CNN anchor Dana Bash cut away from President Donald Trump&#8217;s Oval Office remarks on Monday to protest his claim that CNN &#8220;hates our country.&#8221;
Trump made the comment during an Oval Office meeting with Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, jabbing at the network over coverage of illegal immigration, particularly at the southern border, and saying that CNN &#8220;didn&#8217;t like putting out good numbers&#8221; that reflected well on his presidency.
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🚨 &quot;I think they hate our country actually&quot;: <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> calls out &quot;fake news&quot; CNN for refusing to report on border crisis being fixed <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/N8mFO7btzM">pic.twitter.com/N8mFO7btzM</a>
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&#8220;We’re a great country, but we had stupid people running this country. And I can say what they’ve done to us at the border should never and can never be forgotten. It’s a sin what they did, and you are helping us out, and we appreciate it,&#8221; Trump said.
&#8220;Actually, what you’re doing with the border is remarkable. It has dropped, what, 95%? It’s incredible,&#8221; Bukele agreed.
&#8220;As of this morning, 99 percent, 99.1 percent to be exact,&#8221; Trump replied.
&#8220;Why are those numbers not in the media?&#8221; Bukele asked.
&#8220;Well, they get out with the fake news, you know, like CNN. CNN over here doesn’t want to put them out because they don’t like putting out good numbers. They only like putting it out because I think they hate our country, actually,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;But it’s a shame, you’re right. Isn’t that a great question? Why doesn’t the media, why don’t they put out numbers? Yeah, 99%, I mean, it’s crazy, right? We’re doing great. It’s a crazy time.&#8221;
CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash cut into the Oval Office meeting then to register her objection.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a>⁩: “CNN does not hate our country” <a href="https://t.co/QpfzV8GAdl">pic.twitter.com/QpfzV8GAdl</a>
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&#8220;I just want to say, for the record, since we heard President Trump say in the Oval Office that CNN hates our country, CNN does not hate our country. That should go without saying,&#8221; Bash protested. &#8220;I’ve been here for 32 years, and I see a rhetorical device in him trying to say such a thing. That said, I want to focus on the news that we heard.&#8221;

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CNN Cuts Away From Trump Oval Office Remarks To Protest: ‘CNN Does Not Hate Our Country’

CNN Cuts Away From Trump Oval Office Remarks To Protest: 'CNN Does Not Hate Our Country'

Dana Bash

Donald Trump

Media

Politics

CNN anchor Jake Tapper was quick to spin the margin of victory for Florida&#8217;s former Chief Financial Officer Jim Patronis, who won the seat vacated by former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Tuesday.
Gaetz, who was initially tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as Attorney General, withdrew his nomination for the post — but not before he resigned his seat in the House of Representatives. But when Patronis was projected to win the seat on Tuesday, CNN&#8217;s Tapper was quick to point out that his margin of victory would not come close to Gaetz&#8217;s 37-point margin in November of 2024.
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You know things are bad for the Democrats when they&#39;re celebrating double digit losses in Congressional races.
&quot;He is going to win, we&#39;re projecting a win for him [Patronis]. But Dana, it&#39;s not a 35 point win.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/xWhxjltMVU">pic.twitter.com/xWhxjltMVU</a>
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&#8220;Patronis is a strong candidate,&#8221; Tapper said, before adding, &#8220;And he is — he&#8217;s going to win, we&#8217;re projecting a win for him — but Dana, it&#8217;s not a 35-point win that it should be in ruby red panhandle Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re exactly right,&#8221; fellow anchor Dana Bash agreed. &#8220;And it is the whole question of the margins, Jake, that is what Democrats have been looking at all night.&#8221;
Critics pointed out that Tapper was trying to spin a double-digit loss as some kind of a win for Democrats.
&#8220;CNN is always funny to watch on election night when Republican are winning!&#8221; Brigitte Gabriel posted.
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CNN is always funny to watch on election night when Republican are winning!
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Others pointed out that Patronis&#8217; race — and the other Florida race to fill the seat vacated by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz — were special elections held alongside municipal elections and, therefore, required a different calculus when looking at what the margins of victory might mean.
Special elections often see much lower turnout — and that can lead to slimmer margins of victory and even upsets in the final results.
In 2017, a very <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-house-elections-trump-era-opposing-party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar scene</a> played out in Kansas after President Donald Trump nominated then-Congressman Mike Pompeo to serve as his CIA Director. Despite Pompeo winning his seat the previous November by a comfortable 31 points, his replacement Ron Estes was only able to eke out a six-point victory. In 2020, Estes won the same seat by 27 points. He won by 27 points again in 2022, and by 30 points in 2024.

