CNN is hardly ever kind to the GOP. But this is purely disgusting.
Because CNN slammed Republicans with an all-time slanderous statement.
On Monday, CNN’s NewsNight delivered another round of overheated rhetoric that exposed just how unhinged the corporate left has become. Network contributor Bakari Sellers didn’t hold back, launching a full-throated attack on Republicans exercising their authority in state legislatures.
Host Abby Phillip set the stage by highlighting President Trump’s straightforward message to South Carolina lawmakers.
Trump urged them to show courage on redistricting, pointing to Tennessee’s recent move of US House primaries to August as a model. The goal was simple: get the job done on the same schedule.
Sellers responded by painting these routine legislative actions as outright chaos. He claimed Republicans were “literally throwing out votes,” referencing Louisiana Governor Landry’s comments on 60 Minutes and suggesting overseas ballots in South Carolina were being treated lightly.
From there, Sellers climbed to his self-described 50,000-foot view. He declared that his generation, particularly black Millennials, faces the grim task of handing down a worse country than the one they received.
“If somebody fell asleep in 1896 and woke up today in 2026, they would simply say, the only difference is now N*groes have a TV show and we wear nice suits,” Sellers said.
He continued, saying that the GOP “swapped out Klan hoods for Brooks Brothers suits. And that is the problem.”
Sellers went on to invoke Plessy v. Ferguson, the 7-1 decision that paved the way for decades of Jim Crow laws.
He equated today’s Supreme Court and Republican lawmakers with that dark chapter, insisting that hard-won voting rights earned through blood and sacrifice are being stripped away in the South.
According to Sellers, black voters face silencing through these map adjustments and schedule tweaks.
This kind of inflammatory talk reveals more about the left’s panic than any real threat to democracy.
Redistricting has always been a state legislative power, used by both parties for generations. Suddenly, when Republicans win majorities and draw competitive maps, it becomes a return to the Klan.
Democrats and their media allies prefer chaos they can exploit. When voters reject their agenda at the ballot box, the fallback is always the same: cry racism, invoke Jim Crow, and smear opponents as modern-day segregationists. It’s a script as old as it is dishonest.
President Trump’s call for boldness stands in stark contrast. He encourages elected officials to act decisively for their constituents instead of cowering before media elites. That’s leadership, not intimidation.
