SKILLS: "Did you [ever] see a blood bath?" Judge Jeanine actually asked!

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024

Segregation by viewpoint: We lost large chunks of time yesterday afternoon and then again this morning. This will likely be our only post today. 

We did want to highlight one presentation from the war of the past few days concerning Trump's "blood bath" comment.

The battle over Donald J. Trump's "blood bath" remark has been a battle between a pair of poorly functioning tribes. Which tribe's performance has been less impressive? 

In our view, the answer isn't clear. Basic skill levels are virtually nonexistent all across the board.

That said, we thought a comment by Judge Jeanine Pirro deserved memorialization. The judge sounded off on yesterday's broadcast of The Five, as she does on a daily basis.

Videotape had just been played of a comment by Nancy Pelosi. 

"He's even predicting a blood bath," Pelosi was shown saying to Dana Bash on CNN's State of the Union. 

"What does that mean?" Pelosi said as she continued. "He's going to exact a blood bath?"

That is indeed what Pelosi had said; her presentation hadn't been doctored by Fox. Indeed, Pelosi had raised the topic on her own. As you can see in the CNN transcript, she hadn't been asked about it. 

Readers can judge Pelosi's remarks in whatever way they will. One day later, on The Five, the perpetually furious Pirro decided to answer Pelosi's question with a question of her own. 

In fairness, the judge was less ostentatiously furious than she typically is. That said, here's what she said about the alleged hoax-mongering of the rival blue tribe:

PIRRO (3/18/24): What stuns me is that they continue to do it. They know that what they're selling is not saleable, that the American people are not buying it. 

The whole idea of it. The whole idea of that last [video clip] of Pelosi saying, "Is he going to exact a blood bath?"

Nancy! He was president for four years. Did you see a blood bath?

Yes, that's what she actually said! To watch the presentation, click here. 

"Did you see a blood bath?" the judge rhetorically asked. More specifically, she was asking this:

Did Nancy Pelosi ever see a blood bath during Trump's four years in the White House?

Maybe it all depends on what the meaning of "blood bath" is! But anyone who watches MSNBC has seen videotape of something resembling a blood bath a thousand times by now.

We refer to the footage of the violent riot which occurred at the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. For the record, the riot took place at a time when Nancy Pelosi was physically present and was in physical danger. 

A lot of blood did spill that day, none of it from Judge Pirro! Incredibly, a gallows was constructed on the lawn outside the Capitol as rioters searched for Mike Pence.

One tribe has repeatedly seen the footage of that event. One tribe has seen that violent riot—but by and large, members of the other tribe haven't. 

As we've noted in recent weeks, the footage of that violent day is never aired on Fox. People who watch that red tribe channel haven't seen that particular blood bath. 

Whatever you think of her statement to Bash, Nancy Pelosi is well aware that this violent event occurred. Over on Fox, Judge Jeanine didn't seem to know how foolish her comment might seem. 

That said, her comment probably didn't ring any bells with the typical viewer of Fox. On Fox, the violent event never happened. The violent (and bloody) attack on the Capitol has been disappeared. 

On MSNBC, viewers repeatedly see the videotape of the attack on the Capitol. On Fox, viewers repeatedly see videotape of people streaming across the southern border. 

"Segregation by viewpoint" works this way. In this way, one giant, sprawling nation is transformed into two.

Judge Jeanine can't remember seeing a blood bath when Donald J. Trump was in charge. On Fox, the bloody attack on police officers at the Capitol has long since ceased to exist.