US-POLITICS-VOTE-DEBATE

CNN Spins Margin In Effort To Downplay Republican Win In Florida

Florida

Jake Tapper

A CNN discussion got heated when panelists squared off over President Donald Trump&#8217;s White House Tesla test drive alongside billionaire entrepreneur — and Tesla CEO — Elon Musk.
Democratic communications strategist Xochitl Hinojosa kicked off the conversation by suggesting that any Republican strategist worth his salt would not have advised Trump to support a billionaire&#8217;s business in full view of the public, especially while said billionaire was working with the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> wins another 4-on-1 exchange on CNN 🔥
CNN Commentator: &quot;As a Republican strategist, you wouldn&#39;t have advised him to go in front of the White House and drive a Tesla?!&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a>: &quot;Wait, why?! Of course I would have&#8230;! Yeah, I think it would be a good… <a href="https://t.co/5jHBJsKdgL">pic.twitter.com/5jHBJsKdgL</a>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m assuming you agree, because as a Republican strategist, you wouldn&#8217;t have advised him to go in front of the White House and drive a Tesla when people —&#8221; Hinojosa began.
&#8220;Wait, why?&#8221; Republican commentator Scott Jennings appeared genuinely baffled by the suggestion. &#8220;Of course I would have! You know why? Because if I were advising a Republican president, I would say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s support American companies that have thousands of American workers and thousands more workers who make indirect products for it! Yeah, I think it would be a good idea if American companies did well!&#8221;
&#8220;Okay, so you&#8217;re going to go ahead and support a billionaire, but not support the American worker?&#8221; Hinojosa asked, glossing over the fact that Jennings had just pointed out how many Americans Tesla employs.
&#8220;Who do you think makes Teslas, Xochitl?! American workers! You think Elon Musk builds them all in his basement?&#8221; Jennings shot back. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got factories all over the place —&#8221;
Another panelist interjected then to say that some of the factories were in China, but when Jennings pointed out that Musk still employed thousands of Americans in addition to that, he ultimately conceded the point.
Hinojosa then claimed that it was the optics that concerned her, arguing that Trump driving a vehicle that had a six-figure price tag was out of touch.
&#8220;Did Joe Biden drive a Jeep Rubicon around the South Lawn? Where do they make those?&#8221; Jennings asked, noting that members of the UAW had supported former President Joe Biden.
&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about a billionaire,&#8221; Hinojosa insisted. &#8220;A billionaire who is in the federal government making cuts and making business deals that end up benefitting himself. It&#8217;s a terrible look for Donald Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve NEVER seen Democrats so excited to tear down an American company or companies the way they are right now. It&#8217;s crazy!&#8221; Jennings concluded.

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‘Who Do You Think Makes Teslas?’: CNN Panel Blows Up Over Trump Driving Tesla At White House

'Who Do You Think Makes Teslas?': CNN Panel Blows Up Over Trump Driving Tesla At White House

