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Fox News
3 days ago
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CNN host warns Dems must actually 'get rid of some sacred cows' of far-left ideology, not just talk about it
CNN host Abby Phillip warned that if Democrats want to win back voters, they will need to risk offending their consultant class base with concrete policy changes. Since their historic defeat in November, the Democratic Party remains divided about how to move forward. While some Democrats are doubling down on the far-left politics many argue alienated voters, others are calling to abandon so-called "woke" politics. But as the party remains in flux, a rising tide of commentators are challenging such Democrats to actually articulate which far-left policies they will kick to the curb in order to regain the working-class voters they lost. On Tuesday evening, a panel on CNN discussed The New York Times' report claiming that Democrats are spending $20 million on a study called "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan." The study is purportedly a project to "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces" of male voters. The panel spoke about how Democrats lack their own equivalent of podcaster Joe Rogan, and how he gradually went from a nonpolitical figure to becoming prominent in the "MAGA universe." CNN media correspondent Hadas Gold said one idea she has seen pitched is a "sleeper" podcast, "where they just they help fund the podcasters, let them do whatever they want, really build up that base, it has nothing to do with politics, and then in a few years, sort of seep into politics," she said, "just like Joe Rogan." However, she argued, such an idea probably wouldn't work. "The only way that that works is through authenticity, and you're not going to make it work by building up these funds and, in any way, being connected to a political party, because the political parties, especially Democrats right now, don't exactly have a good brand people want to be attached to," she said. When Gold praised Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego for appealing to authenticity in his rhetorical style, Phillip responded that Democrats need actual substance to their reform. "Okay, but here's the thing. They're going to have to — you alluded to this," Phillip said as she pointed to former Biden White House official Dan Koh, who called to take positions that may offend parts of the party. "They're going to have to get rid of some sacred cows. This is going to be the hard part. Everybody talks about authenticity until the rubber meets the road, and they have to actually take positions that the activist, you know, consultant class base does not want them to take." "I don't think they will," CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton said. "I mean, for Democrats to effectively target men of every color, they are going to have to drastically change some of their positions, especially some of the cultural stuff. I don't think that's going to happen, Dan. I think you guys have moved so far to the left, many — I know you're from the South, Dan, you seem to be more reasonable than most, but for the most part, a lot of you guys don't make room for guys to express their views in an open way about a lot of issues." When Koh was asked what he would do to change the party, he proposed doing a better job of enforcing the border and supporting upward mobility, saying, "These positions aren't popular with a lot of the party, but it's what people are — to the point of putting people where they are, it's where people are, and it's where we need to be as well."
CNN
4 days ago
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- CNN
Trump Pardons Tax Cheat After Mom Attended $1M MAGA Dinner - CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip - Podcast on CNN Audio
Trump Pardons Tax Cheat After Mom Attended $1M MAGA Dinner CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip 47 mins Why the butterfly effect of Donald Trump's war on colleges may bring America backwards. Plus, as the White House insists power is not for sale, the President pardons a tax cheat after his mother attends a million dollar dinner. Also, lost liberals are spending big bucks to figure out a culture dominated by dudes.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
CNN host suggests Robert Hur 'undersold' extent of Biden memory lapses during special counsel interview
CNN host Abby Phillip suggested on Friday that former Special Counsel Robert Hur "undersold" the extent of former President Biden's decline after his interview with the former president in the February 2023 classified documents probe. The CNN host argued that Hur threw the former president and the Democratic Party "a lifeline." "In a way, Robert Hur kind of undersold this," Phillip said. "He kind of threw Joe Biden a lifeline. It was an opportunity, actually, for Democrats to take it seriously, maybe change gears at that point, maybe give a potential nominee more time." The audio, obtained by Axios, contains clips from several interviews between the former president and Hur related to an investigation into his handling of classified documents when he was vice president. The transcript of Biden's interview with Hur was released last year, and confirmed the president's frequent memory lapses. Hur's written report described Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Hur Transcript Confirms Biden Memory Lapses, Contradicts President's Claim About Exchange Over Son's Death Joe Borelli, a former Republican leader on the New York City Council, argued that no one was surprised by the Hur-Biden audio. Read On The Fox News App "I would count the number at zero. The number is zero, of people that heard the Hur tape and were surprised. And this is why there's so much distrust in media. Because you're right, maybe in 2020 it wasn't obvious, but 2022, 2023, right, now, everyone saw this person first with the notes of who to ask questions, with the questions pre-handed out, pre-answered, right. Then there was the guy who couldn't get up the stairs, he couldn't get up a single flight of stairs without falling. He fell off his bike. He would struggle for every answer," Borelli said. "We all saw that, and most of us were able to identify the fact that the White House, and allies in media, were lying night after night after night, and then suddenly the script flipped. Joe Biden was cast aside, and suddenly now we could talk about that as though we all should have known, or we all should saw it. We all made mistakes that maybe we should apologize for. But it was clear as day to anybody," Borelli continued. Pete Seat, former spokesperson for President George W. Bush, highlighted a specific portion of the audio when Biden admits that he held onto documents related to Afghanistan for "posterity." Biden first said he didn't recall why he had the document when asked about it by Hur, who told him it was found in the library of his lake house. "I don't know that I knew," that he had the document, Biden answered, "but it wasn't something I would have