The big, blue midterm wave election has brought the Elitist Media back to the position of acting as Regime Media for the Democrats. Polls hadn’t even closed yet, but some are making even less of an effort to conceal their partisan bent than usual.
Watch as CNN’s Kasie Hunt lets slip what is known in the Beltway as a “Kinsley Gaffe”, an accidental truth-telling:
CNN's Kasie Hunt laments "it took us years to get" to a blue wave midterm against Trump pic.twitter.com/bvWEWd8yZZ
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KASIE HUNT: So, look, Anderson, at this point in the night, obviously, we're still being conservative with our decision desk, but all of the both Republicans and Democrats I'm talking to are looking across the map and they are saying the same thing: that this night is shaping up to be a blue tsunami, just to use kind of the word that we have been wondering about the Senate races right now. Talarico’s numbers are- he is outperforming where they need to be. The Gina Hinojosa campaign, the gubernatorial race there, they think they're outperforming their numbers right now. That's going to be much closer. Then you've got Ohio and Kansas. Republicans are saying they think those are likely- they're telling me those are likely going to be gone, too. I mean, this is at a level that honestly was the greatest fear for Republicans. And it was something that Democrats didn't dare to hope for.
DAVID AXELROD: Well, this is a repudiation that is absolutely broad. And the through line is Donald Trump. And the through line is Trump's- are Trump's policies.
ANDERSON COOPER: He is on the ballot, whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.
AXELROD: He begged to be on the ballot and he is on the ballot. And the verdict is very, very negative. And it’s broad across this big, diverse country.
HUNT: And it took us years to get there, too.Who’s “us?” Giving Hunt the benefit of the doubt may lead one to believe that she’s referring to the broader nation with the royal “us”, as in it took the nation years to get Donald Trump to a midterm blowout. But that’s not what happened.
If you go back and look at Hunt’s statement, she’s talking about how Ohio, Kansas, and Texas being “gone” for the Republicans, and how that’s something Democrats didn’t dare hope for. Hunt didn’t get to complete her thought because David Axelrod and Anderson Cooper had an exchange. But she did when they finished. Hunt then made clear that the “us” she was referring to was the Democrats who dared not hope for a midterm blowout.
When one examines CNN’s coverage of the Trump administrations, and of Republicans in general, it makes complete sense for Hunt to say “it took years.” Now that the thing happened, with Texas fully flipping blue, Hunt’s mask slips completely off. The first of many, as Democrats sweep back into Washington, D.C., where an eager press awaits them.
