Camerota Hints Businesses May Use Bonuses to Scam Employees into Voting GOP

Newsbusters.org ^ | December 26, 2017 | Brad Wilmouth

[Kaslin]

As Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell appeared as a guest on Tuesday's New Day, CNN host Alisyn Camerota at one point seemed to fret that businesses are planning to pay out bonuses after the tax cuts were passed as a way of making their employees grateful to Republicans for their pay increase and coax them to vote for the GOP -- and that the ploy might succeed.

At 7:24 a.m., as Rep. Dingell complained that she wants President Donald Trump to do more on economic issues like infrastructure and health care, Camerota began setting up her next question:

ALISYN CAMEROTA: You know, just, ever since the tax reform was announced -- tax overhaul or whatever you want to call it -- there have been this whole slew of companies that have come forward and said, "Guess what -- we're going to give out bonuses now to our employees."

And I have just a partial list in front of me, and there's nine companies on here from AT&T to Boeing to Comcast, Bank of America, Sinclair, Wells Fargo, PNC -- there's all sorts of companies that say they're going to give something to a thousand -- a thousand dollars worth of bonuses to their hundreds of thousands of employees. One is going to -- Bancorp is going to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The CNN host added:

CAMEROTA: Obviously, they could have done this before the tax overhaul was announced -- they were sitting on profits -- but they didn't. They did it when the tax overhaul was announced, and I'm wondering if you -- as a Democrat -- are worried about the wind in their sails. People vote with their pocketbook -- I don't have to tell you this -- so if you just get a $1,000 bonus, you're voting for Donald Trump again.

Her Democratic guest responded:

DINGELL: Well, first of all, I've always said, you know, I keep saying the same thing -- the next election is going to be about the economy, jobs, trade deals. You know, I'm never going to complain that any working man or woman gets an extra boost in their income. But I think a lot of people are still worried. The nonpartisan Tax Institute says that less than 86 million working families are actually going to see an increase in taxes at some point.

Camerota then followed up: "Years from now, so after the midterms. Well after the midterms. Could this help carry Republicans through the midterms?"

[Bryanw92]

But holding their health care hostage to vote Democrat was OK?

[KavMan]

Alisyn Camerota never acted like this commie pinko Liberal when she was at FOX News!

She is such a FAKE! She was a Liberal in sheep's clothing while at FOX

[jmaroneps37]

These people bring liberal mental illness to its most degrading level.

[Enterprise]

So is poor little Alisyn trying to tell us that she did’t get a bonus?

[mylife]

Where do I get a high dollar job being a professional butthead?

[Kaslin]

The Clown News Network?

[eyeamok]

But enslaving people in Welfare and Public assistance to guarantee their place on the demonrat plantation is just fine right?

[neverevergiveup]

“But holding their health care hostage to vote Democrat was OK?”

Actually, more generally, buying Democrat votes with ever-expanding entitlements while putting future generations in debt and draining the US treasury was OK?

[Kaslin]

She sure didn’t, and I used to like her when she was there.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Hmmmf. Project much Alisyn?

[TTFlyer]

Camerota shared a trait common to most of the Fox News female talking heads: Dumb as a post.

[mylife]

Heres the way it is gals Trump took the fiscal gun (THE MANDATES) away from our head. now we gotta fight.

Come up and BREATH GALS

[lee martell]

Just as with Megyn Kelly, Alisyn has crossed the aisle.
She is ‘one of them’ now.

[LeonardFMason]

“less than 86 million WORKING FAMILIES are actually going to see an increase in taxes at some point.”

LOL! What is that? 250 Million of 300 Million WORKING people and families getting a tax break!

Thank you President TRUMP!

[SERKIT]

Bribing people with their own money is a big-gubmint ploy. Intelligently explain that you can keep some more of your own money is viewed as a bribe now? Wow. Keep them stupid to make sure they keep pulling the D lever.

[bray]

These people are obsessed with Trump to a sickness level.

[Robert DeLong]

The nonpartisan Tax Institute says that less than 86 million working families are actually going to see an increase in taxes at some point.

That is actually the vast majority of working families in this country, seeing as the most current U.S. population numbers are 323.1 million (2016).

[mewzilla]

Using this standard, then ‘Rats can be said to use taxpayer money to buy the votes of people on welfare.

[Jane Long]

How or why Fox EVER hired this twit is truly confounding.

What is the percent of CNN’s viewership, these days? If not for airports, would they have any audience at all?