It was only a matter of time.
According to Fox News, at least one CNN analyst appeared to blame the now infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars smackdown on former President Donald Trump. Seriously. Analyst Asha Rangappa says that the crowd stuck around because of Trump —and not because it was Hollywood’s biggest night.
“So did like anyone walk out after that happened??? Or are we getting an independent psychological case study on how Trump got normalized?” Rangappa asked on Twitter.
So did like anyone walk out after that happened??? Or are we getting an independent psychological case study on how Trump got normalized?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 28, 2022
“CNN famously drifted away from its once-nonpartisan style to an anti-Trump, liberal network under former boss Jeff Zucker, who was forced to step down earlier this year. Incoming boss Chis Licht is expected to attempt to steer the network back toward the just-the-facts approach to news that founder Ted Turner intended,” Fox News reports.
“Rangappa, who is one of the network’s more outspoken liberals on social media, was mocked last year for comparing a Southwest pilot who objected to President Biden to an ISIS sympathizer. A pilot on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque signed off his announcement for passengers by saying, “Let’s Go Brandon,” according to an Associated Press journalist who was reportedly on the flight.”
CNN analyst blames Trump for aftermath of Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars incident https://t.co/PB5IiRVMoe
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 28, 2022