That had probably never occurred to phony comedian / talk show emcee Stephen Colbert before this:
In a jaw-dropping moment on live television, Stephen Colbert took a direct shot at Karoline Leavitt—only to be stunned by what happened next. With millions watching, Leavitt’s powerful comeback turned the entire narrative on its head. What started as a late-night joke quickly spiraled into one of the most talked-about political moments of the year. Read how Karoline Leavitt flipped the script on Colbert and delivered a response no one saw coming.
Fair-use rules forbid me to quote much more of it, so go thou and read it for thyself, for it is massively nifty. It tells an important tale: how vital it is not to try to conciliate an open enemy, even one who commands a large following. Colbert did his damnedest to put Leavitt in a bad light – to make her look as if she were either a moron or a “traitor” to her sex and her generation. Without ever losing her composure, Leavitt eviscerated him – and Colbert knew it.
President Trump chose his press secretary very, very well. Leavitt’s public-relations instincts and her firm grasp on her convictions makes that plain. At this point, a lot of her contemporaries must be wondering how their hero Stephen Colbert could have misfired so badly. She riposted every one of his underhanded thrusts. By the end of their exchange, he was surely fuming.
Let this be a lesson to other Trump appointees who receive invitations from ideological adversaries. This is the Left. Its public figures aren’t interested in fairness, or a dispassionate examination of the evidence. They hate us for differing with them and want to bring us down. Don’t give them an inch.
I wonder if Leavitt gives lessons in combat rhetoric and public poise?
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