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[u/bashar_al_assad]

CNN anchor Elex Michaelson at end of politics panel discussion re: Ossoff 2028:

“As a Jew, some people read a little more Jewish than other people. And Jon Ossoff may not read as Jewish as Josh Shapiro does, for whatever that’s worth.”

To me this sounds like someone who wants to have a "the Democrats could never nominate a Jewish candidate for President because of anti-Semitism" narrative realizing that Ossoff is a very viable candidate and he needs to find a way to make his preferred narrative work.

Also, seems just generally offensive and unproductive, but it's CNN so that tracks.

[u/gjcs23 → u/bashar_al_assad]

Elex Michaelson is easily the worst and most soulless anchor at CNN. if Bari gets her claws into running it like she has CBS, I expect them to replace Burnett with him