By Madeline Osburn
Watch cable news pundits lose their cool after William Barr confirms there was no Russian collusion.
Cable news pundits were not satisfied with the answers given by Attorney General William Barr at his press conference on the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian collusion Thursday morning. As Barr once again confirmed that there was no collusion by the Trump campaign, members of the mainstream media desperately clung to their long-held conspiracy theories.
Here are some of the most hilarious meltdowns that happened on social media and live television.
Over on MSNBC, Neal Katyal said Barr, “sounded like a spokesperson [for Trump], not an attorney general.”
The Cut was disturbed by Rod Rosenstein’s lack of body movement.
The haunting image of Rod Rosenstein’s overall stillness was a sight to behold https://t.co/1iCBWxEWv8 #MuellerReport
— The Cut (@TheCut) April 18, 2019
Ken Dilanian agreed.
Rod Rosenstein does not look like a man at peace.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) April 18, 2019
CNN even brought out their super panel!
CNN has 8 people talking about this & they all vehemently agree with one another on every last thing. This has been a major part of the problem from the start. All humans are more likely to err or worse if they are insulated from challenge or dissent. It’s inherently corrupting: pic.twitter.com/6U5aZqzgPn
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 18, 2019
One after another, MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace shared a treasure trove of excuses, including that Mueller did not get to investigate “Trump’s state of mind,” and that Barr is acting as Trump’s “defense attorney.”
full story at https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/18/mainstream-media-not-handling-zero-collusion-conclusion-well/