Meghan McCain: Katie Couric, others calling for 'deprogramming' Republicans can 'go to hell' | Fox News
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"The View" co-host Meghan McCain said Monday that liberals like Katie Couric and others who had called for the "deprogramming" of some Donald Trump supporters could "go to hell."
McCain said she thought there would be a stronger desire for unity from Democrats in the aftermath of President Biden's election win, but she said the language from liberals had been more concerned with dehumanizing Trump supporters, which she called dangerous for Democrats and the country. Couric and several others, including McCain's "The View" colleague Sunny Hostin, have referred to Trump backers as "brainwashed" or in need of "deprogramming" in the past two weeks.
"If you don't care about unity you should care about the politics of this, because right now there is a vacuum to pick up the four people — four in ten Republicans who feel very disenfranchised, and if President Biden and Democrats want to have a big tent party and include some of these people, great, and if we're all just deplorable and need to be reprogrammed as Katie Couric said, then honestly they can go to hell, because I don't need to be deprogrammed," McCain said.
"I just have a different perspective on how the government should be run."
KATIE COURIC'S 'CONDESCENDING, ELITIST' REMARKS CALLING TO 'DEPROGRAM' GOP RETIRES JOURNO LABEL, CRITICS SAY
Cornell Law School professor and media critic William A. Jacobson told Fox News that "threats of 'deprogramming' Trump supporters have become "common among liberal journalists," calling Couric part of a "media complex" that deliberately stifled negative news about Biden during his 2020 campaign against Trump.
McCain supported Biden, a close friend of her family, in the 2020 election, but the show's token conservative host has expressed sympathy for how Trump supporters are being portrayed by the media.
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"That 74 million Americans are basically irredeemable people ... I think it's horribly dangerous for the country," she said.
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Does anyone really wonder why so many journalists have lost all respect from Americans?
Way to go Megan! That’s exactly what they deserve!
"That 74 million Americans are basically irredeemable people "
irredeemable?? how does that compare to deplorable?
It is the same close-minded folks making that comparison.
Hillary and her supporters used them as interchangeable terms...
Next we'll hear that "liberals" want to put "real Americans" in concentration camps run by FEMA in underground locations under Walmarts.
Absolutely no one on this seed has even suggested such a thing or talked about it except for you bringing it up.
Do you know what the seed is about?
I have listened to TOO MANY right wingers talk utter nonsense for years and years and years. Are they all brainwashed? No not all , but the figure is in the millions without a doubt.
Nothing more than unsubstantiated bullshit.
Meh.
How about we just de-program the ones who think Obama was born in Africa, Democrats eat babies, Hillary and Bill Clinton have had 140 people murdered, that Sandy Hook was not real, or that Seth Rich was the source of the DNC email hack?
That should cover a large crowd.
How about instead of all that, we ALL just return to normalcy?
I could cite examples of Democrats doing virtually the same thing, so the fuck what?
The fact remains and is completely indisputable by rational standards that there are crackpots on BOTH sides.
Some of us can admit and see that, some of us can't and probably never will.
I'm the wrong person to say "both sides" to.
I can tell this bears repeating:
Majority Of Republicans Believe The QAnon Conspiracy ...
Sep 02, 2020 · Some 56% of Republicans believe that QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory, is mostly or partly true, according to a new Daily Kos/Civiqs poll …
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AGAIN:
Thirty-eight percent of very strong Republicans reported that Obama was probably born in another country, (2017)
LOL!! FROM the "bible" here--MBFC:
Daily Kos:
Daily Kos
Sigh.
Yet ONCE AGAIN (!)
The fact remains and is completely indisputable by rational standards that there are crackpots on BOTH sides. Some of us can admit and see that, some of us can't and probably never will.
Both sides...
A conservative site half as far right as they are to the left would be rated off the rails by that “unholy Bible”
Take that garbage to someone gullible enough to believe it. Its not that there aren't crackpots on both sides, it's that the numbers or the depth of the insanity are not equivalent.
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There are two sides there, right? Therefore they are equivalent?
Oh, boy.
Once again (this IS getting rather tiresome):
The fact remains and is completely indisputable by rational standards that there are crackpots on BOTH sides. Some of us can admit and see that, some of us can't and probably never will.
Whether you can ever admit it or not is totally irrelevant to the facts of the matter.
I can show you all kinds of links about conspiracies Republicans conservatives and the right believe. Pages of it.
Such a thing as Q Anon would never get off the ground with Democrats. The notion is absurd.
I'm not going to discuss this you. You dont know what you are talking about.
Why, I just bet you can! No big surprise there.
Both sides.
Not just one, no matter what you may or may not believe.
Excellent.
I know THIS much for certain:
The fact remains and is completely indisputable by rational standards that there are crackpots on BOTH sides. Some of us can admit and see that, some of us can't and probably never will.
And denial is completely futile.
If you are a Trumpster who wants "liberals" to stop saying you are brainwashed, denounce and reject all conspiracy theories that have been spread by Trump and his lackeys over the past 5 years. All of them.
Nah, i’ll just keep saying “fuck liberals.”
ok
I can see from your post the whole point of the seed skipped right by you.
I have no interest in continuing to listen to crackpots. About half of Republicans STILL believe Obama was born in Kenya. Fuck 'em.
And about half of Democrats hate Trump. Fuck 'em.
BTW, Trump isn't in office anymore.
Isn't it time to move on?
Agreed regarding those who hate Trump!
Seems a bit disingenuous after Republicans taunted the 8 out of 10 Democrats who felt disenfranchised by Trump and the Republican party for the last four years.
Also, this means 6 in 10 Republicans don't feel disenfranchised by Biden and Democrats, don't they matter? Are the 4 in ten supposed to be more important than the 6 in 10 for some reason? Seems like if the vast majority of Democrats and majority of Republicans are trying to work together and create some semblance of unity that's a good thing even if there are still 4 in ten who can't get over the loss of their dear Leader. Are we supposed to kneel to those 4 in ten and give in to the fascism they prefer simply because they're "feeling" disenfranchised? Perhaps they need to try a little harder for unity themselves, it's not just up to Democrats to bend over backwards to appease them, it takes two to compromise so if they're simply unwilling to accept anything Democrats propose perhaps the problem isn't with the Democrats.
Maybe a better start would be to stop with the fascist bullshit.
You aren't convincing anyone of anything with that line of bull.
Here's a thought - let's stop pretending that Trump supporters merit being handled with kid gloves.
The most unfit for office president in the 245 year history of this country inspired a mob of conspiracy theory fanatics to assault the US national government building , and Megan McCain thinks people are being too rough on the Trumpsters. Ridiculous. Honestly though, I have little to no faith we can get past this any time soon. Modern media and social media totally play into the hands of the conspiracy addled extremists.
As long as people hold that attitude, nothing will ever change.