2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMSNBC Host grills Trump Campaign Mgr. Kellyanne Conway fact checking in real time (VIDEO)
Stephanie Ruhle interviewed Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. She grilled her without allowing her to spin without pushback.
Ruhle forced Conway to admit that voter fraud is not really an issue in American elections. But Ruhle went further. She pointed out that real data proves that touting voter fraud is a fraud on the American people.
When Conway attempted to attack the media, Ruhle challenged her. Ruhle pointed out that Marco Rubio (R-FL) believes the Wikileaks emails should not be indulged as it is a danger to our Democracy. Rubio indirectly challenged Trump's use of them in the campaign.
Ruhle embarrassed Conway as she admonished her for her tacit support for Trump's attacks on women. Everytime Conway attempted to obfuscate reality; Ruhle was mostly on point for correcting the record.
In one exchange Stephanie Ruhle got visibly upset. Conway implied that several billionaires were successful while disregarding Hillary Clinton's achievements as successes. It was evident it touched a nerve as women have had to work much harder and yet receive minimal recognition.
Ruhle presented the type of journalism that America needs. The media was derelict in their coverage of both the Republican and Democratic primaries. That effectively left us with less than ideal candidates for the most important job in the world.
Recently the media seems to be making up for their failure. They are not quite there yet but it is a necessary improvement that one hopes they continue. Kudos to Ruhle on a very good job with this interview.
Here is the excerpted interview. The full interview is pretty long given the verbiage Kellyanne Conway is known for.
Excerpted Interview: http://egbertowillies.com/2016/10/19/msnbc-host-grills-trump-campaign-mgr/
Full Interview: http://egbertowillies.com/2016/10/19/stephanie-ruhle-grills-kellyanne-conway/
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)I saw this and had to fast forward Conways lengthy talk crap at one point. It was a long fast forward. I could not believe he gets away with these monologues.
Well, one at least.
ooky
(8,923 posts)Not that the host wasn't trying to call out lies, but its apparent that Conway and all the Trump surrogates practice very hard at their lying. The key tactic Conway was using during that diatribe you referred to was to talk as fast as possible so that the fact checker can't keep up. They literally practice getting as many lies delivered in one sentence as possible. And of course, they also use talking loud, over other people who are talking, and constant interrupting the other speakers. These are professional liars. We see it with every Trump "surrogate".
0rganism
(23,955 posts)it requires the respondent to either be painfully well-organized, keeping notes on the lies and dishonesty as they come and being prepared to rebut each and every one of them in one sentence or less, or have a sufficiently forceful personality that a response can begin while the lies are in progress such that each rebut overpowers the flowing stream of disinformation.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Aside from the passive aggressive shot at the democratic nominee.
underpants
(182,819 posts)Jeffrey Lord especially. There is nothing in their eyes.