Rashida Tlaib does not trust her liberal allies enough to allow them to speak for themselves.
At least, that is one takeaway from Gayle King’s interview this week with the Michigan congresswoman alongside Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley. Tlaib interrupted, spoke over, and spoke for her three colleagues for the entirety of the 30-plus-minute interview.
It got so bad, in fact, that King was required at certain points to repeat her questions because the intended recipients were not given a chance to respond. King even admonished Tlaib toward the end of the interview, saying, “I can see you’re very chatty.”
The first interruption occurred when King asked Pressley, “What message does it send … that very few Republicans have spoken out to condemn the president’s words.”
Tlaib interjected before the Massachusetts representative could get a word out, blurting out, “The normalization of it! The fact that it’s against our core American values. … Choosing [President Trump] over Americans — ”
King interrupted the interrupter to redirect the question, saying pointedly, “Ayanna, what message does it send?”
The second interruption came as King pressed Omar to explain what the Democratic women mean when they say President Trump’s tweets are a “distraction.”
As the Minnesota representative wound her way through her answer, Tlaib jumped in unprompted, saying, “I’ll tell you what we bring.” Omar was actually still talking at this point, when Tlaib went on, “We’re an extension of a movement in our country that wants ‘Medicare for all’ …”
“Right — ” Omar added.
“That wants us to end mass incarceration,” Tlaib added, continuing on in that vein for a few more sentences.
Amazingly enough, just moments later, King and Tlaib argued over Ocasio-Cortez as if the New York congresswoman were not also in the same room.
The CBS host asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she had reached out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to settle the differences between the establishment and ultra-liberal factions of the Democratic Party.
“Our teams are in communication,” answered the New York representative.
King pressed, “But shouldn’t it be a face-to-face with you and the speaker, as opposed to your people and her people. Shouldn’t it be a face-to-face?”
Tlaib interjected to say, “But we are new members of Congress,” adding in reference to Ocasio-Cortez, “I’m very protective.”
“[S]he does not need protecting,” King remarked in reference to Ocasio-Cortez, adding, “this woman knows how to handle herself. … [W]ith all due respect, she doesn’t need protection”
“She’s the new member, not the speaker,” Tlaib continued as she and King talked about the New York congresswoman as if she were a small child.
Tlaib added, saying, “[Pelosi] has every right to sit down with [Ocasio-Cortez] in any moment, any time, with any of us. She is speaker of the House. She can ask for a meeting to sit down with us for clarification.”
Just a quick reminder: Ocasio-Cortez was there for that entire exchange, watching silently as King and Tlaib spoke back-and-forth about whether she is capable of protecting herself. It is always so awkward when mom and dad fight at the dinner table.
“Alexandria, are you interested in having a conversation face-to-face with speaker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?” King asked the New York congresswoman, cutting off Tlaib mid-sentence.
“Absolutely,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
In jumped Tlaib once again to say, “Why wouldn’t she sit down with her?”
Immediately after that exchange, the CBS newswoman asked Pressley if she was offended when Pelosi remarked a few weeks ago that the progressive freshmen women have only four votes between them.
In jumped Tlaib again, saying, “I’ll tell you what I’m more offended about.” This was apparently King’s breaking point because she interrupted the Michigan congresswoman to say, “I’m going to get to you in a second. I can see you’re very chatty.”
I think we now know who is the alpha of the liberal woke-ist bloc.
