{"id":50809,"date":"2021-09-27T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T00:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50809"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T00:17:16","slug":"former-fox-news-editor-tells-cnn-he-has-only-disdain-for-spreaders-of-trumps-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50809","title":{"rendered":"Former Fox News Editor Tells CNN He Has ‘Only Disdain’ for Spreaders of Trump’s ‘Big Lie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Stirewalt was the Digital Politics Editor for Fox News and a ten year veteran on the network. That all ended following his leading role on the 2020 presidential election forecast team that called the state of Arizona for Joe Biden. Stirewalt was unceremoniously dismissed<\/a><\/strong> shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

It may have just been a matter of time before Stirewalt was cut loose anyway, considering some of his commentaries that were less than worshipful of Donald Trump. For instance there was the time he colorfully predicted the scene prior to one of Trump’s diplomatic trips<\/a><\/strong> saying that “He is going to fly into Brussels like a seagull. He is going to defecate all over everything, squawk and fly away.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On Sunday Stirewalt was interviewed<\/a><\/strong> by CNN’s Jim Acosta. The subject was Trump’s still lingering obsession with having lost the the election<\/a><\/strong> last November. Acosta asked Stirewalt if he felt vindicated now that even the rabidly partisan Cyber Nimrods … er Cyber Cyber Ninjas concluded that Biden was the legitimate winner. Stirewalt replied that…<\/p>\n

“I take no satisfaction or pleasure from seeing this outcome that roughly corresponds with the real results. They\u2019re doing their damage anyway.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stirewalt went on to say that…<\/p>\n

“I have sincere sympathy for people who were duped. There are people who really believe this stuff. I don’t know what Donald Trump actually believes. I think he knows he lost. Whatever. […]. But I have only disdain for the people who continue to promulgate this.” […]<\/p>\n

“As the results in Arizona made clear, it doesn’t matter what you find. He will claim fraud anyway. He will still say that there was fraud even if the finding says there wasn’t. The point is to undermine voter confidence in the process.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These are remarks that Strirewalt could never have gotten away with on Fox News, where unflinching fealty Trump and his “Big Lie”<\/em> that the election was “rigged”<\/em> and “stolen”<\/em> from him are still mandatory opinions imposed by the network brass. So it may be fortuitous that Stirewalt was canned.<\/p>\n

As for Acosta, he has been particularly cutting lately. He recently labeled Tucker Carlson a \u201chuman manure spreader<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> And there’s much more where that came from<\/a><\/strong>. In the same program with the Stirewalt segment, Acosta righteously ripped Trump as a big crybaby “Who can’t get over losing.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Acosta: I almost don\u2019t want to call it the big lie anymore. I want to call it the big cry because he just goes to these rallies and cries\u2026 Why would you go to a rally and stand out there for hours and hours just to listen to this man who can\u2019t get over losing cry and cry pic.twitter.com\/g5J7psQdad<\/a><\/p>\n

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n