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‘Way to go!’ Tom Cotton turns the tables on hostile Kaitlan Collins like a narrative Ninja

August 1, 2024 | | Print Article

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton asked the questions the left-wing media never will.

And CNN’s Kaitlan Collins refused to answer, repeatedly getting pummeled by the Arkansas Republican who was not taking the bait on her questions about what former President Donald Trump said.

While the media carried water for Democrats and President Joe Biden for years, the entrance of Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential race has not shifted attention to her record or policy matters. The focus continues to be on what Trump said, did or thought and Collins was sure to keep the Republican nominee at the center of her discussion with Cotton.

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She asked the senator if Trump’s remarks about Harris’s race and background were “defensible,” referring to the former president’s response at a National Association of Black Journalists event in Chicago. Trump remarked about Harris being of Indian heritage.

”She was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. Now she wants to be known as black. So I don’t know — is she Indian or is she black?” he said. “I respect either one but she obviously doesn’t because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a black person.”

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“First off, it’s refreshing to see a presidential candidate who’s willing to go in front of the media, something that Donald Trump knew would be a tough interview. It turned out to be a hostile, adversarial interview, but he’s been doing that for nine years,” Cotton said, pointing out that Harris did not attend the event and has not had a press conference since President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and endorsed her.

After Cotton called Harris out as a “San Francisco liberal,” Collins delivered a deliberately inane take.

“Yeah, I didn’t hear Donald Trump bring up any of her policy positions today or stances when he was on that stage,” she said.“But your argument is that just because she hasn’t done an interview since she became the top of the ticket, that it’s okay to question what her race is?”

“Kaitlan, if you didn’t hear Donald Trump talking about her positions and his record, then you didn’t watch the interview. It went on for 30 minutes,” Cotton said. “The vast majority of it, Kaitlan, was Donald Trump talking about his record, contrasting it to the Biden-Harris record of higher inflation and wide-open borders and war and chaos around the world.”

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But when Collins once again pressed the senator about Trump’s comments on Harris being black, Cotton unloaded, giving the CNN host a short lesson in Journalism 101.

“You know, four years ago, Joe Biden said if you don’t vote for him, you ain’t black. Could you imagine a more insulting comment?” he reminded.

“Joe Biden is presuming to judge the political views of one-eighth of our fellow citizens based on their skin color. Did you ever ask Kamala Harris to condemn his remarks? Did you ask her if that was racist?” Cotton asked as Collins repeatedly tried to shut him down.

“Did you ask Kamala Harris why she’s willing to serve as vice president for a man she essentially called racist and a segregationist? Have you or anyone else in the media asked Kamala Harris those questions, Kaitlan?” he pressed.

Social media users saw through the CNN narrative and gave Cotton top marks for giving it right back.

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