U.S. Senator Tom Cotton Shows Us How It’s Done

Written by Peter Heck

To say it was a bad look would be an insult to bad looks.

Over the weekend, Jonathan Karl, host of ABC’s Sunday morning talk show “This Week” humiliated himself in a conversation with U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR).

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One of the worst sycophantic performances I’ve seen coming from a mainstream network anchor.

I am a fan of Tom Cotton. Consistently, I find him to be measured, mild mannered, affable, and, on the rare occasions where I disagree with him, reasonable and logical in his approach to issues.

The same cannot be said for Mr. Karl.

It is possible that he is, like his predecessor George Stephanopoulos, a former Democrat operative who honestly struggles to break free from his ideological chains and approach interviews and political analysis objectively. It’s also possible that he’s just not very good at a job like this.

I respectfully disagree with Brent Baker and the good folks at the Media Research Center if they believe that Karl was “unaware of Harris’ stance against private health insurance.” It was this type of radical incoherence that led Harris to drop out of the presidential primary before a single contest:

She sure did

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No, what is evident in this clip isn’t Karl’s ignorance, it’s his partiality and prejudice.

Kudos to Cotton for not falling for the false premise. So often in these kinds of environments facilitated by the Democrat Media Complex, the well-oiled machine sets forth false premises that the Republican guest fails to notice, or is too afraid to confront. It’s what Karl tried here with the, “Well, that’s not her position now.” To his great credit, Cotton doesn’t accept that.

How does Karl know it’s not what she believes now? She hasn’t sat for any interviews, hasn’t taken any serious questions, hasn’t done much of anything besides read prepared remarks off a teleprompter and continue promoting her surreal narrative of “change” despite the fact that she’s the de facto incumbent.

Judging by his stammering and stuttering, the ABC anchor is undoubtedly taken aback at Cotton’s, “How do you know that’s not her position?” response. The best he could come up with was that the Democrat convention didn’t seem that left wing.

But as Karl frantically looked for some type of evidence to substantiate his propaganda, Cotton kept pressing him. In other words, Cotton started doing Karl’s job for him, pointing out that the last thing Harris has said on the topic is that she would most definitely ban private health insurance in the marketplace.

Do I agree that the “yes she is/no she isn’t” exchange between the two of them was juvenile? Of course. But it exposed the belligerence of Karl’s advocacy on behalf of Democrats. Try to imagine him speaking to Senator Schumer that way after the majority leader accused Donald Trump of insurrection.

“Well, that’s not what he is now, Chuck. Obviously, we saw his convention and he seemed like a real unifier.”

Our governments are corrupt.

Our public schools are fatally flawed.

Our universities are indoctrination camps.

But my vote still goes to the media when asked what American institution needs to be razed and rebuilt from the ground up.

This article was originally published by NotTheBee.com.

Peter Heck is a writer, speaker, and teacher from Indiana. He is married to Jenny, and is the father of three kids. Peter holds to the infallibility and inerrancy of Scripture in his teaching and writing, and has a passion for biblical literacy and for demonstrating the Bible’s applicability to all of life. 

Peter is the lead opinion writer for “Not the Bee.” His opinions have also been published in the Washington Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. A former radio host, Peter produces a daily podcast and has authored a number of books on Christians and the culture.