Wolf Blitzer got an earful this morning on CNN after he played the comments of Kellyanne Conway and then turned around and asked her to respond to them:
Kellyanne Conway unloads on @wolfblitzer for asking her to respond to her husband’s Trump comments. “Where is the shame?”
“I think you embarrassed yourself, I’m embarrassed for you.” pic.twitter.com/tGdkSb1ZZC
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 14, 2019
Here’s the important part of what she said to Blitzer:
Kellyanne Conway to CNN after network played husband’s comments: You wanted to put it in my husband's voice b/c you think somehow that will help your ratings or that you're really sticking it to kellyanne conway. And let me be very clear you didn't stick it to Kellyanne Conway…
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 14, 2019
Conway continued: …you embarrassed yourself and I’m embarrassed for you, because this is CNN now? I looked up to you when I was in college and law school, I would turn on CNN to see what Wolf Blitzer had to say about war, famine, disruption abroad. I really respected you.”
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 14, 2019
I think Kellyanne has this exactly right, that Blitzer and others at CNN thought this would be a great way to stick it to her. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised to hear a recording of Zucker calling down and telling Wolf to do this to Kellyanne.
And Blitzer’s little justification at the end about James Carville and Mary Matalin was pathetic. Everyone knows that there’s a public tension between Kellyanne and her disrespectful, angry husband, who apparently loves to see her have to answer for his hateful remarks about Trump. It’s not the same at all.