CNN panel stunned by forcefulness of Biden's Jan. 6 speech: 'He just called the former president twi

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CNN panel stunned by forcefulness of Biden’s Jan. 6 speech: ‘He just called the former president twisted!’

By Matthew Chapman
Published January 06, 2022

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On CNN Thursday, anchor Wolf Blitzer and a panel of analysts reacted to President Joe Biden's fiery speech laying the January 6 Capitol attack directly at the feet of former President Donald Trump.

"It does show where we have come a year from January 6th, where some people maybe thought we would be in a different position in the United States," said correspondent Kaitlan Collins. "But clearly, the president of the United States feeling the need to go on the anniversary of this and say his predecessor is a liar is notable."

"Yeah, I've never heard an American president accuse a former president of being a liar along these lines, a threat to American democracy," said Blitzer. "He didn't mention Trump by name. He didn't have to mention Trump by name. He referred to the former president over and over again."

https://www.rawstory.com/biden-capitol-riot-speech-2656245263/

They are just shocked, I tell you just shocked....that he is calling the predecessor a liar is notable.....maybe you should be doing the same thing........

Just maybe they should start using the word traitor along with the enablers......

[onecaliberal]

1. But not shocked by what that bloated piece of shit and his minions tried to do.

Fuck the main stream media writ large!

[monkeyman1]

21. agreed ! x-1gz

[happy feet]

35. EXACTLY!!!

But then again, they're just showing their 'undies' --- who they truly care about.

[Achilleaze]

48. They like to pretend they don't get it

But they know the Republicans betrayed America. They are just too gutless to speak the truth--a truth every honest person already knows.

[malaise]

2. That's not a fair report

The panel supported President Biden

[yorkster]

12. Correct.

It was primarily Wolf Blitzer, who expressed surprise.

[nolabear]

18. Yes they did. I was impressed.

And even Blitzer was supportive.

[malaise]

20. I was pleasantly surprised

[Tommymac]

53. Could it be a bellweather of a sea change in the M$M?

TFG and his zazy insurrectionist treasonous supporters (ZITS) are causing the economy to have jitters.

The US becoming a total autocracy would not be good for business. The current quasi-democratic model, with all its flaws, serves it well.

So far in his first term, you could say that Wall Street has boomed under President Joe.

And the BBB package would give them even MORE Government $$$ to play with. It could be an investor's wet dream. Both the 1% and the 99% would reap very attractive benefits - long term no less.

Getting rid of the chaos in the political world would be a very good thing for Wall Street. And for 81 million reasons I believe the %1 may be coming around to the idea of a detente in the Class War, a pause.

And they own the M$M. Wolfe Blitzer is one of the primary mouthpieces of the 1%. He is a direct line to their thinking.

Be interesting to watch things develop on this front in the coming months.

[malaise]

54. I don't trust them

[demmiblue]

88. I don't think so, either (I had it on in the background). n/t

[elias7]

3. You can too, Wolf, it's a matter of public record

Stop acting like telling the truth is news or is shocking. Do your job better and help save our Republic…

[monkeyman1]

23. 90% is the media giving the pos a stage free ! don't give media click bait !

[MineralMan]

4. Gloves are off. It's bare-knuckle fighting now.

There's much more to come, no doubt.

[Mr. Ected]

5. If they had any balls this wouldn't have been such a shock to their systems

It's been incumbent upon the media to report on Trump honestly, and my God have they ever failed us, even while Trump called them the enemy of the people. Were they as shocked when he said that (over and over and over again)?

[vlyons]

6. well someone better say he's twisted !!!

My favorite part was Biden EMPHATICALLY calling him "not just a former president, but a DEFEATED former president. That should feel like a knife in his TFG heart.

[Marthe48]

47. not the choice of the majority twice :(

But for the electoral vote, traitor never would have been installed in the White House.

OTOH, I can well imagine the traitor machine working overtime while President HRC was in office. It is working overtime even while President Biden took his legal and rightful place in the Oval Office.

[niyad]

74. twice impeached, DEFEATED former guy.

[oldsoftie]

80. 1st Republican in 100 yrs to lose ALL 3 branches in one term too

EXTRA loser

[Irish_Dem]

7. Political analysts shocked by reality.

Tells you all you need to know about the media.

