MEDIA LOSER: Mercedes Schlapp Trump campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp, wife of CPAC head honcho Matt Schlapp, is becoming a regular contender for our daily Media Loser, and Thursday was a perfect illustration why. After Fox News' Greg Gutfeld tweeted a complaint that NBC's Guthrie was "badgering" Trump, Schlapp quoted him with her own comment, saying the ABC Biden forum “feels like I am watching an episode of Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood." Besides the fact that Schlapp misspelled the last name of Fred Rogers, the late host of the beloved PBS children’s TV show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the insinuation that invoking Rogers’ name was a valid way to criticize anyone struck many as completely absurd. As you probably can imagine, Twitter users had some jokes. The overwhelming reaction was that Rogers was a decent and universally liked figure, and comparing him to Biden was a great message for the Democratic nominee, and a terrible one for the Trump camp to highlight. Now, the next morning after the dueling town halls, Schlapp's tweeted faux pas has continued to resonate, with several writers and political commentators framing the election as a contest between "Mr. Rogers vs. Crazy Uncle" -- a reference to Guthrie's comment to Trump that a president should use more prudence in what he tweets, and not act like "someone's crazy uncle." The Biden campaign would be hard-pressed to create a better message for the final weeks of the campaign, and it was delivered to them courtesy of a top Trump campaign flack. |