In the month before Election Day, leftist journalists and celebrities have been pushing the absurd idea that democracy was on the line because President Donald Trump and his “Nazi” pals have been using his “stormtroopers” to attack his “political enemies” and that he renovated the White House because Trump “plans” on never leaving.
On the other hand, they’ve pushed the idea that Antifa isn’t a violent group pushing unrest but is merely a force for democracy.
The following are just some of the most obnoxious outbursts by leftist journalists and celebrities from the past month:
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Jason Johnson: Everybody Who Loves Democracy Is Antifa
“The idea of going after Antifa is like saying we’re going after dog lovers. Who doesn’t love dogs? If you’re a United States citizen, right? And you like democracy, then you don’t like fascism. Everybody who loves democracy is technically Antifa.”
— MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, October 13.
Trump Pushing Political Prosecutions and Deportations By “Stormtroopers”
“Good morning and welcome to This Week. A week of stark contrasts. As the president pushed for peace between adversaries overseas, he pushed for prosecutions of political enemies here at home. As he ordered American troops to the Middle East as peacekeepers, deportation forces in the Midwest are being described by critics as stormtroopers. And as the President prepares to address Israel’s parliament, our House of Representatives is not working with pay, while federal employees are working without pay. Thousands more have been fired by the White House. All as Trump’s Treasury secretary authorized a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will also benefit his former business associates.”
— Moderator George Stephanopoulos opening ABC’s This Week, October 12.
Can Trump Tear Down Anything He Wants? Like the Jefferson Memorial?
“Can the President tear down anything he wants, without oversight? Could he demolish this building or say the Jefferson Memorial?”
— CBS correspondent Weijia Jiang to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, October 23.
Chief Justice John Roberts Is the “Biggest Enemy Towards Black People” Since Dred Scott Decision
“John Roberts has been an enemy of the Voting Rights Act – as you pointed out in your opening – for his entire career. John Roberts is the biggest enemy towards black people that this court has seen since Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision….Whenever black people are asking to have equal representation….in this country, John Roberts is the man standing at the door telling us no.”
— The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal on MSNBC’s Velshi, October 19.
Christiane Amanpour: Israeli Hostages Probably Being Treated Better Than Gazans
“People who start to talk to the [Israeli] hostages who have only just been released, will find that it will take a long, long time for them to recover physically, but also mentally. It’s been a terrible, terrible two years for them….They’re probably being treated better than the average Gazan, because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had. Now, Hamas has given up all of its leverage, by the way, by giving them all up.”
— CNN chief international anchor Christane Amanpour (just a few hours after Hamas released 20 living Israeli hostages) on CNN News Central special, October 13.
For 50 Years, PBS’s News Hour Has Been “Even-Handed to a Fault”
“In covering the biggest stories of the last five decades, PBS News Hour has sought to bring depth, insight, and fairness….Over the years, the programs [PBS News Hour] received its share of criticism, accused of being too dry, too serious, and trying to be even-handed to a fault.
— Correspondent Stephanie Sy on PBS’s News Hour, October 24.
Dan Rather Bloviates About New CBS News Boss
“In [Bari] Weiss’s ascension, it is clear that CBS News has tipped over the precipice: that corporate overlords in concert with an autocratic president are demolishing support for independent journalism in favor of financial gain, and in so doing undermining a key foundation of our democracy.”
— Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather on new CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss in his October 9 Substack column “MAGA Tested, Trump Approved News.”
Sunny Hostin: Trump’s Rise Due to “Racism and White Supremacy,” Plans On Never Leaving White House
“Trump’s rise – in part – was based in racism and white supremacy. And that is the truth!”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, October 16.
“I actually have come to the conclusion that he [Donald Trump] is most definitely going to try to remain in power, because remember, that East Wing – it’s going to take a long time to build that. He is hooking up the White House because he doesn’t plan on leaving it. I don’t think he plans on leaving.”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, October 27.
Hostin Lectures “Pro-Life” Christians On Their “Hypocrisy”
“I find there is a hypocrisy with certain Christians who are pro-life, but they will pull that electric chair switch. They are ‘pro-life,’ but they have their AR-15s in their cabinet. They are pro-life, but they – they don’t mind immigrant families being torn from each other. They are pro-life, but they don’t care about little children’s subsidies being taken away from them. That is not pro-life!”
— Co-host Sunny Hostin on ABC’s The View, October 2.
Joy Behar: Trump Using National Guard as “Pretext to Stop the Next Election!”
“This [Trump sending in National Guard to protect ICE in cities] is a pretext to stop the next election! That’s what I think it is.”
— Co-host Joy Behar on ABC’s The View, October 7.
Whoopi: People Should Wear Latinoface to Confuse ICE at Super Bowl
Co-host Joy Behar: “She’s [DHS Secretary Kristi Noem] threatening to go to the Super Bowl when Bad Bunny is there and round up all these people that are illegal immigrants. Do you think that she would go if it was Garth Brooks or Eminem or Taylor Swift or any other white person?!”...
