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Ex-CNN reporter frets over dinner she had with 'closeted' Trump supporters: 'Continues to haunt me'
Fox News ^ | May 6, 2024 4:32pm EDT | Hanna Panreck

Posted on 05/06/2024 5:33:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Ex-CNN reporter Michelle Kosinski wrote in a Sunday social media post that she was surprised by how “normal” a group of “closeted” Trump supporters seemed at a dinner she attended, which she said continues to “haunt” her.

“All were well-educated and successful in careers. They seemed great! On the surface. For like an hour. But slowly, over a few drinks, they began to let slip their true MAGA natures,” Kosinski wrote.

Kosinski, a former correspondent for both CNN and NBC News, wrote that one couple in the group wouldn’t allow their kids to apply to Ivy League universities, but were “weird” about explaining their reasoning. Others used air-quotes while talking about climate change.

“The others—when they realized that a few in their presence came armed with (gasp) actual facts (NO!)—quickly changed the subject and nervously said they don’t want to talk politics. They realized they would be eviscerated on all idiotic points, especially on the economy,” Kosinski said.

Kosinski said it was funny how “extremist” or “wrong” beliefs can leak out from those who you least expect, but warned, “they are out there.”

“This dinner continues to haunt me. They all seemed so… normal. When I asked the couple who were my old friends how THEY didn’t know, they said that in their upscale FL neighborhood, people are extremely careful not to ever broach or debate the subject. This is not healthy,” Kosinski continued in her thread. …

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KEYWORDS: clintonnonnews; cnn; fakenews; kosinski; liar; maga; mattlauer; michellekosinski; newjersey; wayne
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Something tells me that Kosinski made up this whole scenario. Except the bit about these people (assuming they’re real) being normal.
1 posted on 05/06/2024 5:33:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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That’s why I dont sit with commies they are all vile garbage


2 posted on 05/06/2024 5:35:12 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Eviscerated? By what? If a discussion had ensued, she’d have left the table in tears or screamed like a body-snatched pod person.


3 posted on 05/06/2024 5:37:36 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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4 posted on 05/06/2024 5:38:44 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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Kosinski said it was funny how "extremist" or "wrong" beliefs can leak out from those who you least expect, but warned, "they are out there."

They don't think the way She wants them to. Therefore, they are "extremist" or "wrong".

Typical intolerant and ignorant leftist.

5 posted on 05/06/2024 5:38:45 PM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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extremist” or “wrong” beliefs”
That’s their description of people who don’t believe in made-up weather crises.
The entire left is totally insane.


6 posted on 05/06/2024 5:38:53 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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“The others—when they realized that a few in their presence came armed with (gasp) actual facts (NO!)—quickly changed the subject and nervously said they don’t want to talk politics. They realized they would be eviscerated on all idiotic points, especially on the economy,” Kosinski said.

No, Michelle, once they realized that you'd spout your leftist talking points and that you'd never listen to actual facts and logic, they saw no point in having any conversation with you. But you spin it the way you want, like any leftard.

7 posted on 05/06/2024 5:39:05 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Couldn’t have been very “closeted” if they spoke about MAGA so freely with a known “Never-Trumper.”


8 posted on 05/06/2024 5:41:42 PM PDT by elpadre (d2er )
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LoL! She got cooties!


9 posted on 05/06/2024 5:42:18 PM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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10 posted on 05/06/2024 5:44:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Assuming it happened, it woulda been a hoot (though bad form) if they told her they were packing, and had this bumper sticker.


11 posted on 05/06/2024 5:47:08 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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Inside the leftist bubble, if you do not go along with the groupthink, you are shunned.


12 posted on 05/06/2024 5:48:09 PM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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Virtue signaling for a hotter spot at the network is my guess.


13 posted on 05/06/2024 5:51:07 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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MAGA people are normal. It’s the far left who aren’t.


14 posted on 05/06/2024 5:54:02 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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Assuming this is real she meet normal people not infected with TDS and was surprised and scared


15 posted on 05/06/2024 5:57:10 PM PDT by Fzob (“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential)
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No, Michelle, once they realized that you'd spout your leftist talking points and that you'd never listen to actual facts and logic, ...

Unless this story is complete fiction, I could see this happening. The 'MAGA' folks weren't interested in getting into contentious arguments with a leftist who was not interested in listening, but just in spouting the MSM/DNC slogans. Life is too short to waste on talking to closed minds.

16 posted on 05/06/2024 5:59:00 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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I have never seen a liberal win a debate. They probably moved on to something different, so she wouldn’t have a meltdown.


17 posted on 05/06/2024 5:59:17 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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A cognitive dissonance victim brainwashed to believe traditional Americans are some kind of menace and getting all splody-headed to find they're just, well, normal people. I think a lot of these useful idiots actually fear reality, terrified that they might someday be forced to admit they were actually wrong about something. Anything. Maybe everything.

By the way, I wish "traditional" would someday replace "conservative" in the political lexicon. The Left has so managed to effectively demonize the word "conservative" over the years that it's become almost a pejorative. "Traditional" just has a more welcoming feel about it, maybe.

18 posted on 05/06/2024 5:59:30 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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Yeah, because clearly the economy is just awesome and everyone is happy spending 14 bucks at McDonald’s now.


19 posted on 05/06/2024 6:04:52 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
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Here’s our girl who wrote the article.

https://youtu.be/cgm3_jzcNm4?t=7

Assclown


20 posted on 05/06/2024 6:06:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. and hopes they could forc)
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