Conservative Activist Gets Into It With CNN Hosts Over Michelle Wolf vs. Trump
Normally I don't seed videos that are this long, because I know it is very unlikely anyone will watch the whole thing ( I rarely watch such a long video that someone else posts either) , but I'm going to make an exception this time because I think this one is more important and illuminating than most.
Matt Schlapp is a big shot in conservative circles. He is the guy who puts on the famous CPAC convention every year where right wingers congregate in Washington DC to promote their ideologies. Schlapp is not a politician as such but he advises and cheerleads for right wing polticians. His wife currently works in the White House Communications Dept. as one of the behind the scenes people for Sarah Sanders.
In this video he is a guest on CNN's morning show hosted by Alison Camerota and Chris Cuomo. Camerota interviews Schlapp and then afterwords Cuomo jumps in and starts belittling Schlapp so they bring Schapp back on and they continue going at it.
At issue is the fact that Matt and Mercedes Schlapp got up and walked out of the White House Correspondents Dinner where the comedian Michelle Wolf made demeaning jokes about variuous people, mainly conservatives.
At some point Camerota and then Cuomo ask Schlapp if he would get up and walk out on a Donald Trump speech where Trump is belittling a woman's looks (Carly Fiorina) or mocking someone's physical disabilities and mannerisms.
Schlapp, of course, cannot bring himself to say he would walk out on a Trump speech that was offensive, because, well, Trump is executing the conservative agenda and is a great American.
It's a pretty good video. If you have a few minutes to watch, start the video at the 13:00 mark
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Trump has mocked a disabled reporter, talked about female reporters bleeding from "wherever", talked about another female host bleeding from botched plastic surgery on her face, and made fun of the appearance of endless numbers of other people.
He CANNOT be defended. The right wingers can complain about Michelle Wolf, but they should know it looks hollow.
Nobody's defending him. This is old and tired non-news. He's doing what we elected him to do. Get over it.
That you knowingly voted for a sociopath says a great deal about you.
Lying and playing golf is what you elected him to do???
The format of this event was probably a poor idea back when it was originally conceived, because it was edgy even when US politics was merely contentious. Now that we have an administration that is not only comfortable with blatant daily lies and overt insults, but actually relies on them as a meaningful aspect of their existence, a roast is no longer a tenable format.
Insulting people is a key feature of this president. You could probably argue that without all his insults of Clinton, Rosie O'Donnell, Megyn Kelly, etc, he might not be president today, because his attitudes are really a defining element of "Trumpism". He takes it to the evil , lame "liberal media", and it took him to the top. But in accepting Trumpism they give up the right to criticize how anyone else acts and what they say.
Schlapp is a Quisling.