The first black Republican woman in Congress is joining CNN as a commentator after being unseated by a Democratic challenger in November.
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah tweeted Monday that she’ll offer a “different, principled and unleashed perspective” on the cable news network.
The announcement references her fiery concession speech, where she blasted Republicans for failing to truly embrace minority voters.
She also pushed back on President Donald Trump’s quip that “She gave me no love, and she lost.”
CNN tweeted that it was “thrilled” to welcome Love and newly retired Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois to the network.
Love was first elected in 2014 and served two terms in a suburban Salt Lake City district before her narrow loss.
(AP)
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6 Responses
1. She’s from Brooklyn, so if the job involves relocating, no big deal.
2. CNN can tolerate conservatives if they aren’t white.
3. If she is considering running for something bigger, e.g., Senate, the CNN exposure will help.
She is in many ways a representative of the traditional conservative Republican base that is someone alienated by many of Trump’s policies, but horrified by the Democratic alternatives. As a Mormon, her social views are generally similar to our own.
One should remember that CNN is a for profit business, that to maximize profits needs to appeal to a broad base. Advertisers pay less for “blue audiences” than for “purple ones.”
Akuperma, just to remind you, Bill Christol is on CNN.
I wish her well in her new shteller.
akup: Is there any chance that CNN hired her because she knows stuff?
huju: CNN (like all the other news networks, regardless of ideology) wants someone to boost ratings (and advertising revenue). The look for somone physically attrractive and entertaining, and will hire such a person in spite of the fact the he or she knows stuff. I gave up on broadcast news 40+ years, and stick to text-based sources wher appearance of the presenter is irrelevant. It should be noted that the frum community never embraced video as a method of communicating or educating – we have a text-based tradition.