Elon Musk

Scott Jennings

Tesla

CNN anchor Dana Bash spoke to a network aviation expert on Tuesday, who explained that there was no &#8220;common thread&#8221; linking recent plane crashes despite the repeated attempts of Democrats and media to create one. Bash even repeated the statement aloud before pivoting to suggest that there was one.
Bash spoke with aviation correspondent Pete Muntean on &#8220;Inside Politics&#8221; just ahead of a panel discussion on the issue, and he confirmed reports that a landing gear malfunction was the likely cause of the most recent crash in Toronto.
Repeating Muntean&#8217;s statement that there was &#8220;no common thread&#8221; connecting the crashes, Bash then executed a 180-degree turn and added a &#8220;but &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m back here with our fantastic panel. Let&#8217;s broaden it out a little bit to talk about what is going on here in Washington. As he said, there&#8217;s no thread between all of those except the obvious, which is that planes are crashing, which is frightening,&#8221; she began. &#8220;But this is happening against the backdrop of massive cuts across the federal government, including at the FAA.&#8221;
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Politico&#39;s Eli Stokols adds &quot;You know, you see planes crashing left and right&#8230;at some point people may connect the dots and they may come to blame this administration, this government, if they have just bulldozed their way through government, taken out a lot of expertise… <a href="https://t.co/HL5DUg865Q">pic.twitter.com/HL5DUg865Q</a>
&mdash; Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexchristy17/status/1891906685200921031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Panelist Eli Stokols, White House and foreign policy correspondent for Politico, also weighed in on the issue.
&#8220;You know, you see planes crashing left and right &#8230; at some point people may connect the dots and they may come to blame this administration, this government, if they have just bulldozed their way through government, taken out a lot of expertise because people don&#8217;t really know what government does or is until it&#8217;s doing something for them or until it&#8217;s not there,&#8221; he said.
CNN is far from alone in the attempts to blame the Trump administration for recent crashes — and they&#8217;re only too happy to loop in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) whenever possible as well, arguing that staffing reductions played a role in the recent tragedies.
Transportation Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sean-duffy-shreds-pete-buttigieg-over-problems-at-faa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Duffy</a>, who was confirmed just a day before the first major crash involving a military helicopter and a commercial plane near Reagan National Airport, has said unequivocally that recent cuts would have had no effect.
&#8220;Here’s the truth: the FAA alone has a staggering 45,000 employees,&#8221; Duffy said. &#8220;Less than 400 were let go, and they were all probationary, meaning they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and critical safety personnel were let go.&#8221;

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Detroit Over Two Nights

Dana Bash Admits Recent Plane Crashes Aren’t About Trump, Then Makes Them About Trump

Dana Bash Admits Recent Plane Crashes Aren't About Trump, Then Makes Them About Trump

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Vice President Kamala Harris was asked point blank on Wednesday night to name a major legislative policy goal that she would pursue if she became president. She was unable to name any.
Harris was asked the question at CNN&#8217;s town hall event by an audience member who wanted to know &#8220;one major policy goal&#8221; that she wanted to pursue in Congress and why.
&#8220;Well, there&#8217;s not just one,&#8221; Harris responded. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of work that needs to happen.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that maybe part of this point that &#8212; how I think about it is we&#8217;ve got to get past this era of politics and partisan politics slowing down what we need to do in terms of progress in our country,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And that means working across the aisle.&#8221;
She claimed that she has accomplished things in bipartisan fashion before and that she was committing to &#8220;work with Democrats, with Republicans, with independents to deal with a number of issues.&#8221;
&#8220;Whether it be what we need to do in terms of housing and creating legislation that creates incentives for that,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What we need to do to reinstate the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.&#8221;
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&#8220;Whether it be what we need to do to actually invest in a substantial way in the industries of the future, in American-based manufacturing, in American-based industries where American workers and union workers have those jobs in a way that is good-paying jobs that gives people the dignity they deserve,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;All of those areas I plan on working across the aisle and with Congress, including the issue of immigration which we&#8217;ve got to fix.&#8221;
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Kamala Harris was asked to name 1 thing she will try to get done as part of her legislative agenda
She could not name anything. <a href="https://t.co/greqPQTQNg">pic.twitter.com/greqPQTQNg</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1849277892913418258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
Harris never answered the question and was subsequently criticized on CNN by Dana Bash for not answering.
“But what will she do? The question about her legislative priorities,&#8221; Bash said. &#8220;Name one. There wasn’t one.”
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CNN’s Dana Bash on Kamala Harris’s lack of answers regarding her policies:
“But what will she do? The question about her legislative priorities, name one. There wasn’t one.” <a href="https://t.co/rSfUX6SjOu">pic.twitter.com/rSfUX6SjOu</a>
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarMachineRR/status/1849274542604030198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

