Trump Superfan Bill Mitchell Blows Up at Mediaite‘s John Ziegler, Bails Out Mid-Interview
If you’ve been paying attention to political Twitter throughout Donald Trump‘s rise to the presidency, you might be aware that the mogul has a completely devout supporter in Bill Mitchell.
The conservative radio host consistently offers yuge (and sometimes really weird) praise for Trump, and yesterday, he had quite the confrontation with Mediaite columnist John Ziegler.
Throughout the 2016 election, Ziegler took on a #NeverTrump perspective by writing numerous pieces about why Trump would be a poor leader for advancing conservatism. In the second phase of his podcast yesterday, Ziegler said his current interest is in discussing the “Trump phenomenon” with the president’s most passionate supporters.
Sure enough, the interview began with Mitchell talking about his early support for Trump, and the reasons why the mogul was the most preferable GOP candidate. Ziegler and Mitchell ended up having a back-and-forth on a wide range of topics, from the global impact of Trump’s Syrian airstrike, to the rocky start on attempts to build a wall on the Mexican border.
The conversation grew increasingly tense after Ziegler characterized Trump’s victory as a “lucky” wave of backlash against Hillary Clinton. As Ziegler talked about how Trump has not accomplished what he promised he would by this point in his presidency, Mitchell knocked Ziegler for incorrectly predicting the election, and saying Ziegler doesn’t understand a thing about political strategy.
“Let me tell you the truth, what you think about this does not matter” Mitchell said. “I’ve been right for 20 months and you’ve been wrong for 20 months.”
Mitchell eventually said the whole thing was a waste of time, and he surprised Ziegler by hanging up in the middle of the conversation. Mitchell later blocked Ziegler on Twitter and the churned out several tweets about why #NeverTrump people are pointless:
Just did a radio interview with a #NeverTrump‘er on their show. The complete lack of brain matter possessed by these fools stuns me.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
This #NeverTrump radio host claimed Trump’s entire victory was “luck”. OMG. Goes to show literally any fool can have a podcast.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
Host said, “Trump will never build the wall!” I said, “Did you think he’d win?” He said, “No.” I said, “Stay out of the prediction game.”
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
#NeverTrump are unclever, unstrategic, linear thinkers who can’t see past their own ideological keyholes to actually solving problems.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
After 15 minutes of listening to his blather, I cut the interview short. My brain can take only so much exposure to stupid at one time.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
That’s why I never have #NeverTrump or #Liberals on YourVoice™ America. The stupid from these people literally becomes painful.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 7, 2017
Listen to the exchange (start at 25:00) in the interview above.
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