Politician Tries To Mansplain Female CNN Pundit, Gets Completely Shut Down
By Collin GosselUpdated
Conservative politician Corey Stewart appeared on At This Hour with Kate Bolduan on Thursday to defend white supremacists and monuments to confederate generals. As Kate tried to get a question in, Stewart repeatedly interrupted her, insisted on putting words in her mouth, explained her opinions, and was completely patronizing.
In short, it was a classic mansplain situation and Bolduan was having none of it.
Here's Kate Bolduan shutting down Corey Stewart: "Stop talking. Stop talking. Stop talking for a second. You are the guest on my show." pic.twitter.com/g1GT8bYsSz
— David Mack (@davidmackau) August 17, 2017
Twitter loves her for putting Stewart in his place.
I wanna be her best friend pic.twitter.com/X4a7S3qSGE
— Aman 🤷🏾♂️ (@AmanAdwin) August 17, 2017
It was pretty satisfying to watch.
The look on his face when he got told. lmao
— Larry Stanfield (@Vince_Omega) August 17, 2017
@KateBolduan You are a hero to so many right now 👏👏 Well done girl! You tell him 👏👏
— PinkyLaPonks (@PinkyLaPonks) August 17, 2017
When she finally got Stewart to be quiet for a moment, Boldoun also made a great point...
"It stopped being about statues when people showed up with swastikas."
— David Blaustein (@blaustein) August 17, 2017
Perhaps some perspective is needed...
.@CoreyStewartVA incredible that an elected official is getting so upset about granite and not about the Nazis marching down his streets.
— (((veniceren))) (@bristolren) August 17, 2017
Corey Stewart, a Wisconsin native, is a controversial extremist rightwing politician in Virginia where he has leaned hard on his southern roots (reminder: he was born in Wisconsin) during a recent race for governor. He centered much of his campaign around defense of confederate monuments and condemnation of "transgender bathrooms." He was very nearly nominated by state Republicans as their gubernatorial candidate, which is a scary thought, but sadly a harsh reality of the political world we're living in today.
Well no wonder he is a Trump shill, look who he associates with pic.twitter.com/dltRXO5WaV
— ITMFA (@robertru44) August 17, 2017
Anyone who says the protest was about statues clearly hasn't seen the event's posters. I mean, just take a look at them.
Excellent Work @KateBolduan That'sBeing A Real Journalist! #NotAboutStatues
— Patrick B (@Mrpkb56) August 17, 2017
It's about this: pic.twitter.com/S0QiZJBnAo
Well done, Ms. Boldoun! If discourse is going to happen, it's going to happen with respect.
This is magnificent on so many levels. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @KateBolduan
— Tracey Gaughran (@traceygaughran) August 18, 2017
Sadly, most people don't see it that way and oftentimes, the discourse is completely useless because both people going into the conversation are refusing to see it from anybody else's point of view. It doesn't look like she's going to change Corey's mind anytime soon and with the way Corey spoke down to her and utterly disregarded her on her own program, it doesn't look like Kate's going to change her mind either.