Kamala Harris Participates In CNN Town Hall In Philadelphia

Kamala Asked To Name One ‘Major’ Legislative Goal She Has, She Couldn’t Do It

Elections

Kamala Harris

Town Hall

CNN anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dana-bash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana Bash</a> laid into Vice President Kamala Harris during a Wednesday panel discussion, saying that some of the Democratic presidential candidate&#8217;s talking points were repetitive enough to inspire a &#8220;drinking game.&#8221;
Bash used a clip of Harris talking about her plan to create what she calls an &#8220;opportunity economy,&#8221; saying that one only had to listen to the number of times Harris repeated the phrase &#8220;small business&#8221; to get the point she was making.
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DANA BASH: &#8220;When you listen to Kamala Harris, you could almost start a drinking game,&#8221; every time she repeats her tired talking points.
WEIGEL: There isn&#8217;t a plan to lower your grocery bill to what it was in 2019 and Harris doesn&#8217;t have an answer. <a href="https://t.co/LHoLk2IFDS">pic.twitter.com/LHoLk2IFDS</a>
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&#8220;When you listen to Kamala Harris and what she will do, you can almost start a drinking game every time she says &#8216;small businesses,'&#8221; Bash said. &#8220;Let me give you an example.&#8221;
She then played a clip in which Harris said the operative phrase twice in under 20 seconds.
&#8220;Describe the politics of that,&#8221; Bash said, turning the floor over to the panel.
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&#8220;Well, she says that, and she also talks about being a middle class kid,&#8221; Semafor&#8217;s Dave Weigel replied. &#8220;That&#8217;s also at the front of her answers. If you look at the interviews they&#8217;ve been doing with local media, and they&#8217;ve opened up a bit more since the debate, the first question is often, &#8216;What are you going to do to lower prices?'&#8221;
Weigel noted that that question in particular was a &#8220;very hard question for an incumbent party to answer,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It has implications that are very Trumpian. Trump says he&#8217;s going to do mass deportation, that will decrease demand. Trump says he&#8217;ll explore more energy, that&#8217;ll decrease energy costs.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats can point to the fact that inflation is actually — it was bad two years ago, it&#8217;s not now — but what people want to hear is how do you make the prices go down,&#8221; he concluded, arguing that Harris ultimately &#8220;doesn&#8217;t have an answer&#8221; to that question.

Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Is Interviewed By Members Of The National Association Of Black Journalists

Plot Twist: Dana Bash Says Kamala’s Schtick Is Repetitive Enough For A ‘Drinking Game’

Plot Twist: Dana Bash Says Kamala's Schtick Is Repetitive Enough For A 'Drinking Game'

