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Bill Barr Triggers CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Won’t Back Down on Voting For Trump
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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 77657205" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>I've seen a number of these "gotcha" interviews.</p><p></p><p>The basic premise is, get a conservative to acknowledge some of the more serious flaws of Trump...and then tee up the "oh, so that means you're going to vote for our guy then, right???" kind of follow-up question.</p><p></p><p>And when the person says that they'll still vote for their own party's candidate (or doesn't intend to vote at all), the interviewer acts all aloof (like they can't fathom why someone would vote for Trump) or makes it seem like the person is being unreasonable.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's an interview style that I would view as a bit hacky.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For example, it's no secret that some of the more progressive members of the democratic base aren't terribly pleased with Biden's handling of the Gaza situation.</p><p></p><p>If they were to get stuck on the hot seat and then asked </p><p>"yesterday, you said that the war in Gaza was bordering on the genocidal, and that the US and the Biden Administration was complicit due to Biden's ongoing funding of Israel, and that Biden needs to start getting tougher on Netanyahu"</p><p>-- correct</p><p>"so, do you still intend on voting for Biden over Trump?</p><p>-- yes</p><p>(gives inauthentic, rehearsed puzzled look for the camera) "so you're saying you'd vote for a guy who you just admitted was complicit in Israel's genocidal activities?"</p><p>-- well, there's all these other issues for which the democrats are closer to my position like healthcare, education, and climate....</p><p>"...hold on, let's hit the pause button, so you're saying that you think that republicans' refusal to embrace green initiatives is worse than funding a genocide??"</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's basically the flawed premise of "Because we can pinpoint these serious flaws in your party's candidate, the only reasonable thing for you to do is abandon and ignore every other position you have on every other issue, and vote for our guy"</p><p></p><p>In an alternate reality where someone like a Paul Ryan was running against Bob Menendez for some national office, even with all of the serious charges against Bob Menendez, I can completely understand why Democrats would still want to vote for him over Paul Ryan if that were their only two choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 77657205, member: 123415"] I've seen a number of these "gotcha" interviews. The basic premise is, get a conservative to acknowledge some of the more serious flaws of Trump...and then tee up the "oh, so that means you're going to vote for our guy then, right???" kind of follow-up question. And when the person says that they'll still vote for their own party's candidate (or doesn't intend to vote at all), the interviewer acts all aloof (like they can't fathom why someone would vote for Trump) or makes it seem like the person is being unreasonable. It's an interview style that I would view as a bit hacky. For example, it's no secret that some of the more progressive members of the democratic base aren't terribly pleased with Biden's handling of the Gaza situation. If they were to get stuck on the hot seat and then asked "yesterday, you said that the war in Gaza was bordering on the genocidal, and that the US and the Biden Administration was complicit due to Biden's ongoing funding of Israel, and that Biden needs to start getting tougher on Netanyahu" -- correct "so, do you still intend on voting for Biden over Trump? -- yes (gives inauthentic, rehearsed puzzled look for the camera) "so you're saying you'd vote for a guy who you just admitted was complicit in Israel's genocidal activities?" -- well, there's all these other issues for which the democrats are closer to my position like healthcare, education, and climate.... "...hold on, let's hit the pause button, so you're saying that you think that republicans' refusal to embrace green initiatives is worse than funding a genocide??" It's basically the flawed premise of "Because we can pinpoint these serious flaws in your party's candidate, the only reasonable thing for you to do is abandon and ignore every other position you have on every other issue, and vote for our guy" In an alternate reality where someone like a Paul Ryan was running against Bob Menendez for some national office, even with all of the serious charges against Bob Menendez, I can completely understand why Democrats would still want to vote for him over Paul Ryan if that were their only two choices. [/QUOTE]
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