'Am I hallucinating?' CNN's Dana Bash has a legitimately surprising take on Donald Trump's COVID19 response [video]; UPDATE: Bash addresses her critics

We joke a lot about looking for our shocked faces, but this time, we might actually need them.

On CNN today, Dana Bash had … nice things to say about Donald Trump’s current handling of the COVID19 crisis:

CNN’s Dana Bash: President @realDonaldTrump “is being the kind of leader that people need”https://t.co/RlDJzN95uA pic.twitter.com/7HjciXSmtW

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 17, 2020

Praise for Trump on CNN? Wow.

Dana Bash: President Trump “is being the kind of leader that people need.. in times of crisis and uncertainty.”

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— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 17, 2020

Dana Bash just called Trump's tone "remarkable" and the kind of leadership we need during a crisis and said his recent pivot was "pretty incredible." pic.twitter.com/kXx2Uv0L4m

— jordan (@JordanUhl) March 17, 2020

We can honestly say we didn’t see that coming.

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— Ryan Murphy (@rmurph525) March 17, 2020

Am I hallucinating this?On CNN??

— Dan Lambert (@aslohand) March 17, 2020

Did hell freeze over?

— Brenda Cox Clayton (@beeathome52) March 17, 2020

Stranger things have happened, we suppose.

Hope Bash knows what she’s in for now …

what is she on?

— Alf (@GordonShumway66) March 17, 2020

CNN's Dana Bash is talking about how Trump is becoming the leader Americans lead because he isn't completely denying the existence of a pandemic, because he has "a tone of calm, and understand how dire this is." Dana Bash is evidently insane. The lowest possible bar.

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) March 17, 2020

Dana Bash is the epitome of what's wrong with the main stream media.

— Rob Wagner ? (@wagner_rob) March 17, 2020

At CNN and Dana Bash: pic.twitter.com/242JDHTe1E

— Tēcuani ?☭? (@MexicaProletari) March 17, 2020

What a time to be alive.

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Update:

Bash is still getting, well, bashed for praising Trump’s leadership:

Here is the clip of @DanaBashCNN praising Trump because he’s now screaming at reporters and going on absolute tantrums like he normally does.

I feel like I’m living on another planet.

(via @LisPower1)pic.twitter.com/PFiIbCj37s

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) March 17, 2020

For what it’s worth, here’s how she responds to her critics:

As I said in the clip you posted below, this is a moment to be non-partisan, American and human – & the TONE the president set at today & yesterday's PRESSERS were remarkably different and welcomed. That's a fact. Let's all take a breath and remember we are all in this together. https://t.co/bx9uLuvkOI

— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) March 17, 2020