[malaise]

22. They should have called the Slobfather's LIES ages ago

Well done
President Biden

[SheltieLover]

32. Absofuckingloutely!

[usaf-vet]

81. Absofuckingloutely! What SheltieLover said in spades!

[Irish_Dem]

37. The media is not on the side of democracy.

The media works for forces who wish to bring down western democracies.

[usaf-vet]

82. It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. Media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.

I hate to repeat myself but!

It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. The media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.
It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. The media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.
It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. The media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.
It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. The media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.
It proves HOW STUPID THEY ARE. The media will be the first thing to be dismantled in a Fascist State.

[Irish_Dem]

83. The US media may survive. They are a useful propaganda arm

for the autocratic oligarchs right now.

[usaf-vet]

85. Right LEANING media might survive. Fox will become the fascist state's voice.

Even more so than it is now...if that is possible.

[Irish_Dem]

86. Right. They will be the state controlled media.

Yes it is possible for them to get much worse.
Think of Hitler's Ministry of Propaganda and Goebbels.
And Putin's control of the media.

[usaf-vet]

89. Exactly! For all those who think they have it bad now if they succeed to trash the Constitution.....

.... first thing the will go is free speech, the 1st amendment..... oh!!! Wait, guess what comes up next? The 2nd amendment...that's the gun one right.

What fascist regime would/will stand for EVERY AMERICAN having GUNS. GUNS to overthrow the government you don't like.

My grandmother was always ahead of her time. She used to say BETTER the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

[Pantagruel]

8. "an American president accuses a former president of being a liar "

Gloves coming off.

[Irish_Dem]

38. About damn time. This speech is a real morale booster.

[Cha]

50. I think it's the perfect time.. after

a year of gathering evidence and on the 1 year anniversary of the Deadly Domestic Terrorist Attacks on our Capitol Building.. Incited by the Big Bloated Traitor trump .

[Irish_Dem]

52. Good point.

But the morale was at an all time low and the speech came just in time.

[DBoon]

9. in this case "liar" is a statement of fact

Why should facts distrub a so-called news organization?

[yardwork]

10. Oh ffs

Grow up, Wolf Blitzer and Co.

[dalton99a]

11. "We had no idea he was a lying evil asshole"

[LizBeth]

13. For 5 yrs media counted, mocked, taunted, listed the number of Trumps lies.

I am calling bullshit with CNN which I did long ago and left MSM

[LiberalFighter]

14. And the media should not be using the title President with Trump.

[monkeyman1]

25. should be using ----- individual # 1

[ProfessorGAC]

15. After 4 Years Of TFG...

...and the incessant name calling, they're shocked by Biden calling a known liar, a liar?
Really?
Name calling was standard procedure for 4+ years, almost always without merit. But, now with all the evidence of the accuracy of this statement, they find it shocking?
Ridiculous!

[maxsolomon]

69. The OP said they were "shocked", not the CNN panel.

The headline said "stunned".

Of the 2 quotes, Kaitlan Collins merely said it was "notable". It is notable; Biden has been much more circumspect in his rhetoric to this point.

I"m not sure how CNN (or the "MSM&quot could make DU happy now; we're always ready to pounce on any perceived transgression.

[ProfessorGAC]

70. Stunned Is No Better

Perhaps worse, as the shock could be, as you say, from Biden's change in tone.
Stunned connotes something different to me, now that you bring it up. Either way, bluntness with facts in evidence than mere name calling. They didn't seem too stunned when TFG was doing it on a daily basis.
Ratings are down for all primetime broadcasts, per a report posted here, earlier today.
Some retrospection of the business model seems in order.
If that means to you, that nothing they do will make me happy, so be it.
But, I think it's clear that the latitude they provided a serial liar & verbal abuser and what they're doing now are quite different. But, it's still part of the same model. Just that now, they're providing the outrage, instead of reporting & commenting on the events.

[maxsolomon]

72. "Stunned" is Raw Story's word. "Shocked" is the OPs.

CNN's panel was neither, per their words.

It's not you in particular; DU is rife with "the MSM favors the GOP" posts. They're legion.

Ratings for Politics shows are down because it's not a 3-ring circus any more. Liberals are not agog. It's regular good-faith governance, which is boring.

