Buttigieg spanks CNBC MAGAt so hard that a read headed stepchild remarked "Man...that's HARSH." GO PETE!

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬
BUTTIGIEG: The strait was open before they started this

KERNEN: They were close to having 11 nuclear weapons!

BUTTIGIEG: We had other ways of dealing with them

KERNEN: Like what? Obama's way?

BUTTIGIEG: That worked

KERNEN: That didn't work!

BUTTIGIEG: Did they get a nuclear weapon under Obama?

BUTTIGIEG: The strait was open before they started this

KERNEN: They were close to having 11 nuclear weapons!

BUTTIGIEG: We had other ways of dealing with them

KERNEN: Like what? Obama's way?

BUTTIGIEG: That worked

KERNEN: That didn't work!

BUTTIGIEG: Did they get a nuclear weapon under Obama?

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-10T14:03:50.788Z

[Aristus]

1. Human-Level Intelligence vs Talking Points.

Go Pete!

[Beachnutt]

2. Joe Kernan is the reason

that I don't watch squawk box
He is a lying republican sympathizer.

[Celerity]

5. and a racist for ages

https://www.mediamatters.org/cnbc/cnbcs-kernen-reacts-indian-central-banking-decision-racial-stereotypes



CNBC's Joe Kernen reacted to news from the Indian central bank by forwarding a number of racial stereotypes against Indian-Americans.

On September 20, India's central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point to address concerns over inflation.

Reacting to the news and its effect on exchange rates on the September 20 edition of CNBC's Squawk Box, co-hosts Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin turned the discussion to the rupee. After Quick noted that she still had rupees left from a recent trip to India, Kernen repeatedly stated the name “Gandhi” -- whose likeness appears on the rupee -- in a stereotypical Indian accent and later asked, “Are they good at 7-11?”

After Quick told Kernen his comments were insulting, Kernen apologized, saying, “I'm sorry, I take it back. I apologize, before I have to.”

snip

[miyazaki]

3. Another episode of state run media.

So much betrayal.

[yellow dahlia]

4. That guy Joe Kernan is a complete idiot.

I have seen him be rude and condescending, and frankly unprofessional, toward Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Why does he have a job?

[pattyloutwo]

6. Excellent job speaking clearly

And calling out inconsistent statements, Pete!