CNN's Abby Phillip Goes Off Message, Calls Trump's Comments About Jimmy Carter 'Incredibly Gracious'

Posted • January 9, 2025: CNN's Abby Phillip was in charge of covering President Jimmy Carter's funeral, and she seems to have had a come to Jesus moment. Maybe, just maybe, Donald Trump isn't a monster and could be gracious in his statements about Carter's passing. That ruffled the feathers of serial fabulist Aaron Rupar, who accused Phillip of "sanewashing" Trump, who he noted "routinely smeared him as [the] second worst president in history." It was pretty gracious of Trump to rank Carter above Joe Biden. Rupar doesn't seem to understand that when someone passes away, it's routine to say nice things about them. —— Aaron Rupar @atrupar: “CNN's Abby Phillip working overtime to sanewash Trump today. Trump's statements about Jimmy Carter have not been "incredibly gracious." Trump routinely smeared him during his stump speeches as second worst president in history, behind Biden -- even as Carter was in hospice care.” -- Well, it was the truth.

That clip is the best reporting we've heard from CNN in a long time. Anyone around during the Carter years agrees. Hospice doesn't fix your poor legacy. Being in hospice care didn't change anything about Carter's presidency. Trump certainly isn't alone in his belief that Carter sucked as a president. And Carter said Trump was an illegitimate president based on complete bullshit. -- We're still shocked that Phillip said something positive about Trump. A lot of people in Rupar's replies are complaining that CNN is pandering to gain right-wing viewers and they had to switch to MSNBC at that point. (…)

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