And from The Huffington Post:
"Fox News host Jeanine Pirro made the stunning declaration on Thursday that she wasn’t concerned about her retirement savings after President Donald Trump stoked market chaos with new tariffs.
It was all part of a long-winded endorsement of Trump’s trade-war baiting.
“This is what Donald Trump ran on and he’s delivering,” she said on “The Five.” “And you know what? I don’t really care about my 401(k) today. You know why? Not that I can afford it, not that it isn’t important, not that I’m not at a point in my life when I should be worried about my 401(k) because I am, but this is what I believe.”
“I believe in this man,” she continued. “... It’s about time we recognized we’ve got to have manufacturing in this country, and we need to bring them [countries] to the table, and Donald Trump is the only one who can do it because he’s got the biggest consumer base in the world. He’s not afraid of anybody. ”
“In the end, it’s going to help the working class,” she added. “And who’s complaining? My last point, who’s complaining? Wall Street. Too bad. He’s helping the middle class. And finally, I think it’s going to be over this summer...
From The Huffington Post
And from The New Democrat on Saturday: This witch (to be kind) doesn't need her 401K. Most Americans aren't millionaires.
From The New Democrat
So I think these are the 2 key points from Jeanine Pirro:
“This is what Donald Trump ran on and he’s delivering,” she said on “The Five.” “And you know what? I don’t really care about my 401(k) today. You know why? Not that I can afford it, not that it isn’t important, not that I’m not at a point in my life when I should be worried about my 401(k) because I am, but this is what I believe.”
“I believe in this man,” she continued. “... It’s about time we recognized we’ve got to have manufacturing in this country, and we need to bring them [countries] to the table, and Donald Trump is the only one who can do it because he’s got the biggest consumer base in the world. He’s not afraid of anybody."
So if there's any more doubt for why Democrats and even some Republicans call MAGA a cult: "“I believe in this man,”
Is the key point here, on top of her statements that she doesn't care about her own 401K.
When you are a member of a cult, whatever title you have for your leader, you are 100% devoted to that person because you see that person as essentially the God who has all the answers, even if the reasoning for what they do doesn't make sense. Or in Donald Trump's case: it almost never makes sense, but only because reason with Donald Trump, would be like a hair cut for a bald man: they don't go together. Except when he's just looking out for himself.
I'm going to give you a little of Jeanine Pirro's professional background and let you make the call about whether she's qualified to be a national political or economics analyst for the most popular "news network" in America. Or, perhaps better qualified to being a New York area legal analyst instead, talking about New York City and State law, or perhaps just being an analyst when it comes to New York City reality TV... especially as it relates Donald J. Trump:
"Pirro was elected as a judge of the Westchester County (N.Y.) Court in 1990. In 1993, she was elected to the position of Westchester County district attorney. She is the first woman to be elected to either of those positions. As district attorney, Pirro gained visibility in cases of domestic abuse and crimes against the elderly. Pirro was re-elected district attorney in 1997 and 2001. Pirro briefly sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate to run against Hillary Clinton in 2006, but dropped out to accept the nomination for New York Attorney General; she lost the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
From 2008 to 2011, Pirro hosted a weekday television show entitled Judge Jeanine Pirro on The CW. From 2011 to 2022, she hosted Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News Channel. Pirro has authored six books, including Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy (2018). Following the 2020 presidential election, Pirro made false claims of voting machine fraud. In 2022, Pirro became a co-host of The Five. She has been a frequent contributor to NBC News, including regular appearances on The Today Show...
From Wikipedia
As The New Democrat covered 2 weeks ago when it was talking about Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
"I'm willing to cut Donald Trump's government officials some slack, in this sense: most of them weren't even politicians, or appointed officials before they got their current government jobs. Most of them are oligarchs or very hyper-partisan political activists and commentators from MAGA Land, with very little if any government experience before becoming secretary of this, that, or the other thing.
And because of the business and political backgrounds that these Trump officials have, that makes them very out-of-touch with even everyday MAGA voters who are paying President Trump's higher prices today, because of his tariffs and the retaliatory tariffs that these countries like in Europe are placing director on Donald Trump's own voters: people who live in small towns and rural communities, who can't afford to pay higher prices on their basic necessities of life.
I mean this would explain how a man who is worth 500 billion-dollars would make the statement: “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,”. Because higher prices on basic necessities doesn't affect him...
From The New Democrat
That's the main problem here. As much as Fox News or any other Trump news organization wants to advertise itself as the voice of the "real Americans", the "common man", etc... that's not who they are. When you are talking about Trump defenders, you are talking about people who are very well-educated, even intelligent, who make a helluva lot of money, who if anything look down at common people in America as easy marks who can be duped and see these folks as losers... at least privately.
And every now and then when the political news for Donald Trump is bad, (like now as it relates to the economy) they run out of propaganda. All their cattle has died and there's just no more bullshit (to be frank) left for them on their farms. And they get caught being honest on live, national TV. Which is what happened to Jeanine Pirro last week.
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