I’ve always been fond of the old adage, “Never fight a battle of wits with no ammunition.” Or, in the case of CNN host Erin Burnett, “Never debate First Amendment ‘rights’ of pro-Hamas demonstrators threatening Jewish students with a former First Amendment attorney.” AKA: House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Yet, that’s exactly what Burnett did during an interview with Johnson when he traveled to Columbia University on Wednesday to call for President Minouche Shafik’s resignation.
The blatantly biased host previewed the interview before Johnson came on thusly:
They were, and I’m going to show you here, this is my cell phone video, chanting “Free Palestine,” heckling, booing when Johnson called for the president of the school to resign. They were not friendly. They couldn’t actually hear the Speaker, which I can tell you is a good thing, because much of what he said would have incensed that…
