Greg Gutfeld was among the millions of conservatives cheering on Election Night.
But after all the results were in, Gutfeld had to take stock of what happened.
And Greg Gutfeld confessed this would be the hardest part of dealing with Trump’s win.
The media’s lack of self-awareness
One of the most annoying features of the Trump era is the self-righteous moralizing by the press.
Journalists declared themselves the defenders of democracy and the resistance to Donald Trump.
And the press collectively took Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris just as hard as she did.
Greg Gutfeld mocked the lack of introspection in the media, pointing to Joe Scarborough claiming Kamala Harris lost because Hispanics are racist against black people, as the media remained trapped in the myopic mindset that allowed Trump to run circles around them.
“I love how the media hacks are saying how the history will look back at this moment to make sense of this night, and their favorite phrase is, books will be written. Books – well, no, you’re not getting out of it that easily. You’re not going to leave it to the historians or just hacks like you,” Gutfeld began.
“But 30 years later, you have to self-reflect now, or you will never learn. You have to figure out, how did you miss this? You have to figure out, could it be you? It can’t be 70 million racists, you know, Scarborough calling Black and Hispanic men racist,” Gutfeld added.
Gutfeld’s dilemma over gloating
Gutfeld could barely contain his glee over leftist reporters waking up on Election Day thinking the anti-Trump resistance was the majority in America only to go to bed realizing it was actually Trump and the MAGA movement that represented the will of the American people.
“Yes, it’s better with – it’s better with honey. I find it that the media Democrat complex being so shocked and surprised that people react negatively to being treated poorly. If you call everybody names racist, sexist, transphobic, they’re going to become you-phobic. And then you look at their negative behavior, you go, see, they are racist. No, we just don’t like you anymore,” Gutfeld continued.
Gutfeld said while he liked to see the media collectively sit in the corner and think about what they’ve done, he also did some reflecting on all calls by Joe Rogan, Mark Halperin, and other Trump supporters to show grace in victory.
“So, I would love to see some self-reflection. I do a lot – as you know, I do a lot of self-reflecting all the time, and I know that people are going to say we should show some grace and be humble,” Gutfeld continued.
But Gutfeld said it was impossible after the vicious smear campaign the media waged against Trump and his supporters – especially in the last two weeks of the campaign – calling Trump and anyone who would vote for him Nazis and fascists.
“It’s hard to be humble and graceful to people that call you a Nazi. I’m doing my best. It’s hard to believe that they’re calling for a peaceful transition after calling everyone misogynist, racist, species, fascist, convicted felon, you know. But I’m going to try, but I’m doing a little gloating,” Gutfeld concluded.
