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senseandsensibility

(25,509 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 06:19 PM Oct 2024

So over on CNN Jake Tapper

was interviewing Glenn Younkin (or whatever his name is). Remember him, the "reasonable" Republican? He confronted the Governor with video evidence of DonOld saying he would use the military against enemies on the left and naming Adam Schiff as one of them.

What did "reasonable" R Younkin say? He ignored the evidence and said he "believed" trump was talking about illegal immigrants.

There are no reasonable Republicans unless they have endorsed Harris. But the media will never give up on giving them chance after chance.

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Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts)
2. I was wondering how Younkin could possibly dance around direct fascist quotes from *rump
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 06:46 PM
Oct 2024

and cited by Tapper but he never quit trying.

That was a disgusting display of moral cowardice by Younkin, if anyone wants to know how dictators come to power, that was a profound lesson.

Tapper even read the definition of fascism to him, but Younkin kept trying to say *rump didn't mean it or shit along those lines.

Thanks for the thread senseandsensibility

senseandsensibility

(25,509 posts)
3. Thank you for giving those details!
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 06:51 PM
Oct 2024

I can't watch CNN anymore so I read about this on Aaron Rupar's twitter. Rupar is very reliable so I know that it happened as he said. From your excellent description, it sounds like JT asked good questions and did not let Younkin slide. It seems that the Governor is no longer trying to appeal to the many blue voters in his state.

mdbl

(8,741 posts)
6. Any so-called journalist that doesn't just come out and say the Dump has gone full Hitler
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:27 PM
Oct 2024

Is ignoring everything threatening our democracy.

johnnyfins

(3,986 posts)
7. I just watched the foxnews tsf clip again
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:40 PM
Oct 2024

He explicitly says "not the people who are coming in" and then describes the enemy within. How the actual F did Tapper NOT push Youngkin on that???? Was JT told not to go that far? Judging by a lot of the headlines on CNN recently, I think he was TOLD.

hadEnuf

(3,657 posts)
9. At this point the media has pretty much become totally dysfunctional.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:06 PM
Oct 2024

I guess they're trying to do their best TASS impression in case Trump gets in.

dlk

(13,340 posts)
10. As we've seen, the Republican tried and true strategy is to lie, lie, then lie again
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:17 PM
Oct 2024

The can't face the truth and do everything to dance around it. I don't see that changing in the foreseeable future.

barbtries

(31,350 posts)
13. which is exactly why
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:31 PM
Oct 2024

i no longer watch it. my bp is under control and i want to keep it that way.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
14. There are only two viable parties in the US.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:48 PM
Oct 2024

When one of the parties allows someone who is not committed to democracy to be their candidate for the presidency, then the only two choices are for democracy and against democracy.

Mister Ed

(6,991 posts)
15. I thank you for providing me with this epiphany:
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 08:46 AM
Oct 2024

"There are no reasonable Republicans unless they have endorsed Harris."

That's it. That's the litmus test. In this election, any Republican who is sane, honest, patriotic, ethical and courageous will endorse Harris.

Those who publicly support Trump do so either due to madness or mendacity. Those who remain silent are consumed by cowardice.

senseandsensibility

(25,509 posts)
16. I expected to get some pushback on that statement
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 04:40 PM
Oct 2024

but I guess we're all coming around to the same conclusion. It also doesn't help that the corporate media is desperate to interview "rational" republicans so they built them up when there is actually nothing rational about them at all.

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