Take a bow, Mark!
The prize for the most racist interview of a 2016 candidate goes to Bloomberg's Mark Halperin http://t.co/lBekNRTXBl
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 11, 2015
From ThinkProgress’ Ian Millhiser:
Late last month, Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin conducted a cringe-worthy interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). The interview meandered from questions about how Cruz plans to appeal to Latino voters to what appeared to be a series of requests that Cruz, who is Cuban American, prove that he is really, truly, authentically Cuban. By the end of the interview, when Halperin asks Cruz to say a few words “en Español,” one can’t help but think that Cruz had unwittingly wandered into a minstrel show, with Halperin demanding that Cruz perform for an audience.
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Whatever drove Halperin to grill Cruz about his Cuban bona fides, however, Halperin’s critics are right to lay into him. Ted Cruz should be judged based on whether his policies will help or harm voters, not based on whether he can name his favorite Cuban musician.
Ouch.
Welcome to Opposite Day! https://t.co/fPp1BNdlRo
— Anti-Smatter (@mdrache) May 11, 2015
Up is down, black is white, day is night … and we’ve actually got to give some credit to ThinkProgress.
.@thinkprogress was rightly appalled at Mark Halperin's embarrassing interview of @tedcruz https://t.co/LYRmUGzO9U
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) May 11, 2015
Props to @imillhiser @thinkprogress.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 11, 2015
@thinkprogress good for you guys for getting on this
— [omitted] (@ThirstyTortuga) May 11, 2015
Indeed. Good for them. Though we’re still kind of in shock, heh.
Hell froze over! MT"@thinkprogress:The prize for the most racist interview of a 2016 candidate goes to Mark Halperin http://t.co/mhYpAqoP48”
— Eddie (@eddiecarl4468) May 11, 2015
Wait… did hell freeze over last night? "The left" defending a Conservative individual? #mindblown https://t.co/yBnWKzPWHr
— PoliticalNumbness (@polnumbness) May 11, 2015
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/597789106584846337
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) May 11, 2015
First Chris Cuomo gets ragged on by Salon & now @MarkHalperin is taking shit from Progressors LOL #EarthStandsStill https://t.co/rfJQTamWVD
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) May 11, 2015
Woooow. Even ThinkProgress calls out @MarkHalperin. https://t.co/Js0wEIJCG1
— Nick Jacob (@nicktjacob) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/597790343833198592
.@MarkHalperin's interview with Ted Cruz was so bad even ThinkProgress couldn't let it slide. https://t.co/2R9VHvenXm
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/597790696905560064
https://twitter.com/ChrisWojcik2/status/597793815500558336
It really is hard to process what’s happened. But, well, we’ll take it where we can get it.
https://twitter.com/ChrisWojcik2/status/597794339939610624
@Popehat @imillhiser @MarkHalperin
when @thinkprogress defends Ted Cruz, something very, very bad happened— Eddie (@eddiecarl4468) May 11, 2015
What's worse than losing your allies on The Daily Show? Getting called out for racism by @thinkprogress. http://t.co/q6qxfRtP2L
— Blaknsam (@Blaknsam) May 11, 2015
Dude did something so awful to a Republican that even Think Progress is like: "nope, nope, nope." That's a helluva low.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 11, 2015
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