CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 27, 2021
BY NOW YOU HAVE HEARD THIS STORY. ACTRESS BETTE MIDLER IS PART OF A LEFT-WING ATTACK
ON WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOE MANCHIN BECAUSE MANCHIN REFUSED TO VOTE FOR THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S MASSIVE SOCIAL SPENING PLAN. MIDLER CLAIMED MANCHIN WANTS THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY TO BE LIKE WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH SHE CHARACTERIZED AS “POOR, ILLITERATE AND
STRUNG-OUT.”
OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, HAVE MADE
SIMILAR REMARKS ATTACKING THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ITS PEOPLE. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THE
LEFT HAS ATTACKED PEOPLE FOR THEIR EDUCATION, FAITH, POLITICS, EVEN THEIR LOOKS.
A WASHINGTON POST REPORTER ONCE SAID EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS WERE “POOR,
UNEDUCATED AND EASY TO COMMAND.” WHEN AN UPROAR ENSUED, THE WRITER TRIED TO MAKE A
CORRECTION, SAYING WHAT HE MEANT WAS THAT MOST EVANGELICALS WERE THAT WAY, BRINGING MORE
CRITICISM.
IT’S ALL PART OF THE CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE THE LEFT HAS FOR SERIOUS CHRISTIANS,
CONSERVATIVES AND THE SOUTH. THEY WOULD NEVER STEREOTYPE THE PROTECTED CLASSES THEY
CARE ABOUT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
