A heated segment on CNN devolved into a shouting match after a left-wing commentator hurled personal insults at Canadian businessman Kevin OLeary during a panel debate over recent redistricting decisions.
The clash unfolded on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip as the panel dissected a series of legal setbacks for Democrats in the ongoing redistricting battles, according to Gateway Pundit. In the past week alone, the Virginia State Supreme Court overturned the result of a referendum that would have handed Democrats four additional congressional seats at Republicans expense, and the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to discard its heavily gerrymandered, Democrat-favored map.
CNN contributor Bakari Sellers quickly steered the discussion away from constitutional questions and toward race, launching into a condescending lecture on the civil rights era aimed at OLeary, known to television audiences as Mr. Wonderful. Sellers declared, You were born in 1954Youre 71. During your lifetime, weve actually had Brown V. Board of Education, to which OLeary calmly replied, I remember.
Sellers then tried to belittle OLearys recollection, snapping, I dont know how you remember, you were like two months old, before invoking his own family history. My mother was born in 1951, my father was shot in the civil rights movement he said, attempting to frame the debate as a moral hierarchy based on personal grievance rather than legal principle.
When OLeary interjected, And? Sellers exploded, accusing him, Im going to finish because youre being utterly disrespectfulDont be a d*ck! The outburst reflected a familiar pattern on liberal cable networks, where left-wing commentators often resort to ad hominem attacks when challenged on constitutional or electoral issues.
OLeary refused to be intimidated, responding, Im not a d*ck! Im pointing something out to you. The Constitution is being upheld. He then pressed the core issue that Democrats and their media allies often dodge: Whats the problem with that? Do you have a problem with the Constitution of the United States of America?
With the exchange spiraling, host Abby Phillip finally intervened in an effort to salvage decorum on her own set. Im going to stop you, because I want everyone to reset with a modicum of respect at this table. Please stop, Phillip pleaded, underscoring how quickly a discussion about lawful redistricting can expose the lefts discomfort with outcomes that do not favor Democrats, even when those outcomes simply reaffirm the constitutional order.
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