Posted on 01/16/2020 11:18:27 PM PST by knighthawk
Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., said Thursday evening she does not owe a CNN congressional reporter an apology for rebuffing his question and calling him a "liberal hack" -- after one of the network's veteran anchors said it would be appropriate to do so.
McSally was walking toward a room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building when she encountered reporter Manu Raju. Raju asked McSally if she and other senators should "consider new evidence" in President Trump's impeachment trial. The senator responded by saying she would not entertain the question, calling Raju a "liberal hack."
Later on CNN, journalists Jake Tapper and Dana Bash defended Raju, and anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed the reporter about the interaction.
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Sen. McNally should apologize for — NOT calling Wolf Blitzer a “hack”. He once was pretty good, back in the late 80’s when I met him, but boy has he degenerated into a leftwing smear artist and anti-conservative propagandist for the Leftist Wing of the MSM (which means most of the MSM). He dresses nicely to cover up his professional inadequacies. I’d prefer that he dress like a bum and do a real professional job. Clothes, in his case, DO NOT MAKE THE MAN.
"I'm a fighter pilot -- I called it like it is," she continued, claiming mainstream media reporters show a double standard in how they approach and question Democratic versus Republican lawmakers:
"They're cheerleading the Democrats [but] they hate the president," McSally said.
When Ingraham played video of Blitzer, she joked that the network should instead apologize to actor James Earl Jones.
"He should get his voiceover back," she remarked, nodding to the fact the famous voice behind "Darth Vader" is also the voice behind the network's "This -- is CNN" tagline.
McSally claimed that CNN owes many people apologies, remarking that they should be filing federal election paperwork with the Democratic National Committee.
What a surprise! The only senator with a backbone is female.
Do you need to buy a tag to hunt wolves? This is CNN the PROPAGANBDA ARM of the DC Divide & Control POWER CENTER is good at issuing DEMANDS, aren’t they?
(If only...thinks Adolph)
ok, “SOCIALIST hack”...
Good one, Senator McSally!
one liberal hack defending another liberal hack
Wait, BlitzerIdiot seeks an apology from McSally...for telling the truth = lulz!
all enemedia are communist shills...
If you haven’t seen the video of her saying this to the CNN reporter while blowing right past him in the hall, it is priceless.
If you haven’t seen the video of her saying this to the CNN reporter while blowing right past him in the hall, it is priceless.
Manu Raju—another strange name among strangely-named reporters, but at least a name I can pronounce.
Why do I think of Mork and Mindy, I wonder?
She should’ve punched him in the mouth.
NEVER APOLOGIZE TO THE LEFTISTS!!
When the reporter becomes the story, he is a liberal hack and there is no journalism.
It should help her poll numbers back in Arizona.
CNN. Is obviously sexist. They hate women!
Brother’s picture is in the dictionary beside “liberal hack” isn’t it?
Martha McSally was correct, and to liberals that is a crime...and she should apologize, but I’d tell them to ESAD...
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