stopped to think about." Axios Reporter Pushes Back On Biden's Denial Of Mental Decline, Saying White House Insiders Disagree Biden then said, "I guess I wanted to hang on to it for posterity's sake. I mean, this was my position on Afghanistan. I've been of the view from a historical standpoint that there are certain points in history, world history, where fundamental things change using technology." "So he was admitting what the White House was telling us was just inadvertent, that all these documents were in boxes in his garage in Delaware, inadvertently. Here's the president admitting that he knowingly kept the document. But then his attorney interjects, Bob Bauer. And he's like, 'no, no, no, no, no, he doesn't remember. We can't speculate.' So, in private, they were leaning into his forgetfulness. They were trying to use that to protect him from a criminal charge. Yet, to the public, they were telling us, 'Oh, he's sharp, and he's lucid, and he can recite the periodic table by memory,'" Seat said. Ahmed Baba, journalist and columnist for the Independent, pushed back on the notion that it was a media cover-up and argued that the media covered it "pretty ferociously as they could from the outside." Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "I don't think it was necessarily a media failure because I think they covered it ferociously. I just think now, as we have this context in hindsight, the real key thing was he shouldn't have run for reelection," he said. Maria Cardona, a CNN political commentator, added, "I think at the end of the day, the accountability falls with Joe Biden and, frankly, probably with Jill Biden, too." "Yeah, that's true. But it also falls on the Democratic Party, which ostracized people who said anything about Joe Biden," Phillip added. "Including attacking the media for even raising the issue of his age, when clearly it was an issue. I mean, there's accountability there, too."Original article source: CNN host suggests Robert Hur 'undersold' extent of Biden memory lapses during special counsel interview
Fox News
18-05-2025
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CNN host suggests Robert Hur 'undersold' extent of Biden memory lapses during special counsel interview
CNN host Abby Phillip suggested on Friday that former Special Counsel Robert Hur "undersold" the extent of former President Biden's decline after his interview with the former president in the February 2023 classified documents probe. The CNN host argued that Hur threw the former president and the Democratic Party "a lifeline." "In a way, Robert Hur kind of undersold this," Phillip said. "He kind of threw Joe Biden a lifeline. It was an opportunity, actually, for Democrats to take it seriously, maybe change gears at that point, maybe give a potential nominee more time." The audio, obtained by Axios, contains clips from several interviews between the former president and Hur related to an investigation into his handling of classified documents when he was vice president. The transcript of Biden's interview with Hur was released last year, and confirmed the president's frequent memory lapses. Hur's written report described Biden as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Joe Borelli, a former Republican leader on the New York City Council, argued that no one was surprised by the Hur-Biden audio. "I would count the number at zero. The number is zero, of people that heard the Hur tape and were surprised. And this is why there's so much distrust in media. Because you're right, maybe in 2020 it wasn't obvious, but 2022, 2023, right, now, everyone saw this person first with the notes of who to ask questions, with the questions pre-handed out, pre-answered, right. Then there was the guy who couldn't get up the stairs, he couldn't get up a single flight of stairs without falling. He fell off his bike. He would struggle for every answer," Borelli said. "We all saw that, and most of us were able to identify the fact that the White House, and allies in media, were lying night after night after night, and then suddenly the script flipped. Joe Biden was cast aside, and suddenly now we could talk about that as though we all should have known, or we all should saw it. We all made mistakes that maybe we should apologize for. But it was clear as day to anybody," Borelli continued. Pete Seat, former spokesperson for President George W. Bush, highlighted a specific portion of the audio when Biden admits that he held onto documents related to Afghanistan for "posterity." Biden first said he didn't recall why he had the document when asked about it by Hur, who told him it was found in the library of his lake house. "I don't know that I knew," that he had the document, Biden answered, "but it wasn't something I would have stopped to think about." Biden then said, "I guess I wanted to hang on to it for posterity's sake. I mean, this was my position on Afghanistan. I've been of the view from a historical standpoint that there are certain points in history, world history, where fundamental things change using technology." "So he was admitting what the White House was telling us was just inadvertent, that all these documents were in boxes in his garage in Delaware, inadvertently. Here's the president admitting that he knowingly kept the document. But then his attorney interjects, Bob Bauer. And he's like, 'no, no, no, no, no, he doesn't remember. We can't speculate.' So, in private, they were leaning into his forgetfulness. They were trying to use that to protect him from a criminal charge. Yet, to the public, they were telling us, 'Oh, he's sharp, and he's lucid, and he can recite the periodic table by memory,'" Seat said. Ahmed Baba, journalist and columnist for the Independent, pushed back on the notion that it was a media cover-up and argued that the media covered it "pretty ferociously as they could from the outside." "I don't think it was necessarily a media failure because I think they covered it ferociously. I just think now, as we have this context in hindsight, the real key thing was he shouldn't have run for reelection," he said. Maria Cardona, a CNN political commentator, added, "I think at the end of the day, the accountability falls with Joe Biden and, frankly, probably with Jill Biden, too." "Yeah, that's true. But it also falls on the Democratic Party, which ostracized people who said anything about Joe Biden," Phillip added. "Including attacking the media for even raising the issue of his age, when clearly it was an issue. I mean, there's accountability there, too."
CNN
17-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Released: Audio Of Robert Hur's 2023 Interview With Biden - CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip - Podcast on CNN Audio
Released: Audio Of Robert Hur's 2023 Interview With Biden CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip 47 mins Joe Biden's decline on tape. We are now hearing the recordings of the infamous interview with Robert Hur who called Biden an elderly man with a poor memory. Plus, is the outrage over James Comey's instagram post warranted or is it just theatre?
