The CBS Mornings liberal morning show attempted to claim that Republicans are the problem in America. They also tried to suggest that voting for Republicans would mean a vote for violent extremists. This was an hour before Tuesday’s CBS Mornings.
Mick Mulvaney, a CBS News contributor and ex-Trump acting chief of staff, stood in the way. He noted that elected leaders are a reflection on voters and that, much to their dismay, Democrats have their own reputation of being election deniers.
The show used the attack against Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) husband Paul to demonstrate how America’s prosperity is at risk from one side. Ashley Etienne, a CBS News contributor and a failed Kamala Harris official, said that ridding the country of dangerous divisions “is an issue we’re going have to grapple with…
Gayle King, co-host and Democratic donor, raised this concern to Mulvaney. She called the divisiveness “very concerning.”
Mulvaney agreed that overcoming polarization requires everyone. No one “got” us into this problem and no one can “get us out.”
King said Washington reflects the nation, but King didn’t want to hear it and blamed the tens and millions of people who vote differently to her: “But when you think about the election deniers, though most — that primarily is Republican Party and that has led to many problems, I believe.”
Mulvaney then dropped a MOAB upon their heads because he thought January 5th as a Republican state was “awful and terrible” and not worth defending. He also said that “Democrats have denied electoral results just as much as Republicans if January 6th is taken out of the equation.”
Nancy Cordes, chief White House correspondent, was angry and King intervened with some yeses. She twisted Mulvaney’s words:
This is simply not true. There are hundreds upon hundreds of Republican candidates tonight who have denied the outcome in the last election. Nothing like that exists on the Democrat side.
Mulvaney didn’t back down, noting that “Stacey Abrams hadn’t admitted she lost the last race in Georgia.”
Mulvaney was right, much to the chagrin of Cordes. The truth is that House Democrats objected and denied the results for all three Republican presidential victories in 2000 and 2004.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D–SC) falsely claimed that the 2000 election was invalid. On January 6, Mississippi’s Bennie Thompson, and Maryland’s Jamie Raskin, were the top Democrats on House Select Committee. They then legitimized the 2004 and 2016 elections.
Mulvaney brought up the fact that Republicans are divisive.
Nate Burleson, co-host, wasn’t having any of it.
They can’t save us, you said politicians. They can, however, divide us. We hope that politicians reflect the country, but it seems that instead of reflecting, it injects divisiveness. Why don’t we believe that politicians are the reason why we are so divided – why it is us against them at this time of the year?
Mulvaney refused to budge: “There is no magic black, dark hand of Washington, D.C., looking at the extremes of both parties and saying, Send me Marjorie Taylor Greene, and send me AOC.”
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CBS Mornings
November 8, 2022
7:32 a.m. Eastern
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE] America Decides Campaign ’22; Voters Head To the Polls; CBS News Political Team Examines What’s At Stake in Midterm Elections
ASHLEY EITENNE – I think the only thing we need to do is to take a step back. This Congress opened with a deadly attack against the Capitol and threats of hanging the Vice President of United States. It was ended by an attack on her husband, the speaker, in her home.
GAYLE KING: Mmhmm.
ETIENNE – No matter what the election results are, this is a problem that we will have to confront as a nation. We will need to find a way to get back to a “we”, not an us against them which perpetuates violence.
KING: Yes.
NATE BURLESON – Mmmm.
ETIENNE – That was my top takeaway. My heart goes out for the speaker. I know how much she loved her husband and how much this country means to her, so it was heartbreaking. As a nation, we have to realize that it won’t just be an elected official who saves us from this. We will have to say enough is enough.
KING: Yes, and how do you — Mick, how do you talk to that? About the us versus they. It is very worrying.
MICK MULVANEY (I think Ashley is right) It is not going to be a politician who saves us, for want of a better term. We didn’t get into this mess by electing one politician, and we won’t be able to solve it by one politician. People often ask me how to fix Washington. I reply, Washington doesn’t lead. Washington is the nation’s representative. Washington is divided because of the country. How can you fix this? It’s a harder question. But don’t rely on Washington to fix it. We can fix it.
BURELSON: Mick
KING: However, when it comes to election deniers, though most — that primarily includes the Republican Party and that, IMO, has led to many issues.
MULVANEY: No. It’s false. It was horrible, terrible, January 6th. It’s not true. I’m not here for that.
BURLESON: Right.
MULVANEY – But Democrats have denied election results as much as Republicans, if you remove January 6th from the equation.
NANCY COORDDES: This is simply not true.
KING: Yeah.
CORDES: There are hundreds upon hundreds of Republican candidates tonight —
KING: Yes.
CORDES: — Who have denied the outcome in the last election. Nothing like that exists on the Democrat side.
MULVANEY – Stacey Abrams denies that she lost the Georgia race she ran last year. This is the debate.
BURLESON: Right.
MULVANEY – Why can’t everyone agree that everyone’s at risk — a bit at fault – and we fix it, rather than everybody saying, “Well, it’s got got to be a Republican fault” and the country won’t be fixed until they change.
BURLESON : Yes, Nancy, I’d like to talk to you soon. Mick, I want you to mention something. You said that politicians can’t save us. They can, however, divide us. We hope that politicians reflect this country.
MULVANEY: Yeah.
BURLESON — But it seems like it’s more of a reflection than a divisive injection. Why don’t we believe that politicians are the reason why we are so divided – why it is us against them at this time of the year?
MULVANEY: Because —
BURLESON – To be open with you at all times of the year
MULVANEY — Politicians derive their power through the people who vote for them. There is no magic black, dark hand of — invisible wash of washing, D.C. looking at the extremes in both political parties and saying, Send me Marjorie Taylor Greene, and send me AOC. This is not how it works. These people look at these people and say, “Those are the people that best represent me.”
BURLESON: Yeah.
MULVANEY – Why don’t you send them to Washington, D.C.? That’s-that’s — that is what I struggle with.
