John Roberts asking Kayleigh McEnany if the President denounces white supremacists after she reads half a dozen quotes from the President denouncing white supremacists is the most insane clip I've ever seen.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) October 1, 2020
WTF? He's pushing a false narrative in the face of the actual facts. pic.twitter.com/oTyziCnn0d
The reporter, John Roberts from Fox News, seems to be suffering some form of Trump Derangement Syndrome or maybe just epistemic closure. On the surface he is asking for President Trump to denounce white supremacy. White Supremacy is one of those mythical left wing urban myths of baba yagga or boogeyman proportions. Often discussed but never identified.
So it might be a manipulative and inappropriate question but the White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany respectfully answers him, listing a series of quotes and occasions from the day prior stretching back a number of years when President Trump has denounced generically, and also specifically by group, white supremacy and all other forms of racism.
Roberts acts as if he had not just heard the evidence she just provided and repeated a request, effectively saying that multiple quotes from over the past four years and over the past three days were insufficient. Roberts was demanding that McEnany denounce white supremacy in words that Roberts wanted to dictate to her in order to adequately satisfy his confusion.
McEnany refused to rise to the bait and pointed out that Roberts had expressed confusion about whether Trump denounces racism and white supremacy and she had provided multiple instances of him doing so and therefore asked and answered.
The Baba Yaga of the mainstream media (and academia and DNC) in 2016 was the hoax "Russia Collusion" now well documented as a hoax. Seems like the 2020 mainstream media equivalent Baba Yaga is "White Supremacy." Just as with the Russia Collusion Hoax, White Supremacist is claimed but not in evidence.
Roberts provides no evidence for the presence or identity of White Supremacy. McEnany provides multiple documented instances resolving the purported ambiguity about Trump's denunciation of all racism both abstract and specific.
It sure seems like Roberts is just throwing a temper tantrum because the evidence clearly and repeatedly contradicts his belief system and he finds that unacceptable.
Viewers and readers apparently dump a lot of criticism on Roberts for his bad manners, his refusal to accept clear evidence, and his bullying coercive behavior to get what he wants. His response indicates perhaps something more than just ideological fervor. This journalist is more than unsettled. He has a rant about how tired he is of this president and the viewers criticizing him. The camera then switches to the Fox studio where the newsreader is open mouthed and takes a few seconds to figure how to transition from the surprise outburst of petulance.
On Fox News, @johnrobertsFox is visibly angry that @PressSec won't offer a clear denunciation of white supremacy: "Stop deflecting. Stop blaming the media. I'm tired of it. " pic.twitter.com/GcPcOsAHqJ
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 1, 2020
We have a simple question - does President Trump denounce white supremacy? We have multiple interviews and videos at rallies where he does so. Why is this still being asked? And it is not just Roberts. Multiple other Mandarin Class chatterers, such as Mr. Darcy, are jumping in and defending the outburst and trying to somehow claim the multiple clear denunciations of white supremacy still leave the matter unresolved.
The more the president denounces, the clearer it becomes that what the mainstream media really want is for Trump to prove to journalists that he is not the racist they wish to think him to be. The pragmatic reality is that the press is trying to corner the President into a "When did you stop beating your wife" moment.
It is a shocking displaying of ignorance, ideological passion and manipulativeness.
This is quite serious a matter but McEnany manages to leaven the tone with a follow-up tweet providing further evidence for Roberts of Trump's denunciations. Hopefully Roberts trusts the source. Apparently John Roberts' wife, Kyra Phillips, is also a reporter.
Just now: @realDonaldTrump tells me he DENOUNCES white supremacists @ABCPolitics @ABCNewsLive @ABCWorldNews @ABC @johnrobertsFox pic.twitter.com/8AxB6I2RjJ
— Kyra Phillips (@KyraPhillips) September 30, 2020
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