{"id":40382,"date":"2016-06-16T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40382"},"modified":"2016-06-16T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:50:23","slug":"video-cnns-cooper-profoundly-disrespects-floridas-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40382","title":{"rendered":"<b>VIDEO<\/b>: CNN&#8217;s Cooper Profoundly Disrespects Florida&#8217;s Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40382\">SOTN<\/a> Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forget reading the transparent hit piece below form <em>The Daily Beast<\/em>, this article is only being posted for the CNN video which shows Gay Mafia hit-man Anderson Cooper trashing-talking Florida AG Pam Bondi. \u00a0Now the &#8216;news anchors&#8217; are dressed in black shirts and all buff and pumped up as if this is professional for the evening news.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is his rude and provocative behavior on national TV that really makes Cooper unfit to appear anywhere in American journalism. \u00a0The <em>Gay Mafia<\/em> has quite strategically prepositioned many of their hit-men and hit-women (Rachel Maddow) throughout corporate MSM. \u00a0They are literally everywhere, ready to toe the line of the day&#8212;like guns shooting gays must stop. \u00a0And the only way to stop it is to take away all the guns.<\/p>\n<p>Now watch the LGBT mobilize to do just that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40382\">State of the Nation<\/a><br \/>\nJune 16, 2016<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/48865563.cached.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40384\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/48865563.cached.jpg\" alt=\"48865563.cached\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/48865563.cached.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/48865563.cached-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/48865563.cached-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.1\">Anderson Cooper Confronts Florida AG Pam Bondi: Are You Really a \u2018Champion of the Gay Community\u2019?<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"Dek\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.2\">The CNN anchor took Florida\u2019s attorney general to task on Tuesday for her \u2018hypocrisy\u2019 on LGBT rights.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"BodyNodes\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3\">\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$0\">\n<p>Matt Wilstein<br \/>\nThe Daily Beast<\/p>\n<p>Just moments after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi praised Anderson Cooper for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/content\/dailybeast\/articles\/2016\/06\/13\/cnn-s-anderson-cooper-fights-back-tears-reading-orlando-victim-names.html\">highlighting the names of the victims<\/a> in the Pulse nightclub shooting on his show Monday night, the CNN anchor turned things around and accused her of \u201chypocrisy\u201d when it comes to the LGBT Floridians who were targeted by the gunman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$1\">\n<p>\u201cI saw you the other day saying that anyone who attacks the LGBT community\u2014our LGBT community, you said\u2014will be gone after to the full extent of the law,\u201d Cooper said during his interview with Bondi live from Orlando this afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineVideo\" data-resourcetype=\"dailybeast2\/components\/video\/youtube\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$2\">\n<div 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data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$3\">\n<p>\u201cI talked to a lot of gay and lesbian people here yesterday who are not fans of yours and said that they thought you were being a hypocrite, that you for years have fought\u2014you\u2019ve basically gone after gay people, said that in court that gay people simply by fighting for marriage equality were trying to do harm to the people of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$5\">\n<p>\u201cDo you really think you\u2019re a champion of the gay community?\u201d Cooper asked her point blank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$6\">\n<p>Rather than answer Cooper\u2019s question directly, Bondi pivoted to say that her opposition to same-sex marriage had only to do with the oath she took to uphold the laws in her state. \u201cI\u2019ve never said I don\u2019t like gay people,\u201d she insisted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$7\">\n<p>It was back in May 2014 when Bondi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/politics\/stateroundup\/florida-response-to-lawsuit-gay-marriage-will-cause-harm\/2182184\" target=\"_blank\">filed a brief in which her office argued<\/a> that \u201cdisrupting Florida\u2019s existing marriage laws would impose significant public harm.\u201d Cooper asked her on Tuesday if she worried that such language could \u201csend a message\u201d to people like the Orlando shooter, who may already have \u201cbad ideas in mind\u201d about gay people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$8\">\n<p>Bondi denied that she ever believed gay marriage would cause \u201charm\u201d to the citizens of her state. \u201cThose words never came out of my mouth,\u201d she told Cooper. But as the anchor shot back, \u201cThat\u2019s what you argued in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$9\">\n<p>\u201cThe hotline that you\u2019ve been talking about on television, which allows family members and spouses of the dead to get information, which is incredibly important, and I appreciate you talking about on the air,\u201d Cooper added, \u201chad there been no gay marriage, no same-sex marriage, you do realize that spouses\u2014there would be no spouses, that boyfriends and girlfriends of the dead would not be able to get information and would not be able to visit in the hospital here. Isn\u2019t there a sick irony in that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$10\">\n<p>While Bondi now insisted that she is now going ever further than that, trying to assist unmarried partners of victims in their efforts to gain information, Cooper reminded her that for years she fought against the \u201cvery idea\u201d that any same-sex spouses should receive those rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$12\">\n<p>\u201cIs it hypocritical to portray yourself as a champion of the gay community when\u2014I\u2019m just reflecting what gay people told me\u2014they don\u2019t see you as this?\u201d Cooper asked. When Bondi continued to push back on this assertion, he added, \u201cIt\u2019s just that, I will say I have never really seen you talk about gays and lesbians and transgender people in a positive way until now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper text\" data-reactid=\".0.2.1.0.$0.4.3.$13\">\n<p>Earlier this month, NBC News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Floridas-Bill-for-Opposing-Gay-Marriage-Nearly-500-000-381707751.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Bondi\u2019s failed fight against marriage equality would cost Florida taxpayers nearly $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/14\/anderson-cooper-confronts-florida-ag-pam-bondi-are-you-really-a-champion-of-the-gay-community.html\">http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/14\/anderson-cooper-confronts-florida-ag-pam-bondi-are-you-really-a-champion-of-the-gay-community.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOTN Editor&#8217;s Note: Forget reading the transparent hit piece below form The Daily Beast, this article is only being posted for the CNN video which shows Gay Mafia hit-man Anderson Cooper trashing-talking Florida AG Pam Bondi. \u00a0Now the &#8216;news anchors&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=40382\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}