A CNN panel erupted into a heated confrontation Wednesday after a prominent Republican strategist invoked Osama bin Laden while attacking a Democratic Senate candidate — triggering an angry response from a fellow guest.The tense exchange on Dana Bash’s “Inside Politics” prompted the CNN host to acknowledge her interview segment “took a turn.”The fireworks began when Republican strategist Jason Theilman, a former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, criticized Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.“They ought to take him and put him in a bunker somewhere, because every time he opens his mouth, he continues to perpetuate a problem,” Theilman said, before invoking Republican Sen. John Kennedy’s criticism of El-Sayed.“Senator Kennedy said it best: ‘When he goes to bed at night, it looks like he’s sleeping in bin Laden's jersey.’” Democratic strategist Guy Cecil, seated beside Theilman, turned toward him in apparent disbelief.“Talking about a guy being in Osama...
Original Article: Raw Story
3 days ago
'You'll want to apologize': Democrat unloads on GOP strategist in heated CNN clash
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