CNN’s Brian Stelter thought he had a “gotcha” moment with President Trump when he pointed out that the President was looking to allow the governors to make decisions on the best possible solutions to move forward on a state-by-state basis.
Stelter thinking this was bad told his few listeners to “let that sink in” like it was a bad thing.
People were quick to point out that this is what the constitution and federalism intended from the relationship between the federal government and the states.
According to Town Hall:
“Admin officials ‘say the White House has made a deliberate political calculation that it will better serve Trump’s interest to put the onus on governors — rather than the federal government — to figure out how to move ahead,’ Let that quote sink in…,” Stelter wrote on Friday.
The veteran anchor and host of “Reliable Sources,” a show created ostensibly as a fact checker for other media sources, shared his thoughts as a quote from unidentified “admin officials,” but was quickly corrected online.
“Yes, the U.S. Constitution is a hundreds-year-long plot to help Trump win re-election. Excellent take,” said journalist Mollie Hemingway. “Also, it’s not a ‘quote’ but an unsupported assertion based on reporters’ dubious and unverifiable interpretation of what they claim anon sources told them.”
Yes, the U.S. Constitution is a hundreds-year-long plot to help Trump win re-election. Excellent take. Also, it’s not a “quote” but an unsupported assertion based on reporters’ dubious and unverifiable interpretation of what they claim anon sources told them.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 11, 2020
Stelter also tried to help himself by pointing to a quote by admin officials which was actually from a journalist in the Washington Post:
The article did not offer any critique of the president for tapping governors and local legislations to choose their own regulations and assess the risk to local communities. Leaving power with the local, elected officials is a tenet of federalism and was carefully designed by the founding fathers to avoid overreach and power grabs from the federal government.
Ok. Let’s start at the beginning. There was this guy named James Madison who went to Philadelphia and had an idea for a national government, but there were also small states with different ideas… https://t.co/SoZvsNIpWJ
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) April 11, 2020
Say it with me, Brian.
“Constitution.”
— Beth Baumann (@eb454) April 11, 2020
Alexa, define “United States”
— China is lying (@jtLOL) April 11, 2020
Wow, states looking at their specific situation and tailoring policy to their jurisdictions? MADNESS!
— neontaster (@neontaster) April 11, 2020
Holy crap, you have no idea what federalism is.
— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart’s Army! (@drawandstrike) April 11, 2020
This is just another example of the effect Trump derangement syndrome has had on journalists.
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