AZ-SEN: McSally dismisses calls to apologize to CNN's Raju for 'liberal hack' comment.

[RandySF]

Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) dismissed a call by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer to apologize to network congressional correspondent Manu Raju for calling him a "liberal hack" on Thursday, telling Fox News host Laura Ingraham she "called it like it is."

The back-and-forth comes after McSally, when asked earlier in the day by Raju about new claims that President Trump was involved in a Ukraine pressure campaign, referred to the reporter as a “liberal hack." The retort came as Raju asked her the question while she was walking through a hallway in Congress.

"Senator, do you regret what you said?” asked Ingraham.

“No Laura, I do not,” McSally replied. “And I said it again actually as I went, I said, ‘You’re a liberal hack, buddy.’"

"As you know, these CNN reporters, there’s so many of them around the capital, they are so biased, they are so in cahoots with the Democrats, they so can’t stand the president, and they run around trying to chase Republicans and ask trapping questions," McSally, the first female commander of a United States Air Force fighter squadron, continued.

“I’m a fighter pilot, you know, I called it like it is, and that’s what we see out of the mainstream media, especially CNN, every single day, so obviously I’m going to tell the truth and I did it today and it’s laughable how they’ve responded," she added. "They're cheerleading the Democrats, they hate the president."

Earlier Thursday, Blitzer interviewed Raju on "CNN Newsroom," where the anchor called McSally's rhetoric "disgusting" while urging her to personally call Raju to apologize.



https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/478744-mcsally-dismisses-calls-to-apologize-to-cnns-raju-for-liberal-hack-comment

[Ilsa]

1. I hope someone reminds her that she

has kess than a year to make the apology in person, since she'll be back in AZ permanently after the 2020 elections.

[spanone]

2. there are deplorables in the senate and she's one

the senate is no better than the house

A fighter pilot who's an asshole.

[renate]

3. What a pathetic stunt

I hope Mark Kelly runs that clip in his ads against her. It was such an obvious stunt. Answering a completely normal question like that with such nastiness... she was clearly hoping he’d ask something about Trump so she’d look like she was defending him. Too bad that didn’t work. She’s such an amateur.

[peggysue2]

4. Of course, she refused

She's raising money on that stunt and running scared because her polling for the 2020 election and fundraising acumen in Arizona are bad to worse. This is the sort of stuff that appeals to Trumpers and Trumpettes: The Press is the Enemy of the People. The Press is loaded with Liberal Hacks.

The beat goes on.

[JDC]

5. Mark Kelly is going to mop the floor with her

[kairos12]

6. She is toast in AZ.

[Blue_true]

7. She has to play to her base. Hopefully she loses her seat. nt

[MerryBlooms]

8. All reporters need to boycott her. Not one word.

Put Mark Kelly and Gabby on every station. McSally will be begging for liberal hack coverage; starve the beast.

[oasis]

9. +1