CNN host Anderson Cooper told former California Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, a Trump supporter, he’s full of shit for moronically claiming Trump speaks like a fascist because he’s from New York.
CNN is hosting a few Trump supporters who are trying to become the next Jeffrey Lord, a man who spewed racism and unhinged defenses of Donald Trump in 2016.
MALDONADO: And you know who he was, you know who he is. That’s who he is. Trump is not gonna change ever.
BERNSTEIN: Is he a fascist?
MALDONADO: I mean, no, he’s not a fascist, Carl. He’s not.
BERNSTEIN: Does he say fascistic things?
MALDONADO: I mean, look.
BERNSTEIN: Does he say fascistic things?
MALDONADO: He’s a New Yorker, he’s a fighter, he’s a leader.
BERNSTEIN: New Yorkers who fight don’t usually invoke fascism. Does he say fascistic things day after day?
MALDONADO: I don’t see, Carl, I don’t see that.
COOPER: But also, Abel, by the way, you’re from California. The Central Park, the kids in the Central Park Five, they were actually New Yorkers.
So the idea that Donald Trump’s a New Yorker and this is what New Yorkers say is just bullshit.
MALDONADO: I’m from California, and I mean, we look at New York as, you know, they’re fighters, they’re strong, they tell it like it is, they’ll say it out loud, they’re very-
COOPER: But that’s a comic book. I mean, again, we’re just like, there’s eight million people in the city, and so the idea, anyway.
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