It finally happened: CNN’s progressive house of cards briefly collapsed under the weight of its own identity politics Wednesday night, and the fallout was as cringe as it was predictable.
During a town hall with socialist senator and professional finger-wagger Bernie Sanders, host Anderson Cooper managed to step directly onto a landmine — not by discussing Sanders’ worn-out class warfare talking points, but by daring to misgender a member of the audience. Yes, you read that right: Cooper introduced Grace Thomas, a local “civil rights attorney,” using “she” pronouns, only to be sharply corrected mid-broadcast. “They/them pronouns, actually,” Thomas snapped, turning the focus of the town hall into a pronoun policing seminar. Cooper, ever the trained seal of cable news, immediately scrambled into apology mode like he had just committed a felony.
“Oh!” he chirped, with the same energy as a kid caught sneaking cookies. Apology accepted? Probably not — there’s no satisfying the mob.
Riley Gaines, the outspoken female sports advocate who’s made a name for herself standing up to this very brand of nonsense, wasted no time roasting Cooper online. “Calling for Anderson Cooper’s immediate resignation for believing what his eyes were telling him he saw. Bigot,” she posted sarcastically. And boy, did that set off a chain reaction.
Calling for Anderson Cooper's immediate resignation for believing what his eyes were telling him he saw
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— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 10, 2025
Even moderate Democrats had enough. One user named Val — a former Dem turned Republican — nailed the issue: “When someone can’t even define who they are, how can they claim to represent anything or anyone with clarity?” Amen. This isn’t about tolerance anymore; it’s about demanding the rest of us pretend that basic biology is optional.
And while this kind of woke madness used to be confined to the faculty lounge, it’s now mainstreamed into everything from HR departments to government. Major corporations — think Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, IBM — push pronoun declarations like it’s a legal requirement. And now, the Biden holdovers still squatting in government offices expect everyone to play along.
Not under President Trump. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt laid down the law this week: if you’ve got pronouns in your email signature, don’t expect a callback from the White House. And honestly? It’s about time someone said it. Enough is enough.
The left created this Frankenstein — now even their own anchors are getting eaten alive by it.