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Ashley Davis, the former Bush White House official who regularly appears on CNN as a house Republican, delivered a performance on Tuesday’s CNN This Morning that could have come straight from a Democratic or DSA talking-points memo. [snip] Once the images of smashed storefronts and fires appeared, she pivoted: the protests had been “hijacked, in my mind, I have no idea where they’re from, it doesn’t matter, but they’ve been hijacked by thugs that are starting to destroy stores.” Translation: She knows darn well “where they’re from”—but that doesn’t fit the liberal narrative. Get the rest of the story and...

Our item of yesterday pointed out the paucity of pro-Trump Republicans on CNN This Morning under its new host, Audie Cornish, a former host of NPR's All Things Considered. Shockingly, it looks like Audie didn't read, or certainly did not take to heart, our item. Her panel today consisted of two confirmed liberals: Jackie Kucinich of the Boston Globe and Chuck Rocha, a former Bernie '20 campaign advisor, whose shtick is sporting a big cowboy hat. And for the Republican on today's panel, Cornish chose Ashley Davis, a former aide to President George W. Bush. Davis promptly proceeded to employ...