s criticism of his bosses, because that’s where his anger should be directed:
So—I don’t think you’re ‘gobsmacked’. In fact, I think if Kayliegh still worked for CNN, as a paid contributor, you would book her for your show ‘to discuss thoughtfully her latest statements’, crazy as they are. Remember-Jeff Lord stayed employed til he tweeted the nazi slogan
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) March 5, 2019
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Brian Stelter FACE PLANTS on fact-check of Dan Bongino’s article on Lara Logan https://t.co/SBbC7J0IRh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 19, 2019
OUCHVILLE: Steve Krakauer’s thread brutally takes Brian Stelter APART for trying to absolve media in #JussieSmollett hoax https://t.co/8Q27TKQ1WJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 19, 2019
'You're the journalist'! Brian Stelter's excuse for his role in Jussie Smollett cluster is total 'bull' https://t.co/l2jFXO0KCR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 18, 2019