Ever since Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan primary last Tuesday to become the Democrat's hope for possibly taking taking control of the U.S. Senate in the November elections, the left wing media has rallied behind him, ignoring his radical leftist views on many issues. That was very much the case Friday night on CNN's The Source With Kaitlan Collins, where another radical leftist, Deputy Chair of the Progressive Caucus, MN Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was the guest.
Collins began the segment by playing a clips from a Friday night El-Sayed Detroit rally, before featuring a campaign video clip from El-Sayed's Republican opponent, former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers. She soon asked Omar, if she thinks, "Abdul El-Sayed needs to to moderate some of his positions that maybe turns off moderates? Do you think he needs to hold firm to what he ran on and that made him the nominee?"
Collins did not mention even one specific radical left wing position that El-Sayed has, which enabled Omar to easily skate, with one mainstream Democrat talking point after the other.
OMAR: I believe that people want real change.... to make sure that we are representing the values of what it means to be a Democrat, what it means to have strong labor unions, what it means to fight for the working class, what it means to make sure families have the ability to put food on the table.
Collins then turned to something El-Sayed, has pushed for, defunding the police. But she never once mentioned that El-Sayed has ever supported it, or has even been accused of it. Instead she played a clip of Bernie Sanders from Pod Save America, where he denied the whole issue even exists.
SANDERS CLIP: No serious person that I know who is running for office believes in, quote, unquote, defunding the police. Do we need police reform? Do we need to get rid of racism within police departments? Absolutely....But nobody I know believes in defunding the police.
If Collins had been watching her own network in July, she may have seen Kasie Hunt confront El-Sayed about his deleted tweets on the subject, or Manu Raju playing a clip for the candidate, where he said, "I believe that we do need to defund the police insofar as defunding the police is disinvesting in the means of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets. And as ABC News recently reported, El-Sayed isn't the only Democrat with that position. But all that she could come up with for Omar was, "Do you think that's true? Because there are some candidates that are running right now that have previously called for defunding the police."
After hearing Omar avoid answering the question, by invoking George Floyd, Collins pressed on, but didn't dare to bring up any examples, that she admitted she is aware of!
COLLINS: But do you think it's accurate that, as he said, no serious person I know who's running for office believes in, quote, unquote, defunding the police. Do you think that's true?
OMAR: I think he's talking about someone putting forth a piece of legislation. And to that regard, I would say that he is right.
COLLINS: I mean in terms of that, one person who has faced questions on that is (Democrat Gubernatorial candidate) Francesca Hong of Wisconsin.
No mention of El-Sayed from Collins, who was never really looking for a legitimate discussion on this issue.
And the same can be said for her next topic, Hasan Piker, who recently put out a video in support of Omar's reelection. He also has a long history of verbally attacking Jews, supporting terrorist groups, and claiming that America deserved 9-11. But of course, none of that was mentioned by Collins, who referred to him only as a "left-wing streamer."
COLLINS: One powerful voice that has been a big topic of conversation is the left-wing streamer Hasan Piker. He's someone that you've campaigned alongside with. He put out a video, backing your re-election today. There are moderate Democrats who have criticized Abdul El-Sayed for appearing on the campaign trail with him. What's your view of that criticism?
OMAR: In a free country, people can have opinions about people who campaign with candidates.
And then another pathetic softball question.
COLLINS: Do you view Hasan Piker as a good campaign surrogate for Democrats?
OMAR: Well, I don't know about all Democrats, but certainly for those of us who represent younger demographics, he does have a certain reach.
End of conversation. After this outrageously disgraceful performance, one might wonder if Collins is so comfortable in her position that she feels no need to at least pretend to be a journalist, or if she's just protecting El-Sayed and radical Democrats at all costs. After all, this is CNN.
