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As the country becomes more polarized, so too do political debates on CNN. Last month commentator Angela Rye she of eye-rolling fame called conservative radio host Joe Walsh a bigot for his comments on Barack Obama, and on Thursday morning, CNN commentator Symone Sanders had a similar reaction when Jeffrey Lord, a veteran of the Reagan administration, compared Donald Trump to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In a segment discussing the Presidents plans for Obamacare, Lord called Trump the Martin Luther King of health care. Sanders interjected with an Oh Jeffery, but Lord went on, When I was a kid, President Kennedy did not want to introduce the Civil Rights bill because he said it wasnt popular, he didnt have the votes for it. Dr. King kept putting people in the streets in harms way to put the pressure on.
Thats when Sanders stepped in to quash his metaphor:
Okay Jeffrey. You do understand that Dr. King was marching for Civil Rights because people that looked like me were being beaten? Dogs were being sicced on them? Basic human rights were being withheld from these people merely because of the color of their skin? So lets not equate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a humanitarian, a Nobel Peace Prize winner to the vagina-grabbing President Donald Trump.
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ExciteBike66
(2,358 posts)in that he wants to bring everyone back to 1st century levels of care.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,652 posts)Who obviously had a pre-existing condition
ExciteBike66
(2,358 posts)in Jesus Christ Superstar! Sounds like Trump to me!
jrthin
(4,836 posts)They put these inept bigoted commentators on because they know they will get this nonsense response to fuel controversy and ratings. There are smart commentators available, but CNN will always choose the worst ones, on purpose. I wish CNN would disappear; they have further helped to erode the body politics. CNN is truly a destructive force and those who watch enable them.