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg: “How is she going to know who’s who?”
Behar: “Because the Supreme Court has given permission to question anyone who has a Spanish accent, who has a dark skin. That’s why!”
Goldberg: “Here is the thing, everybody, get a little cocoa butter, sit in the sun, that’s the first thing. And then — and this is the only time you can probably ever do this – give yourself a Latin accent….and see if she can tell who’s who!”
— ABC’s The View, October 6.
Harrison Ford: Greatest “Criminal in History” Trump “Scares the Shit Out of Me”
“[Donald Trump] doesn’t have any policies, he has whims. It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket. It’s unbelievable. I don’t know of a greater criminal in history.”
— Actor Harrison Ford in an interview with The Guardian, October 31.
East Wing Demolition Is a Distraction from Trump Being Friends with Jeffrey Epstein
“We have a President who is a corrupt authoritarian, in my view, who has a kind of contempt for democratic values and its symbols. And I think he thinks he has the right to destroy the people’s house, do some influence peddling along the way, build a ballroom as a monument to distract us from the fact that inflation is up, job creation is down, Congress has shut down the government, and we’re suppressing information about the fact that, you know, he was best friends with the most notorious child rapist [Jeffrey Epstein] in history.”
— Actor Bradley Whitford on CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash, October 24.
Robert De Niro Rages Against Donald Trump and His Jewish “Nazi” Stephen Miller
Host Jonathan Capehart: “You said earlier, Mr. De Niro, about the President, he will not leave the White House. This is where you and I are on the same wavelength.”
Actor Robert De Niro: “No way. He will not. We see it, we see it, we see it every – we see it all the time. He will not want to leave. He set it up with his, I guess he’s the [Joseph] Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a, he’s a Nazi. Yes, he is, and he’s Jewish, and he should be ashamed of himself.”
— MSNBC’s The Weekend, October 19.
Kathy Griffin: “Fascist” Trump and “Professional Nazi” Elon Musk Stole the Election
“I don’t think he [Donald Trump] won in a free and fair election. You heard me. I’m coming out and saying it myself. I don’t care if that means I look crazy because Elon Musk – who’s this other Nazi guy running around town who owns X….He’s a professional Nazi in my humble opinion. And he’s good friends with Trump….He was giving out million-dollar checks to people if they would vote for Trump. That’s illegal. It’s unconstitutional and illegal.”
— Comedian Kathy Griffin on her podcast Talk Your Head Off with Kathy Griffin, October 15.
“Our country has never been through anything this horrible in my lifetime….This fool Donald Trump….the current so-called president, is a fascist. Now if you don’t know what that is, that’s an authoritarian or a dictator. Now the reason you don’t want that is because it takes away all your powers of choice. So it might seem like he has ‘vibes,’ and I’ve heard that’s why some younger people voted for him because he has ‘vibes.’ But number one, that’s not a good reason to vote for a candidate. And number two, his ‘vibes’ are very bad and very dark.”
— Comedian Kathy Griffin on her podcast Talk Your Head Off with Kathy Griffin, October 15.
Bette Midler Sings to Stephen Colbert: “You Never Kissed the Orange Ass”
“It must have been cold here at The Late Show, despite the high ratings and awards. You need a gig that’s more worthwhile now that you’re more in demand than Epstein’s file. Did you ever know that you’re my Frodo? You stand for what’s right with wit and class. Thank you. And I hold you high as the great eagles ‘cause you never kissed the orange ass.”
— Actress/singer Bette Midler singing to the tune of “Wind Beneath My Wings” to Stephen Colbert on CBS’s The Late Show, October 14.
Jimmy Kimmel: When I Travel Abroad, I Don’t Want to Be Blamed for Trump
“We travel abroad. Many of us don’t want to be held accountable for what our president does and says. As an American – you know – going someplace, I’m fortunate enough to be well known, and people know where I’m coming from. But I think it would be a different situation if people didn’t know who I was, and I think I’d probably be – the first thing I’d say as I got into every cab is, ‘I didn’t vote for him, just FYI.’”
— ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel at the Bloomberg Screentime conference, October 8.
How Can Deportation Supporters Go to Church?
“I think about what Jesus would think of this stuff….He wouldn’t approve of nannies being yanked out of the park and thrust into a van to be returned to their home countries because their paperwork is not in order….How can you go to church on Sunday and think this is okay to do to these families, to do to these people, and to be so cold about it?”
— ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on Ted Danson’s podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name, October 22.
Martin Sheen to Donald Trump: You Are the Biggest “Nothing” In the World
“So the big guy in the White House, if he would take some personal advice — you’ve got to realize, sir, that you are the biggest ‘nothing’ in the world….Stop listening to all these people around you, these sycophants, who are encouraging you to be your non-human self.”
— Actor Martin Sheen on Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People podcast, October 13.
