From 2020, an interview with her...
https://harvardpolitics.com/an-interview-with-alice-stewart/
Seems like she was a Deep Stater in good standing.
Can’t see why they would whack her.
She was a conservative
Harvard Political Review: You’ve worked with conservative candidates and Republican organizations in the past, but you presently work at CNN. How does that role reconcile with your political beliefs, given that CNN is generally considered to be a left-leaning media source?
Alice Stewart: My role at CNN is to be a conservative commentator; I provide my perspective on the politics of the day from my conservative viewpoint.
There are different facets of conservatism these days.
There are people who are supportive of Donald Trump, and there are never-Trumpers. I support the president, but there are a lot of things I don’t agree with regarding his tone and demeanor, and I call him out on it when necessary.
I don’t think everything that he does is great, and I don’t think everything that he does is bad. My position at CNN is to be a conservative voice yet an independent thinker. I’m not a Kool-Aid drinker; I’m not a never-Trumper, and I didn’t check my common sense and decency at the door when I voted for this president. I bring a perspective that I think CNN appreciates. CNN has been great to me and certainly great about providing voices on both sides. I’m on panels that get quite contentious, but one thing I greatly appreciate about CNN and its hosts is that they know I’ve worked on four presidential campaigns, several gubernatorial races, and that I’ve been a deputy secretary of state. They know I have “street cred,” and they know that I know what I’m talking about. The hosts at CNN appreciate my perspective and often simply want to talk about strategy and messaging. They use my experience as well as my perspective that shapes my commentary.
She was a conservative
Harvard Political Review: You’ve worked with conservative candidates and Republican organizations in the past, but you presently work at CNN. How does that role reconcile with your political beliefs, given that CNN is generally considered to be a left-leaning media source?
Alice Stewart: My role at CNN is to be a conservative commentator; I provide my perspective on the politics of the day from my conservative viewpoint.
There are different facets of conservatism these days.
There are people who are supportive of Donald Trump, and there are never-Trumpers. I support the president, but there are a lot of things I don’t agree with regarding his tone and demeanor, and I call him out on it when necessary.
I don’t think everything that he does is great, and I don’t think everything that he does is bad. My position at CNN is to be a conservative voice yet an independent thinker. I’m not a Kool-Aid drinker; I’m not a never-Trumper, and I didn’t check my common sense and decency at the door when I voted for this president. I bring a perspective that I think CNN appreciates. CNN has been great to me and certainly great about providing voices on both sides. I’m on panels that get quite contentious, but one thing I greatly appreciate about CNN and its hosts is that they know I’ve worked on four presidential campaigns, several gubernatorial races, and that I’ve been a deputy secretary of state. They know I have “street cred,” and they know that I know what I’m talking about. The hosts at CNN appreciate my perspective and often simply want to talk about strategy and messaging. They use my experience as well as my perspective that shapes my commentary.
Thee deep state really doesn’t care so much about any individual. Very few, if any of them, are so important they aren’t expendable.