[ProfessorGAC]

73. On Your Last Paragraph...

...we completely agree.
But, I will say the quotes from the article attributed to the panel still seem consistent with what I said.

[Vinca]

16. I have to admit - Biden took me by surprise. This was a speech that will endure through

the ages. I've listened to lots of Presidential addresses over the years and this one might have been the best of the lot. If you didn't catch it as it was happening, be sure to find it and listen to it.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yes, the speech is historic. FDR, Lincoln, and Churchill

all rolled into one.

[pwb]

17. Each other is all they have that listens to them.

Cable news sucks canal water. Go networks, PBS, and DU.

[NQAS]

19. I just watched the speech

Holy cow. That was spectacular. No holds barred. Like others who have commented here and on other threads, I'm hoping that this is a signal that people at the top will be held accountable.

[KS Toronado]

24. We should have bumper stickers...TRUMP IS A LIAR & TRAITOR

Could help going into the midterms.

[Hulk]

26. CNN is worthless..

G'damned enabling ratings whores. Not in the same classless group as the fascist networks, but certainly just as pathetic in their own cowardly ways.

[Sherman A1]

27. CNN is beyond useless

I won't watch them for anything.

[SheltieLover]

28. "Twisted" is a very kind descripton for putin's puppet!

[bucolic_frolic]

29. I think Joe knew this about Trump all along

To my recollection Joe called him unfit way back in the primaries, and called him 'the worst president' in American history to his face at the debates. Biden is powerful because he drives the truth train straight down the middle - No Malarkey as his slogan at one time said.

I think from my experience you cow a narcissist by the sheer force and truth of your arguments. You can bet this is a well thought out plan ... no serendipity here. His advisors know exactly the parameters in which this will play out.

[twodogsbarking]

30. All of the credible TV networks will be celebrating.

News anchors won't be able to keep from smiling.

Orange toast anyone?

[happy feet]

36. More like burnt toast

[hay rick]

31. They are afraid to use the word "traitor."

They are afraid of losing viewers. In 2022, the important truth is that there are two parties- one defending democracy and one seeking to end it. The media is desperately seeking a reasonable midpoint between the two sides and there is none. You either support democracy or you don't. Failing to take that stand is complicity.

[David__77]

33. More stunning more winning.

This is not a time for demobilization and passivity.

[NoMoreRepugs]

34. My take? The BIGGEST gun there is just came out and tore the OrangeAnus apart. The January 6th

committee and eventually the Justice Department have just been given cover to be blunt because NOTHING is going to be that big a shock going forward. The DETAILS and FACTS will be delicious.

[malaise]

40. THIS!

Can’t wait

[Irish_Dem]

41. The speech was a thing of beauty.

Tore Trump and his followers from limb to limb in a public broadcast.

[jalan48]

42. Thanks Joe!

[dlk]

43. Grab the smelling salts...

[kimbutgar]

44. Switched over to msnbc and chuck Toad was criticizing President Biden speech

[samsingh]

45. calling it out like it is. That's important

[Cha]

46. TFFG is Twisted and FUBARED!

& the "panel" sounds like they've been living under a huge rock.. and heads in the sand.

[Boomerproud]

49. Kudos to President Biden. Pacifiers to CNN.

Step aside msm and let us save democracy.

[Initech]

51. That's relatively tame compared to some of the things I've been calling him!

[FlyingPiggy]

55. The media needs to take a page out of POTUS's book & do the same

Do their job and call out the lies. Call out the inconsistencies and hypocrisy. I’m beyond tired of the media pussyfootin around w the domestic terrorists.

[lpbk2713]

56. Trump is a former president.

And he has called other presidents liar and worse.

The CNN talking heads are using selective memory.

[L. Coyote]

78. No mentions of birtherism, right?

#FailedCoupGuy lied his way to becoming the number one racist.

[Grammy23]

57. I'm curious if they consulted with psychiatrists and other mental health professionals

On the best way to confront tRump with the truth. How best to bring the truth to the front and say it out loud to those who continue to support him. I believe that we were just as close to losing our democracy as has been said over and over. No exaggerations or hyperbole. Today was a golden opportunity to open the wound and drain the poison. Lance the boil and renew our dedication to saving our democracy. A boil left untended, untreated can infect the whole body and kill it. Today can be a start toward healing. But the words needed to be just right. We must deal with the very thing that is killing us. Joe Biden laid it all out and called out the real villain. The real traitor. May his strong words be the medicine we need to begin healing and rebuilding our strengths as the United States of America.

