CNN Finds Humor in UK Parliament Insulting Trump to Downgrade State Visit

CNN via Newsbusters ^ | February 20, 2017 11:55 PM EST | Nicholas Fondacaro

[markomalley]

Debate raged in the United Kingdom’s Parliament Monday over whether or not President Donald Trump should be extended the warm welcome of a full state visit. As insults targeting Trump flew back and forth, CNN seemed to get a good laugh out it all. “Insults flying over Trump's invitation for a formal state visit to the UK,” hyped Erin Burnett during her show OutFront, “One Member of Parliament today likening it to quote, “pimping out the queen.’” All while the on-screen headline read “Can God Save the Queen…From Trump?”

“President Trump doesn't just get people stirred up at home. Look what happened in the British parliament. All because Britain's prime minister invited President Trump to [a state visit],” reported CNN’s Jeanne Moos as she played clips of members of Parliament yelling and screaming. “I'm standing here as a woman being shouted down by women,” Anne Main of the Conservative Party can be heard saying.

Moos seemed in awe of the number of Britons who were opposed to the President getting the chance to meet and have dinner with the queen of England. “Over 1.8 million UK residents signed a petition saying it was okay for President Trump to come visit, but that he should not get an official state visit, ‘because it would cause embarrassment to her majesty the queen,’” she said while quoting the petition.

She also seemed amused by Labour Party MP Paul Flynn who hammered Trump with disparaging comments about his intelligence. “Like a petulant child. The intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan,” he exclaimed. “Protozoan? Like, “a single-celled microscopic animal,” Moos asked inquisitively as she literally read the result of a Google search.

“Members of parliament went there,” she touted as clips played of MPs talking about Trump’s controversial comments to Billy Bush:

TULIP SIDDIQ [Labour]: Can you really lay out the red carpet for someone who talked about grabbing women by the [ bleep ]?

…

DAVID LAMMY [Labour]: I think about a man who thinks it's okay to go and grab [ bleep ].

CAROL MONAGKAN [Scottish National Party]: I became concerned when I heard comments like “grab them by the [ bleep ].”

JEANNE MOOS: The Scottish lilt helped.

The CNN reporter even remarked on the creativity of the anti-Trump protesters outside the Parliament building. “Outside parliament, protesters rallied, ‘God save the queen from Donald Trump,’” she noted, “The president was portrayed as King Kong, clutching the monarch as he scaled Big Ben.” Moos got in on the fun too, jokingly saying, “God save the queen from this debate.”

After watching clips of Flynn stating that the visit was equivalent to “pimping out the queen for the Donald Trump,” CNN cut back to a giggling Burnett who admitted, “there’s just something about that.”

Transcript below: 

CNN
Erin Burnett OutFront
February 20, 2017
7:58:00 PM Eastern

ERIN BURNETT: Insults flying over Trump's invitation for a formal state visit to the UK. One Member of Parliament today likening it to quote, “pimping out the queen.” Here's Jeanne Moos.

[Cuts to video]

JEANNE MOOS: President Trump doesn't just get people stirred up at home.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Sit down! Sit down!

MOOS: Look what happened in the British parliament.

ANNE MAIN [Conservative MP]: Let's have some fake outrage here. I'm standing here as a woman being shouted down by women.

MOOS: All because Britain's prime minister invited President Trump to –

THERESA MAY: Pay a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year.

MOOS: Over 1.8 million UK residents signed a petition saying it was okay for President Trump to come visit, but that he should not get an official state visit, “because it would cause embarrassment to her majesty the queen.” Opposition members of parliament lobbed insults at President Trump –

PAUL FLYNN [Labour Party MP]: Like a petulant child. The intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan.

MOOS [Reading from a literal Google search]: Protozoan? Like, “a single-celled microscopic animal?”

TULIP SIDDIQ [Labour]: Can you really lay out the red carpet for someone who talked about grabbing women by the [ bleep ]?

MOOS: Members of parliament went there.

DAVID LAMMY [Labour]: I think about a man who thinks it's okay to go and grab [ bleep ].

CAROL MONAGKAN [Scottish National Party MP]: I became concerned when I heard comments like “grab them by the [ bleep ].”

MOOS: The Scottish lilt helped.

EDWARD LEIGH [Conservative]: Which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment sometime in our past?

MOOS: The queen, probably. She would be President Trump's official host as she was for President Obama, that time he accidentally toasted –

BARACK OBAMA: To the queen.

