Democrats had an online meltdown after hosts from their leftist network CNN dared question
President Biden’s use of the military during his fiery primetime attack on his Republican rivals.
Hosts Brianna Keilar and Jeff Zeleny were just a few of the people upset at the commander-in-chief using Marines to back him during his speech — sparking demands for their axing and an
outright boycott of the left-wing network.
“You are clearly a
shill for the RNC,” one person whose Twitter bio includes a #BidenHarris2020 hashtag tweeted Zeleny just for saying that using the Marine Band was “a break with White House traditions.”
“Your sheets are showing.”
“New Day” host Keiler was first to spark the meltdown, writing, “Whatever you think of this speech the military is supposed to be apolitical.
“Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that. It’s wrong when Democrats do it. It’s wrong when Republicans do it.”
A minute later, the network’s chief national affairs correspondent was even more measured, stressing that “there’s nothing unusual or wrong with a president delivering a political speech — it’s inherent in the job description.”
However, Zeleny claimed, “doing it against a backdrop of two Marines standing at attention and the Marine Band is a break with White House traditions.”
Both were soon flooded by people saying they had
unfollowed them as well as calls to boycott CNN over the simple statements.
“Brianna Keilar has
sold her soul,” one person told their more than 90,000 followers, while others said the tweet proved she is now “straight up MAGA.”
“You know CNNs transformation into Baby Fox News is officially complete when Brianna Keilar goes MAGA,”
one “vote blue” supporter said.
“Uncovering The Truth” podcaster Dash Dobrofsky also
told his 109,000 followers that Keilar’s criticism proved that “CNN stands against Biden and supports Fascism.
Others suggested that because Keilar and Zeleny had shared the same thought, it must be proof that they were under the control of right-wing forces supposedly now in
charge at the network.
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