Economy

Inflation

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) unloaded on CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash during an interview on Sunday over her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-times-cnns-dana-bash-has-shown-extreme-pro-democrat-anti-gop-bias-in-2024">obvious left-wing bias</a> when she blamed him for bomb threats and repeatedly interrupted him as he tried to answer her questions.
The intense exchange, which left Bash visibly miffed, happened on the network&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; show as Bash brought up recent claims that have swirled on social media about Haitian migrants eating pets and wildlife in the town of Springfield, Ohio.
&#8220;Instead of saying things that are wrong and actually causing the hospitals, the schools, the government buildings to be evacuated because of bomb threats because of the cats and dogs thing, why not actually be constructive and helping to better integrate them into the community?&#8221; Bash asked.
Vance responded, &#8220;Dana, first of all, let me just respond to a couple of things that you said. But I want to start with something you said, which I think is, frankly, disgusting and is more appropriate for a Democratic propagandist than it is for an American journalist.&#8221;
&#8220;There is nothing that I have said that has led to threats against these hospitals,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These hospitals, the bomb threats and so forth, it&#8217;s disgusting. The violence is disgusting. We condemn it. We condemn all violence and threats of violence.&#8221;
Bash then repeatedly interrupted Vance to try to cement her argument that he was responsible for the bomb threats.
&#8220;What we have said is that this town has suffered terribly under the problem — under the policies of Kamala Harris. Now, you just accused me of inciting violence against the community, when all that I have done is surface the complaints of my constituents, people who are suffering because of Kamala Harris&#8217; policies,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;Are we not allowed to talk about these problems because some psychopaths are threatening violence? We can condemn the violence on the one hand, but also talk about the terrible consequences of Kamala Harris&#8217; open border on the other hand.&#8221;
A few moments later, Bash proceeded to enter a full debate against Vance and continued to interrupt him as he tried to answer her questions.
&#8220;Dana, would you like to ask me questions and then let me answer them, or would you like to debate me on these topics?&#8221; Vance asked. &#8220;I noticed that when you had Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, you gave them multiple choice answers to the questions that you asked and you allowed them to answer the questions. I&#8217;m happy to hear — to be here to talk about policy, but if you&#8217;re going to interrupt me every single time that I open my mouth, then why am I even doing this? So, please, ask a question and I&#8217;d ask you to be polite enough to let me answer it.&#8221;
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I can’t stop watching this. Dana Bash jerking her head around like a bird because her target didn’t accept her Narrative’s premise. Vance rejects the premises. Then he attacks the premises. Just beautiful. <a href="https://t.co/gsNOV4hiwJ">pic.twitter.com/gsNOV4hiwJ</a>
&mdash; Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) <a href="https://twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/1835327025919185163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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JD Vance

