Via Mehdi Hassan:
If you want to understand the failure of U.S. journalism, especially the complete inadequacy of political interviews in this country, in a single short clip, here it is:
RADDATZ: What the heck did #Trump mean in saying his supporters won't have to vote again in four years?
CHRIS SUNUNU: Haha. I think that was a classic Trumpism, if you will.
RADDATZ: Ok. Let's turn to President Biden and Kamala Harris.
I warned you not to ask "What do you mean when you said..."
He meant fascism. You know it. He knows it. We all know it.
I want to be clear. Don't ask "what did you mean when you said..." Don't let him weasel his way out of what he clearly, and obviously said with his whole damn chest. You KNOW what he meant. If you give him the opportunity to pretend he didn't mean fascism, he'll take it. Ask how he will DO fascism. Ask him the specific steps he will take to destroy democracy. Ask him his timeline on destroying democracy. Ask him how he will pay for his fascism. Ask him how he will enforce the fascism. DO NOT ASK HIM WHETHER IT'S FASCISM. It is. He knows it is. You know it is.
Laffy
πΏπΆππΆ "not yet begun to fight"