On Friday afternoon, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper reacted stoically as far-left CNN contributor Nina Turner went into a rant trashing the U.S., asserting that "this country is racist," and that it "definitely needs to be redeemed."
Her over-the-top outburst came in reaction to a clip of President Donald Trump giving a negative grade to the Democratic National Convention.
Cooper -- who was fill-in host for CNN Newsroom -- introduced the clip of President Trump speaking on Friday in Arlington:
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But over the last week, the Democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in American history. They spent four straight days attacking America as racist and a horrible country that must be redeemed.
Cooper cued up his liberal guest to go on a tear against Trump as the CNN host disapprovingly reacted to the President's words: "I mean, I guess, what else would he say? But I wonder what you make of that?"
Turner's response essentially gave credence to the President's assessment of the Democratic party as she began by railing against America:
NINA TURNER, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Are you reading my mind, Anderson? I mean, the country does need to be redeemed. I don't know which convention he was looking at, though, but this country definitely needs to be redeemed. This country is racist -- it's rooted in racism. When we talk about the story about immigration, it's not a pretty picture. It is a country that was founded on the backs and the blood and the sweat and the tears of enslaved Africans...It is a nation that stole the land from indigenous people.
After proving the President's case with the first part of her rant, she then accused the President of being "delusional" and of engaging in "revisionist history' as she added:
I mean, come on, we're trying to get there to those high ideals, but we're not quite there yet, so I'm not surprised that President Trump would paint the Democratic convention in that way. That is what he does. He is delusional if he thinks that it is okay to write revisionist history. It's not okay for him to do it as a Republican, and it's not okay for Democrats to do it either, Anderson.
Turner -- a former Ohio state senator who was also a Bernie Sanders supporter -- then moved on to talking up universal health care and complaining about American billionaires.
Instead of challenging any of her claims, Cooper nonchalantly followed up: "I wonder what you thought of Senator Sanders's remarks embracing Joe Biden, clearly asking his supporters to get Joe Biden elected."
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Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Friday, August 21, CNN Newsroom:
2:39 p.m.Eastern
ANDERSON COOPER: I want to just play something that President Trump -- how he described the (Democratic) convention at an event in Arlington today.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But over the last week, the Democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in American history. They spent four straight days attacking America as racist and a horrible country that must be redeemed.
COOPER: I mean, I guess, what else would he say? But I wonder what you make of that?
NINA TURNER, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Are you reading my mind, Anderson? I mean, the country does need to be redeemed. I don't know which convention he was looking at, though, but this country definitely needs to be redeemed. This country is racist -- it's rooted in racism. When we talk about the story about immigration, it's not a pretty picture. It is a country that was founded on the backs and the blood and the sweat and the tears of enslaved Africans, and then the first generation born on this soil of African Americans for generations.
It is a nation that stole the land from indigenous people. I mean, come on, we're trying to get there to those high ideals, but we're not quite there yet, so I'm not surprised that President Trump would paint the Democratic convention in that way. That is what he does. He is delusional if he thinks that it is okay to write revisionist history. It's not okay for him to do it as a Republican, and it's not okay for Democrats to do it either, Anderson.
Ninety-two million people in this country do not have -- they're either uninsured or underinsured -- we really do -- people are crying out, and, as you know, the pandemic wiping people out left and right, whether literally or through their livelihoods. We have an opportunity, if it is taken, to show that the Democratic party will be the one not to answer to the corporate interests. There are 12 billionaires, Anderson, in this country who are at a trillion dollars. They control a trillion dollars worth of wealth.
Meanwhile, back on main street, people are catching all kinds of hell, so we're going to stand up for the poor, the working poor, the barely middle class in this country. And it's better than having BLM blocks behind you or quoting -- or mentioning Ella Baker's name. It is living up to those high ideals and the principles by which those freedom fighters fought for. This is the time to do that. People need it.
COOPER: I wonder what you thought of Senator Sanders's remarks embracing Joe Biden, clearly asking his supporters to get Joe Biden elected.