JD Vance Torches ‘Democratic Propagandist’ Dana Bash During CNN Interview

Video that&#8217;s gone viral online highlights the alarmingly favorable bias of the legacy media, specifically CNN, toward Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>, the Democrat&#8217;s 2024 presidential nominee.
The video, which was cut by <a href="https://freebeacon.com/media/a-tale-of-two-interviews-dana-bash-with-j-d-vance-vs-kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a>, splices together clips from two interviews conducted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-dana-bash-blasted-for-softball-interview-with-kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash</a>: one of Bash interviewing Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), and the other with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), the GOP&#8217;s VP nominee.
&#8220;Watch this video and see if you can spot the difference between how CNN treated [JD Vance] versus how they treated Kamala and Walz,&#8221; GOP strategist Andrew Surabian commented. &#8220;How can any honest journalist defend this?&#8221;
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Watch this video and see if you can spot the difference between how CNN treated <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance</a> versus how they treated Kamala and Walz. How can any honest journalist defend this? <a href="https://t.co/bjO6JhwBeq">pic.twitter.com/bjO6JhwBeq</a>
— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1829864088379539656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
The video shows Bash pressing Vance with biased questions and focusing on comments the senator made even before he entered politics. But when Bash is interviewing Harris, the CNN anchor uses a softer tone, does not follow up, and even prefaces her questions with possible answers for Harris to choose from.
The video was posted mere hours ago, and has already racked up 1.5 million views and thousands of comments.
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&#8220;Behind her back, Dana Bash’s colleagues in the media have been savaging her performance in the Harris interview &#8211; and for good reason,&#8221; Luke Thompson revealed. &#8220;It was an exercise in hackery. Yet Harris still somehow botched a softball interview.&#8221;
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Behind her back, Dana Bash’s colleagues in the media have been savaging her performance in the Harris interview &#8211; and for good reason. It was an exercise in hackery. Yet Harris still somehow botched a softball interview. <a href="https://t.co/ODY6rycUzD">https://t.co/ODY6rycUzD</a>
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) <a href="https://twitter.com/ltthompso/status/1829866580831846637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;There is no media bias in the way Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are treated vs. the way JD Vance and President Trump are treated,&#8221; Jason Miller sarcastically reacted. &#8220;None whatsoever.&#8221;
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There is no media bias in the way Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are treated vs. the way JD Vance and President Trump are treated. None whatsoever. <a href="https://t.co/29Eu2p9nH0">https://t.co/29Eu2p9nH0</a>
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonMillerinDC/status/1829895631953166688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;This video is pretty damning,&#8221; Philip Klein commented. &#8220;There’s just a dramatic difference between how she argued with Vance and the kid gloves approach with Harris and Walz.&#8221;
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This video is pretty damning. There’s just a dramatic difference between how she argued with Vance and the kid gloves approach with Harris and Walz. <a href="https://t.co/l6l8BLpZ6p">https://t.co/l6l8BLpZ6p</a>
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) <a href="https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1829846227820622328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;This is an incredible video showing just how combative and dismissive Bash was with Vance, 1:1, versus how effusive and easy she was with Kamala/Walz, 2:1,&#8221; Geoffrey Ingersoll said.
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This is an incredible video showing just how combative and dismissive Bash was with Vance, 1:1, versus how effusive and easy she was with Kamala/Walz, 2:1 <a href="https://t.co/I8AJ977DqT">pic.twitter.com/I8AJ977DqT</a>
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/GPIngersoll/status/1829588832947499137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Liberal comedian Bill Maher slammed Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for  “insulting [his] intelligence” during their controversial CNN interview this week.
Maher made the remarks Friday evening on HBO’s “Real Time” while talking about the interview in which the Democratic Party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees made numerous false statements during a softball interview with host Dana Bash.
“I don&#8217;t know why we ever thought she was as bad as people thought she was,” he said. “It was like Biden had that one bad night, she had a bad three years.”
He said that both Walz and Harris were “insulting my intelligence” with some of the absurd claims that they made during the interview.
He also slammed Walz for being “a huge liar” over countless issues and stories that he has told.
&#8220;When [CNN anchor Dana Bash] said what did you say when Biden called you and said he wasn&#8217;t running. ‘Well, I immediately thought of him first,'&#8221; Maher mocked Harris as he rolled his eyes. &#8220;I mean, fracking … Dana Bash had her dead to rights. It was like, ‘You said this, I have the quote. I’m reading it to you. You said there should be a ban on fracking.&#8217; Why can&#8217;t they just go, ‘Yeah, you know what? I got it wrong.’”
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Maher said that it was weird that Harris kept talking about her candidacy being a “new way forward” given the fact that she is effectively the incumbent candidate.
Maher added that it was “odd” that Harris needed an “emotional support VP” with her during the interview as she was unable to do it by herself.
He also repeatedly mocked the interview set-up with Harris and her &#8220;emotional support VP.”
&#8220;He was just sitting there for a very long time without saying anything,” he said. &#8220;He was just nodding while she did all the talking.”

