Anderson Cooper wasn't playing last night

[malaise]

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/anderson-cooper-blasts-trump-for-endorsing-game-show-hosts-load-of-crap-covid-conspiracy-tweet/
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Anderson Cooper performed a lengthy dissection of President Donald Trump’s ongoing federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, pointing out that the White House intentionally leaked a political opp0-like hit on Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend while the president retweeted a bonkers conspiracy theory about the outbreak.

On Monday night, the CNN host opened his show with a in-depth look at the state of the Covid-19 pandemic and the White House’s contradictory guidance, even as the cases are skyrocketing in dozens of states. So who, exactly, is the president publicly endorsing for health advice about the pandemic, Cooper asked, after Fauci has been effectively frozen out of appearances on American TV news.

“Admiral [Brett] Giroir, he’s being allowed to appear on television and threw Dr. Fauci under the bus very quickly,” Cooper remarked. “Remember, this admiral not a Navy admiral, a public health admiral who gets a wear a uniform, he was the one supposedly the testing czar in charge of the diagnostic testing. Well, we’ve all seen how well that is going.”

More Anderson
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[Nevilledog]

1. Go Anderson!

[ScratchCat]

2. He actually had me laughing

A number of good ones.

"The cream may not smell, but something sure does" after playing the Chuck's Blue Emu commercial.

Then the next guy goes, "Trump doesn't have a love connection with the truth".

Glad they are mocking him.

[malaise]

3. I was howling with laughter when he went after the fake Admiral

who was fired for not being a team player

When it's a disaster Anderson is one of the best

[lagomorph777]

4. The Colonel Sanders of Admirals? The Less Than Admirable?

[gratuitous]

5. Savannah Guthrie had Giroir on the Today Show this morning

Giroir was tap-dancing as fast as he could. Guthrie wasn't really throwing hardballs, but Giroir didn't dare budge off his (presumably) administration-approved talking points. Several of his answers started off with "Look . . ." Guthrie's last question was about Trump's assertion last week that the virus would just go away, and the first word out of Giroir's mouth was, "Look," and I thought, "Here we go." After hemming and hawing, he hit the new talking point about how it was up to each of us to mask up and socially distance, then finally (finally!) begrudgingly admitted that the virus wasn't just going to go away without a lot of effort on everyone's part.

Really, Admiral? Five months in, and you can say that at long last? So, how is the administration going to help everyone to do this? Will the administration be helping people out financially? Will they put together and present a coherent plan for limiting the spread of the virus and give people and cities and counties and states back-up assistance? Remember how we the people bought the administration three months' time to get its act together? We endured a lot to buy you that time. During that time, the president pooh-poohed masks and social distancing, initiated endless useless squabbles about doing anything, and completely wasted the efforts of the people, all the while revving up the deplorable base and dividing citizens from each other.

Get a spine-oplasty, Admiral, and do your job, which doesn't equate to servile obedience to the witless whims of your boss.

[malaise]

6. The fake admiral is a hand-picked tool

Take that to the bank

[sarge43]

7. He well may be a tool, but he isn't a fake admiral.

Public Health Service is a branch of the armed services, UCMJ, Article 2(7)

The Surgeon General is the head of the PHS. S/he is given a direct commission to the grade of vice admiral for the period of service.

[malaise]

13. True but Anderson explained it well

He was never in the Navy and he was fired for not being a team player

[sarge43]

16. Politics aside, just saying that a Surgeon General wearing an admiral's unifrom isn't cosplaying.n/t

[iluvtennis]

15. and he is a trump kiss ass. have always questioned anything coming from his moving lips. nt

[UTUSN]

8. K&R

[jalan48]

9. Glad to see he actually used the word lie in reference to a Trump statement. The media has been

playing around the edges with the term "misstatement" for too long.

[malaise]

10. +1,000

[LittleGirl]

14. Not on CNN

They use “lie” whenever necessary. I love Anderson.
Keeping them honest is his best segment some nights.

[malaise]

17. It's the part I watch

He has no fucks left to give

[LittleGirl]

18. He really has a good heart

I’ve always crushed for him until I found out he was gay. Then I was sad. But love him even more since Wyatt came into his life.

[malaise]

20. LOL

I've watched his reporting from natural disasters and he really is a decent human being.

[LittleGirl]

21. My cousin doesn't like him

because of his wealthy privilege but I love him despite that. My cousin is a trumper and watches fox. I’m continually amazed at how Anderson can be so kind hearted toward the common folk despite his privilege. That makes him my favorite.

[malaise]

23. I look for him during disasters

and this pandemic is a disaster on steroids. I like his gentle very human spirit,

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. Noblesse oblige is rare these days.

Anderson seems to be genuinely caring.

[Native]

11. He was great!

[2naSalit]

12. K&R

[jcgoldie]

19. Yeah Cooper has lost all patience with Trump and the administration

Starting with the disastrous covid response and then the ham handed at best response to racial protests, I have noticed Anderson Cooper who I used to feel was sort or a soft interviewer and both sideser has lost all patience and respect for Trump and the white house over the past few months.

[Cha]

22. KR!

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Thank you! Finally, someone telling it like it is!

[malaise]

26. He was pissed last night as well

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I get so tired of hearing about the "numbers," these are real people who have died!

Kudos to Anderson for expressing what we all are - or should be - feeling!

[Mike 03]

28. Anderson Cooper has been doing tremendous work lately.

He's moved into the same category of "Can't Miss/Must See" along with people like Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace and several other CNN hosts.

Sometimes, he's at a loss for words and I appreciate that because that's how I feel lately.

[oasis]

29. Anderson Cooper tellin' it like it is. nt

[colsohlibgal]

30. Yep Cooper Is Bringing It These Days

I spend more time on MSNBC but lately have DVRd Coop and been watching Cuomo while I DVR Rachel.

Coop obviously has had it with Trump....I am seeing anger from him.