[FailureToCommunicate]

58. NPR reporters were also on the fainting couch about the Biden line "held a knife to the...

throat of Democracy"

Host asked repeatedly if his commentators thought that Biden's "harsh tone" wasn't going to help "ease the divide"

[unblock]

59. oh my, he called the lyingest liar in history a liar. pretty much an emperor has no clothes moment.

the media might as well retire the word "liar" if they can't bring themselves to apply it to donnie. he broke all records in terms of number of lies during a presidency, and in fact it's hard to think of any other person in human history that could compete with his sheer volume of lies.

and we're talking fully documented, demonstrable, obvious lies here.

they act like "liar" is completely taboo, a word that shall not be spoken.

of course, they know damn well he's a liar, they just don't want to admit it because it makes propping him up as they have done for years now harder and more embarrassing.

[llashram]

66. all comments about the hypocrisy of our MSM

is true. They have not been a free press for a long, long time. More like the bought off press of RW billionaires-editors. I have not been able to stomach them for a long, long time. And Blitzer is one of the biggest trump supporters. From the very beginning of the presidency of the lying traitor who seeks to end democracy in favour of a fascist, grifting matrix. I never trusted him and I was right about doing so

[sarcasmo]

60. Biden's poll numbers will see a bump after today.

[cilla4progress]

61. And let's also send Kudos to VP Harris.

Her speech was also moving.

Quoting from our founding documents - preamble to US Constitution.

Will try to find it.

[FakeNoose]

62. Everything Biden said about Chump this morning - CNN already knew

Give me a break!

[Pepsidog]

63. Call TFG what he is, a traitor to his country. The evidence is overwhelming so call him what he is.

[SayItLoud]

64. What do legal minds think?

Could Biden's comments be a basis to claim TFG can not get an impartial jury? (When and IF he's ever indicted)

....Or maybe Biden thinks that the DOJ will never go after TFG so why not speak the truth about the traitor...

[RocRizzo55]

65. Yeah, Tangerine Torquemada

Just got reamed a new one by the Commander in Chief. Don the Con’s days of freedom are numbered.
His future travel plans will include, Rikers Island, Dannemora and Leavenworth.

[Aussie105]

67. Why the 'shock-horror' CNN?

Are we breeching some unspoken social etiquette by calling a spade a spade?

Both Hillary and Joe have a unique ability to push peoples' thinking in the right direction.

Hillary called some people 'Deplorables', and she was right. Events since she used that word proved her right.

Joe is doing the same. Describing things as they are, were at this time last year.

Does the 'shock-horror' come from 'you weren't supposed to notice!' ?? Cover blown, the thin wallpapering torn to shreds? The MSM messaging that there is nothing here to see, so move along, shown for what it is?

Hopefully, more will get to see past events more clearly. And those who can, act appropriately.

Let's get things back into balance, allow normal people to breathe more freely, and deal with more pressing matters in their lives - like surviving COVID.

[LiberalLovinLug]

68. Can't wait for the "Did Biden go too far?" editorial hits from some in the MSM

And
"How much will this hurt Democrats chances in the midterms?"

[BeckyDem]

71. Biden speaks the truth. FIVE STARS.

Truth, unvarnished is what unravels lies.

[Skittles]

75. BRANDON TOLD IT LIKE IT IS

SUCK IT UP, REPUKES

[Kid Berwyn]

76. "Twisted."

[cstanleytech]

77. Frankly, I think Biden was pretty polite by not calling Trump a treasonous bastard.

[sprinkleeninow]

79. And an INSURRECTION, a violent COUP to dismantle our democracy. Not a 'riot'.

[azureblue]

84. 20,000

Trump told over 20,000 verifiable lies while in office. So what's one more? And the panel never mentioned the fact that Trump lies as easily as he breathes. They are shocked at Biden calling a skunk a skunk?

[Dirty Socialist]

87. Biden: "Did I stutter?"

Nope