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The ‘Keely Mullen generation’ needs your help

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Published November 17, 2015 5:01am ET
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The ‘Keely Mullen generation’ needs your help
It's sad that Keely Mullen is wrong in demanding more from everyone but herself. A greater sadness, however, is that Mullen is represents an entire generation lost, at least for the moment, to the political party that should be her home. (AP Photo) | Jeff Roberson

This week we saw the lunacy of #MillionStudentMarch organizer Keely Mullen’s wild demands meet the unflappable logic of Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto. It made for television magic and has been viewed over a million times online.

My Facebook and Twitter feeds have filled with clips of Neil’s interview. As he took apart her arguments for free tuition, a higher minimum wage and a tax on the “1 percent,” the Fox Business Network’s perfectly fair questions and her naive responses unleashed a wave of triumphant conservative gloating across the social sphere.

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