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Harsh criticism was leveled at CNN’s Dana Bash after her interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris aired Thursday night, with critics slamming Bash’s “softball questions” and her attempts to provide answers for Harris within her questions.
Before the interview aired, CNN hosts tried to <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnr/date/2024-08-29/segment/29">promote</a> the interview as if Harris would be asked tough questions; CNN host Richard Quest declared, “Vice President Harris is in the hot seat on a bus tour in Georgia. She&#8217;s sitting down with our own Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, in what&#8217;s the first exclusive interview with the Democratic Party presidential team since the historic switch from President Biden.”
CNN correspondent Eva McKend gushed, “This is a real test now, how she can do when pressed on certain issues.”
But it was anything but that, as Bash asked questions such as the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/harris-walz-interview-read-transcript/index.html">following</a>, in which she offered Harris possible answers to the very questions being asked:
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Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you’ve made — that you explained some of here — in your policy? Is it because you have more experience now and you’ve learned more about the information? Is it because you’re running for president in a Democratic primary?
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Or  questions such as these:
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I just have to ask you both about two standout moments, aside of course from the addresses that you both gave, but standout moments that were perhaps unexpected during the convention. You mentioned one of them, governor, a moment that you shared, that the world shared with your son, Gus. You were speaking. The camera caught him so incredibly proud of you, so emotional, saying, “That’s my dad.”
To Harris: The photograph that has gone viral. You were speaking. One of your grand-nieces that you were just talking about was watching you accept the nomination. You didn’t explicitly talk about gender or race in your speech. But it obviously means a lot to a lot of people. And that viral picture really says it. What does it mean to you?
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Bash asked Harris about her changing her position on banning fracking and Harris spoke about her “values,” saying, “My values have not changed.”
Bash asked Harris, “You insisted that President Biden is extraordinarily strong. Given where we are now, do you have any regrets about what you told the American people?”
“No, not at all. Not at all, “Harris answered, before continuing, “He is so smart and — and loyal to the American people. And I have spent hours upon hours with him, be it in the Oval Office or the Situation Room. He has the intelligence, the commitment, and the judgment and disposition that I think the American people rightly deserve in their president.”
Yet Bash wouldn’t follow up with the obvious question: Then why did you replace him?
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These are softball questions and she&#39;s still finding a way to word salad them.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1829325850279391350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Dana Bash&#39;s lack of follow-up to virtually any difficult question was egregious tonight. A full-scale betrayal of her supposed journalistic profession. A half-dozen easy follow-ups would have totally fried Kamala&#39;s circuits. Bash knew it, which is why she didn&#39;t do it.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1829340314756112440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Not a single Q on the Emotional Support Governor’s RADICAL trans policies.
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1829338861584953384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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No Qs on the Emotional Support Governor abandoning his unit as they deployed to Iraq, or to his false claims of holding a rank he did not earn, over and over and over again for 20 years including to this day
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1829339591968497767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The exchange on the border! The LIES she was allowed to offer, unchallenged. Breathtaking.
&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1829340057066459644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A competent journalist would ask any of 15 tough follow-up questions. Instead, we had the propagandist <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> <a href="https://t.co/OGhbpvp03v">https://t.co/OGhbpvp03v</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1829327972446118138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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How was there not a single question on Ukraine, China, or the cartels
&mdash; Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmaJoNYC/status/1829347453750948046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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CNN’s Dana Bash Blasted For ‘Softball’ Interview With Kamala Harris

Dancing around a wealth of evidence that she has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-the-most-egregious-kamala-flip-flop-yet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flip-flopped on a number of policy issues</a>, Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> used her first major interview since embarking on her own 2024 presidential campaign to insist her &#8220;values have not changed.&#8221;
The pre-taped interview on Thursday, in which Harris appeared with her running mate Minnesota Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a>, featured questions probing her dubious past on matters <a href="https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1829330360678723976" target="_blank" rel="noopener">related to border security</a>, <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1829329231534575903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fracking</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829333326525522011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more</a>. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dana-bash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana </a>Bash challenged Harris to answer whether Americans can trust her leading the White House despite jumping around on issues over the years.
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&quot;MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED&quot;: Kamala Harris confirms she&#39;s still her Radical Left self who supports decriminalizing illegal immigration, the job-killing Green New Deal, eliminating private health insurance, banning fracking, and so much more. <a href="https://t.co/gJYBduk3UH">pic.twitter.com/gJYBduk3UH</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829249613993558524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you have made, that you have explained some of here in your policy?&#8221; Bash asked. &#8220;Is it because you have more experience now and you have learned more about the information? Is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary? And should they feel comfortable and confident that what you&#8217;re saying now is going to be your policy moving forward?&#8221;
In response, Harris said, &#8220;I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed.&#8221; She began with the environment.
&#8220;You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed, and I have worked on it, that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter, to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time,&#8221; Harris added. &#8220;We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act. We have set goals for the United States of America and, by extension, the globe around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as an example. That value has not changed.&#8221;
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Harris, who has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/6-dems-help-pass-house-resolution-condemning-vp-harris-as-border-czar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bipartisan condemnation</a> for failing to curb illegal immigration as the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;border czar,&#8221; also claimed to have a &#8220;value&#8221; in protecting the U.S. border.
&#8220;My value around what we need to do to secure our border, that value has not changed. I spent two terms as the attorney general of California prosecuting transnational criminal organizations, violations of American laws regarding the passage, illegal passage, of guns, drugs, and human beings across our border,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;My values have not changed.&#8221;
Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s campaign, via its &#8220;War Room&#8221; account on X, pushed back on the ways Harris sought to paint herself as being consistent on her &#8220;values&#8221; while giving the run-around on the question of whether she is reliable given her shifts in policy stances. It said in <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829249613993558524" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one post</a>, &#8220;Kamala Harris confirms she&#8217;s still her Radical Left self who supports decriminalizing illegal immigration, the job-killing Green New Deal, eliminating private health insurance, banning fracking, and so much more.&#8221;
In other posts, the account drew attention to how Harris has changed her stances on a <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829250862604267984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fracking ban</a> and <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829251107752952143" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ending cash bail</a>. It knocked Harris for &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829253351546204344" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowing millions of illegals</a> to cross our border, giving them amnesty, and free rein to terrorize our communities.&#8221; The &#8220;War Room&#8221; account also <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829255091129614809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> Harris&#8217; comments on climate change, quipping with the intent to underscore yet <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-serves-up-a-fresh-word-salad-about-democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another word salad</a> from the VP, that it evoked &#8220;[that feeling when] the essay is due in 10 minutes but you haven&#8217;t hit the word count yet.&#8221;

