S.E. Cupp: You Want Answers On Benghazi? You Should Want Answers About Niger
.@secupp: If you wanted answers about Benghazi, you should want answers about Niger. https://t.co/sGJ7L0gTUZ
— SE Cupp Unfiltered (@UnfilteredSE) October 19, 2017
The four fallen soldiers in Niger earlier this month has sparked a ton of controversy, but not in the way that it has in the past. Instead of the media looking into the reasons why these four service men lost their lives, there has been a big debate about how current and former presidents support grieving families of slain service members. This, after President Donald Trump appeared to weaponize consoling grieving families for political gain and started this whole distraction.
Enter S.E. Cupp, who self-identifies as a Republican but occasionally flouts the predictable party line. On last night’s episode of HLN’s Unfiltered, the show host made a connection about the attacks in Niger that is starting to bubble up — that the situation has some significant similarities to the events that unfolded in Benghazi that also left four Americans dead.
“I’m appalled that today is day 14 and we still don’t have basic answers as to what happened,” Cupp opened before reminding viewers that “on day two of the Benghazi attack every major news outlet was covering multiple angles and Republicans in unison were demanding answers.” She then went on to compare the first 14 days that followed the Benghazi attack — complete with Susan Rice’s blaming it on a anti-Muslim movie and Sean Hannity calling out liberal media complicity — which stands in stark comparison to where we are with Niger.
After then asking a series of pointed questions that few in anchor chairs have yet asked, she reminded viewers that if you wanted answers about Benghazi, the you should want them about Niger.
The segment serves not only as a damning assessment of how our media (and media audience) gets caught up in the shiny objects of conflict and controversy, but also a terrific reminder of why Ms. Cupp stands out for her unique and iconoclastic points of view on her new show, which is quickly becoming a must-see at 7PM.
Watch the clip above, courtesy of HLN.
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