On Monday, a bank employee used an AR-15 rifle to murder five people at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. On Tuesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg held a press conference along with Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel detailing what was known about the mass shooting event and the condition of the eight other people who were injured. One of the more glaring tragedies reported was that the 25-year-old shooter had legally purchased his weapon one week ago.
Fox News is in a pickle, since most of the news on the planet these days flies in the face of the conservative narrative that Muslim transgender pedophile teachers are trying to organize drag book clubs where they read from Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and turn toddlers into Chinese communists who hate the Bible.
How would the galactic brain trust at Fox News handle pretending to cover the press conference while also hoping to continue misinforming their audience? By cutting away and then telling viewers that a mayor who was just praising the Louisville community for donating blood was pushing partisan politics. Seriously.
In the clip shown below, you can see how Mayor Greenberg’s presser was interrupted by the Fox News crew as they turned down the volume on his feed after he said, “There are so many people who want to do something. That have offered to help, who see this nightmare unfold and want to make it better somehow. We love and appreciate that so much. For those of you looking to take action right now—”
Fox News turned that sound down quickly and the anchor added her own commentary over that, saying:
“So, we’ve been listening to the news conference held by officials after the mass shooting yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky. That is the mayor, Craig Greenberg, who was, ah, expressing some political thoughts there. I’m not sure if all of that was necessary …”
“Political thoughts there.” What exactly were those political thoughts? That people have offered to help? Was it the next part, which Fox News cut away from, where Greenberg literally told the public how “one great way to” help first responders or the victims of gun violence was to “donate blood”? He proceeded to explain that blood is needed to treat people with gunshot wounds and how blood donations are an important and life-saving aspect of our health care system.
Far too “political” for the crew over at Fox News, it seems.
On today’s episode, Markos and Kerry are joined by a friend of the podcast, Democratic political strategist Simon Rosenberg. Rosenberg was one of the few outsiders who, like Daily Kos, kept telling the world that nothing supported the idea of a red wave. Simon and the crew break down his strategy for Democratic candidates to achieve a 55% popular vote in all elections—a number that a few years ago would have seemed unattainable, but now feels within reach.