“Wouldn’t it have been funny if the all-the-way-to-Wisconsin plea had worked? Oh, yeah, poor you, going to Wisconsin, let me sit back down and yammer on with you, because you endured the ordeal of coming to Wisconsin. How many times has Trump traveled to Wisconsin in his political career? 40? 60? He’s put in the hard work of demonstrating to Wisconsin that we matter, and here’s Kristen Welker obviously irked to have had to touch down in a flyover state. I can’t believe I came to this hellhole for you!”

—-Wisconsin Bloggress Ann Althouse, mocking “Meet the Press’s” Kristin Welker for pleading to President Trump not to end his interview with her because she “traveled all the way to Wisconsin” to grill him.

Brava to Ann for picking pick up on Welker’s Coastal bias and thinly veiled disdain for “flyover country.”! I missed that: I only thought her pleading made her look foolish.

Maybe this is one more example of journalists’ obnoxious presumption of superiority and the pervasive arrogance of the news media finally sinking in. Boy, I hope so. Once you have concluded that a messenger is an untrustworthy asshole, it’s a lot easier to be properly skeptical of the message.

The comments to Ann’s post are fascinating—many ascribe to my conclusions regarding election fraud— and a bit shocking, both in the nastiness between commenters and the language Ann’s moderation let through. It is also remarkable how red-pilled her commentariate has become, with just a few bitter, and in my view, hysterical Axis fans remaining.

For example: