Former Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer went on CNN, where she faced a hostile panel on Tuesday night when the fake news network pitted the Trump supporter against GOP strategist Ana Navarro and host Don Lemon.
Lemon wasted no time in blasting the president, by asking a slanted question to Brewer regarding Trump’s remarks Tuesday on the riots in Charlottlesville.
“Were you ashamed of the president today?” he asked.
Brewer replied, “No, absolutely not. I was not ashamed. I think that he took the bull by the horns. He spoke from his heart. And you know, this relentless reporting and this relentless attacking of him, is not serving our country or the issues that we talk about well. And it’s getting a little overburdensome. I’m feeling that the people of America, the people of the United States particularly have about had it. You know.”
Navarro, a NeverTrump Republican, lashed out at the president and his supporters. “The harm he is causing this country is just too great to look the other way. And many people thought that when he entered the Oval Office, he would become presidential, that the magnitude of his office would make him change and become a presidential figure.” She opined, “He is not going to change, and it is time that Republicans start realizing that and stop giving him a damn chance. He’s not going to change. He will continue embarrassing us and making us feel ashamed.”
Brewer responded by saying that most of the backlash is “sour grapes,” pointing out that the mainstream media is obsessed with not reporting Trump’s denunciation of Neo-Nazis while excoriating him over his contentious press conference in which he brought up the violence committed by both Antifa and white nationalists.
Lemon immediately became triggered, responding, “We’re not reporting he hasn’t denounced. That is true. You are not watching or reading?”
“Well, I am watching. I’m watching a lot,” said Brewer. “But today I’ve been quite busy. But it’s from morning to night. We keep hearing all these mistruths about what’s going on and people reading things into a situation that are absolutely not happening. And so you’re forming all this stuff in people’s minds without them being allowed to make their own decision. I thought his speech on Saturday was fine. I thought the one on Monday was terrific. I thought today he came forward and spoke from his heart. He doesn’t want this. We need to bring our country together.”
She continued, “You know, Don, I am old. You know, I’m 72 years old. I’ve lived through a lot of this. And I denounce the Ku Klux Klan. You know, I think they’re terrible. I think what happened in Charlottesville was horrible. But the fact of the matter is, is that there were groups there to the far-left and to the far-right, call them what you want. To the left you had Antifa. They were there with clubs, too. I listened to this now tonight waiting to come on. No one ever talks about the left. I mean, it was a bad situation. It’s not America. We have got to come together and we’ve got to stop all this.”
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(H/T RealClearPolitics)