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Kamala Defends Flip-Flops In CNN Interview, Says Her 'Values Have Not Changed'

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> gave pointers to CNN&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dana-bash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana Bash</a> on how she can &#8220;achieve greatness&#8221; during her pre-taped interview with Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>.
Set to air at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-agrees-to-interview-with-biased-cnn-anchor-will-bring-tim-walz-with-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN sit-down</a> will be Harris&#8217; first major interview since President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> dropped out of the White House race last month. Harris is expected to appear with her running mate, Minnesota Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a>.
&#8220;Dana Bash of CNN has a chance at greatness today. If she gave a fair but tough interview of Comrade Kamala Harris, she will expose her as being totally inept and ill suited for the job of President, much as I exposed Crooked Joe Biden during our now famous Debate. How cool would that be for Dana and CNN???&#8221; Trump said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113045663700721074" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to Truth Social.
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The CNN debate Trump had against Biden took place in late June. Bash and Jake Tapper served as moderators. After Biden&#8217;s fumbling performance sparked a crisis of confidence among his allies, he stepped aside under pressure, and Harris took the top spot on the Democratic Party&#8217;s ticket.
&#8220;Also, the interview should not have Tampon Tim present to help with the inevitable Kamala stumbles,&#8221; Trump continued, &#8220;and under no circumstances should the transcript be allowed to be changed in any way, shape, or form.&#8221;
Trump was knocking Harris for largely sticking to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jd-vance-explains-why-he-doesnt-use-a-teleprompter-kamala-hardest-hit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scripted remarks</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/18/kamala-harris-news-media-interviews-democracy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">short interactions</a> with the media over the course of her nascent campaign. &#8220;Tampon Tim&#8221; is a nickname that has been attached to Walz because, in 2023, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-tim-walz-really-put-tampons-in-the-boys-bathroom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed into law</a> a measure requiring free menstrual products in all Minnesota public school bathrooms.
&#8220;Dana and Jake were fair, but firm, in my CNN Debate with Crooked Joe. This is a chance for Dana Bash to reach REAL stardom, while at the same time doing a great service to our now failing Country,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;Good luck, Dana, do the right thing!!! DJT.&#8221;
There are roughly 67 and a half days until the election. Trump and Harris agreed to have their first debate on September 10, which will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wins-the-battle-over-abc-debate-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosted by ABC News</a>. It&#8217;s not clear if they will have another debate. Walz and Trump&#8217;s running mate, Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jd-vance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JD Vance</a> (R-OH), are slated to face off in a CBS News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> on October 1.
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