CNN media reporter Brian Stelter exposed how out-of-touch white liberals are with the rest of America while sparring Thursday night with Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton.
The conversation was initially about Americans being exhausted by the federal government’s continued taxpayer-funded support for the war in Ukraine while major issues at home going unaddressed. FEMA is running out of money for the victims of Hurricane Helene, America’s infrastructure is crumbling and our school systems are failing. Still, Stelter found a way to make it about himself and discount the reality millions Americans face.
“There are a lot of Americans who don’t live in great cities, who do have to send their kids to terrible schools. That is a fact because of their zip codes.” – @MrShermichael https://t.co/HDnvwxa2we
— Harold Hutchison (@HaroldHutchison) October 18, 2024
“My point is that a lot of people look at how much money we’ve spent on this conflict, and they’re asking themselves, ‘My roads are crumbling; my schools suck. We just had major disasters across the country; FEMA doesn’t have enough money —’” Singleton said.
“By the way, I don’t live in that country. I don’t live in that country, by the way. America is not that horrible,” Stelter responded, to which Singleton quipped, “Brian, if you get out of New York and talk to regular people …” (Harris Campaign’s Last-Ditch Effort To Salvage Damning Political Misstep Will Backfire Even Worse)
Singleton couldn’t finish his thought without Stelter interrupting and claiming to be a resident of a “normal city,” not New York. “My roads are not crumbling; my schools don’t suck. I just get tired of the anti-America rhetoric,” Stelter said.
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Check out @MrShermichael going at it with Brian Stelter on CNN. pic.twitter.com/tkfDKJ0opo
— Harold Hutchison (@HaroldHutchison) October 18, 2024
Despite Stelter’s insistence, tax documents show he doesn’t live in a so-called “normal city.” He lives in Readington Township, New Jersey, where less than 3% of the population lives in poverty, and the median household income is $141,802, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The typical family in Readington Township makes $67,222 more a year than the average American. Readington Township has very little diversity, being a predominately white town (85.6%), with less than 10% being Hispanic and roughly 5% Black or Asian.
Former CNN reporter Brian Stelter is seeking a seat on the Readington Township, New Jersey school board, @wildstein is reporting.
The former host of Reliable Sources is one of six candidates interviewing to fill a vacant seat caused by the resignation of Christina Napoli.— Shlomo Schorr (@OneJerseySchorr) February 20, 2024
His school district received the state’s second-highest District Factor Group (DFG) score. New Jersey uses the DFG scoring system to rate the socioeconomic status (median income, level of education, percent of homeless or poor population, etc.) of citizens in school districts. Only 25 school districts in the state have a higher score than Readington Township, and over 420 that rank lower.
Just 1.4% of Reading Township School District students are English Language Learners, and only 5% qualify for reduced or free lunch assistance. (ROOKE: Feds Quietly Correct Major Election Bomb Harris Doesn’t Want Blowing Up In Her Face)
With these stats, it’s no wonder Stelter doesn’t experience failing schools and crumbling roads. He lives in a mostly white, upscale area where people make a lot of money, pay their taxes and things generally work as they should. Reading Township can focus on teaching math, science and reading without a language barrier because their classrooms aren’t full of children brought in by the Biden-Harris administration who don’t speak English or understand American culture.
“My roads are not crumbling, my schools don’t suck”
Where does Stelter send his kids to school? I’d bet it’s private and expensive https://t.co/jntytcwMAv
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) October 18, 2024
Stelter isn’t alone in his way of thinking. He is merely a representation of his kind– smug, overfed, white liberals who have no concept that the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic policies are absolutely crushing the rest of America.
Does he not understand that millions of parents can’t afford to live in a nice, safe neighborhood? Or that their only option for their children’s education is to send them to the local public school, which is filled with chaos, violence and little actual learning? He might as well have told his fellow CNN panelists that Americans should just try not to be poor.
My advice to Stelter is to put down the hoagie and open your eyes. People are hurting.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