MOOS: Right through Britain's national anthem. Outside parliament, protesters rallied, “God save the queen from Donald Trump.” The president was portrayed as King Kong, clutching the monarch as he scaled Big Ben.

PARLIAMENT: NO!

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I think the no’s have it.

MOOS: In the end, the government made clear –

UNIDENTIFIED MAN 2: The visit should happen. The visit will happen.

MOOS: But, god save the queen from this debate.

FLYNN: Pimping out the queen for the Donald Trump..

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN…

UNIDENTIFIED MAN 3: Mr. Walker I don’t think it’s in order to refer to “pimping out” our sovereign.

MOOS: New York.

[Cuts back to live]

BURNETT: There’s just something about that. [laughter]  

[proud American in Canada]

LOL.... I’m irritated too, but perhaps we should let bygones be bygones... ;)

[redcatcherb412]

England is not truly England any more. It has turned into a moslem run hellhole with the royals all but prisoners in their castles and the non muslim subjects told to not do anything to harm moslem/sharia relations. President Trump should hold back on any state visit until the British govt. can regain some resemblance of control.

[Secret Agent Man]

It is hardly vital Trump visit the uk.

Just cancel it. They’ve drank the muslim koolaid anyway.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

The Canadians I came across in the UK were just as venomous. The Aussies, on the other hand, entirely different. Met a few ex-Americans (refuse to call them ‘ex-pats’) who moved there to GET AWAY from the US. Didn’t want to associate with them when I found out their politics.

I grew a lot living abroad. Truly ‘eye and soul opening’.

[caddie]

The Brits are catty and bitchy like mean middle school girls.

I would say they are fags, but I know too many gays who frankly have more guts, independent thinking, and integrity going on than the mass of sheep known as Britain. Sayonara UK.

Hope you enjoy being chum for muzzies.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Agreed. It was becoming that waaaaay before 2000 when I lived there.

Some taxis would not venture into certain ‘areas’ after the pubs closed to take people home. Remember it all too well.

We had a prof friend who lived in a working class area of Sheffield. Pakis moved in and were taking over and robbing them.

These ‘no go areas’ have been going on a long time. Even when I lived there in the 90’s.

[proud American in Canada]

Totally understand, FRiend. We should have a chat.

Pls FReepmail me...I am making a note to remind myself to
Contact you.

[Cobra64]

Screw Parliament. Hook up with Nigel at a Trump golf club in Scotland. 😁

[dhs12345]

Plus it will really piss off the elitist snobs.

[dhs12345]

Excellent idea.

[douginthearmy]

I watched the whole thing live. The sad part is, most of them quote the fake news verbatim.

[Ciexyz]

On one of the Yahoo sites I’m on, the Canadians and Brits are the most vile anti-Trump posters. Spewing venom.

[Impy]

I’d settle for getting to kick George Galloway in the nuts.

[proud American in Canada]

I understand. If you leave because you hate the US, surrender your passport.

I moved here because my husband had a great job opportunity in his home country. I was just staying home taking care of our two American-born children, who were four and eighteen months at the time. Really had no choice.

I felt like he had sucker-punched me when he told me. Couldn’t breathe.

As much as I like many things about Canada, America is, and always will be, my home. I can even feel it in the air when I cross the border.

You are right. Those people are ex-Americans. They hate the greatest country on Earth? They should put their money where their mouth is.

[proud American in Canada]

Exactly! I think that is what is bugging them! He is a man of the people and speaks our language...And direct and to the point. Unvarnished truth.

So different from the chattering elitist class!

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I agree with you.

President Trump should cancel his visit. The hell with the UK and their little muzzie mayor.

I don’t consider these lefties to be our friends.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

These are opposition MPs and virtue signalling twats making these comments, the government invited him, the Queen is welcoming him and polls show that most of the actual public support his visit, they just don’t hang on about it because of the usual social consequences of defying the pc cultural consensus. It’s not like half your own country isn’t the same.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Why? The US contains just as many anti Trumpets, certainly more in absolute terms. The government invited him and these opposition MPs are in the minority and don’t reflect public opinion, which supports the state visit.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Bingo. That is why there are serious suggestions of him going to Birmingham and some other English regions in the heart of Brexit country. The elitist liberals attacking Trump are the same people who sneered at leavers as thick racist scum, but it didn’t stop Britain’s deplorable giving them two fingers.

[Jimmy Valentine]

. They are used to that. Prince Philip his also Scottish.

Ah,no. Phillip Mountbatten (Battenberg) is German/Danish. He and the Queen are third cousins.