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She Actually Did What They Are All Supposed To do. But Don't. (Original Post) ._. Jul 2024 OP
yes, thank you Skittles Jul 2024 #1
Sure did. Susan Calvin Jul 2024 #2
Exactly my sentiments. erronis Jul 2024 #6
Agree a billion %. fierywoman Jul 2024 #3
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪 Native Jul 2024 #4
I was impressed! Hekate Jul 2024 #5
No softballs! Linda ladeewolf Jul 2024 #7
Drop the fucking mic. We'd be screwed 18 ways from Sunday without black women. onecaliberal Jul 2024 #8
Yes they are musclecar6 Jul 2024 #9
Sorry, no follow up angrychair Jul 2024 #10
How do you think they could have "made" him give better answers? ShazzieB Jul 2024 #11
I hope you're right, ShazzieB! calimary Aug 2024 #12
I didn't see that, but I'll watch it again. yardwork Aug 2024 #18
She did interrupt and happy feet Aug 2024 #19
She should have reminded him that it'sDemocratic Party malaise Aug 2024 #13
Lesson to be learned damifino10 Aug 2024 #14
She sure did! Upthevibe Aug 2024 #15
What is the name of this journalist from the NABJ meeting? Batshit_Bruin_CA Aug 2024 #16
ABC News' Rachel Scott happy feet Aug 2024 #20
Thank you so much. Batshit_Bruin_CA Aug 2024 #21
She's the same one who was pestering Solomon Aug 2024 #22
THIS !!! uponit7771 Aug 2024 #17
Absolutely! people Aug 2024 #23
She is a Rock Star dai13sy Aug 2024 #24
You just know she was like this Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #25

Susan Calvin

(2,228 posts)
2. Sure did.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 07:18 PM
Jul 2024

I couldn't take that much of Trump, but I sure enjoyed the questions while I could stand to watch.

erronis

(18,137 posts)
6. Exactly my sentiments.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 08:06 PM
Jul 2024

That pos has gotten way too much exposure. His rotten carcass stinks even over the airwaves.

 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
8. Drop the fucking mic. We'd be screwed 18 ways from Sunday without black women.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 08:25 PM
Jul 2024

They are and always have been the backbone of our country. They can organize like no other. It’s so exciting to be part of it.

musclecar6

(1,884 posts)
9. Yes they are
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 08:59 PM
Jul 2024

I am so looking forward to the day when a black woman prosecutor wins the election and watching that arrogant national disgrace deal with his impending prison sentences. If ever someone deserves his just desserts, he stands at the top of the list.

We can all thank the black women in our party who are mounting an invaluable effort to save all of our skin from being taken over by a modern day Hitler and his band of Nazi’s.We salute and thank you one and all.

angrychair

(10,275 posts)
10. Sorry, no follow up
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 09:13 PM
Jul 2024

Did not make him answer a single question. What they did is what every other reporter has ever done with trump: ask a question and then run away without getting an actual answer and never holding him accountable for his habit of babbling nonsense.

ShazzieB

(19,707 posts)
11. How do you think they could have "made" him give better answers?
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 10:11 PM
Jul 2024

Trump is a slippery customer, a very brazen bluffer and liar, and a master of derailing and distraction. I'm struggling to imagine how anyone could force him to give proper answers when he obviously doesn't want to.

I haven't seen the whole interview yet, just some brief clips, but it seemed to me that they were doing the best they (or really anyone) could. When he didn't want to answer, he went on the attack, criticizing things like the "tone" they were using. He obviously had no respect whatsoever for the women who were questioning him - and why would he, considering they were both black and female, two groups he holds in the lowest regard and regards as his inferiors.

When Trump interacts with black people and/or women, he expects subservience and deference. He does NOT expect them to challenge him in any way, and I'd bet money that he does not believe they have the right to ask him questions that make him uncomfortable, much less insist that he answer them.

I'm pretty sure those journalists were aware of all of that going in, and they knew that there would be no point in trying to pin him down beyond a certain point. Instead, they responded to his dodging and weaving in such a way that his refusal to honestly engage was made obvious to those watching and just kept going. In so doing, they gave him plenty of rope to hang himself with,, and I think he made pretty good use of it by putting on a full demonstration of what a rude, disrespectful, racist and misogynistic asshole he is.

calimary

(85,357 posts)
12. I hope you're right, ShazzieB!
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 12:36 AM
Aug 2024

I LOVE how you put it:

“…they gave him plenty of rope to hang himself with, and I think he made pretty good use of it by putting on a full demonstration of what a rude, disrespectful, racist and misogynistic asshole he is.”

Just a JOY to read!

happy feet

(1,172 posts)
19. She did interrupt and
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:31 PM
Aug 2024

try to get him to get back to answering the question asked instead of his rally talking points. She also fact checked him real time on several points while he continued to talk. e.g. whining about dems liking immigrants so they can vote, she said only American Citizens can vote....etc.

I think she and Jonathan Alter are the two best interviewers of Trump I've seen. She was professional, steely, had the facts and never wavered from his bullying.

malaise

(281,661 posts)
13. She should have reminded him that it'sDemocratic Party
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 09:30 AM
Aug 2024

She was better than the other two

Batshit_Bruin_CA

(72 posts)
16. What is the name of this journalist from the NABJ meeting?
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:20 PM
Aug 2024

I don't usually see much tv news, and maybe from that lack of exposure (or simply aging), I don't seem to have much ability to remember faces and names in the news.

It would be helpful to know what organization she works for, in case I get the chance to follow her work in the near future.

Otherwise I am kind of clueless.

Batshit_Bruin_CA

(72 posts)
21. Thank you so much.
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 04:54 PM
Aug 2024

Now that I hear the name, I am sure that I have heard her before, esp. on ABC. She is VERY intelligent.

Solomon

(12,518 posts)
22. She's the same one who was pestering
Thu Aug 1, 2024, 05:02 PM
Aug 2024

Nancy Pelosi about Biden on the way to the elevator. She's fearless.

 

Zoomie1986

(1,213 posts)
25. You just know she was like this
Fri Aug 2, 2024, 04:06 AM
Aug 2024

When he trudged onto the stage and plopped down in his chair like a petulant child who was having to go eat his spinach:

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