NY Times columnist admits he was 'wrong' about Trump's supporters, says Russian collusion story was a 'hoax' . Bret Stephens said Trump's supporters were right to be angry at the system

Fox ^ | Joe Silverstein

[NoLibZone]

The New York Times published a series of op-eds by its opinion columnists Thursday that began with the phrase "I Was Wrong About." As part of the collection, Bret Stephens admitted he was wrong to label Trump supporters "appalling."

Stephens said, "The worst line I ever wrote as a pundit" was the first he ever wrote about Trump: "If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling."

"This opening salvo, from August 2015, was the first in what would become dozens of columns denouncing Trump as a unique threat to American life, democratic ideals and the world itself," he continued.

Stephens said he "regret[s] almost nothing of what I said about the man and his close minions" but that "the broad swipe at his voters caricatured them and blinkered me."

"It also probably did more to help than hinder Trump’s candidacy. Telling voters they are moral ignoramuses is a bad way of getting them to change their minds," he continued. "What were they seeing that I wasn’t?" he pondered.

[Albion Wilde]

So his current mistress likes Trump?

[lasereye]

The fact that he’s only now conceding that the Russia collusion hoax was a hoax does not make him look better. Where was this nutjob when it was actually going on? Let’s not forget what it actually was - an attempt to prevent a legitimately elected President from executing his lawful duties. That and not Jan. 6th, was a very real attack on our Democracy.

[Spok]

Trying to rebuild his credibility for the next pack of lies he promotes.