Yeah, I’m assuming Weiss, the opinion commentator cosplaying as a journalist with a $150 million costume David Ellison bought for her, didn’t try to clarify that earlier statement from Kirk.
But it makes sense. The whole point of Weiss’ “moderate” schtick is to normalize right-wing ideas and people. Her purpose is to pull the Overton window to the right from the middle, so kumbaya-everyone-see-fascists-are-just-like-us was certainly her editorial goal here.
Yeah, I’m assuming Weiss, the opinion commentator cosplaying as a journalist with a $150 million costume David Ellison bought for her, didn’t try to clarify that earlier statement from Kirk.
But it makes sense. The whole point of Weiss’ “moderate” schtick is to normalize right-wing ideas and people. Her purpose is to pull the Overton window to the right from the middle, so kumbaya-everyone-see-fascists-are-just-like-us was certainly her editorial goal here.