Conservative Host Scorched For Setting The Bar ‘Extremely Low’ On Trump | EUROtoday

Right-wing radio host Ben Ferguson on Thursday questioned why Donald Trump wasn’t getting sufficient “credit” for his customary grade response to Pope Leo XIV changing into chief of the Roman Catholic Church.

The president, in remarks outdoors the White House, referred to as it a “great honor” for the pontiff to be the primary ever born within the United States and later provided his congratulations on his Truth Social platform.

“I think that’s probably maybe a little different than what he would have said in 2016,” mentioned Ferguson — co-host of the “Verdict” podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — of the response in a CNN panel dialogue on the brand new pope.

“You look at what he said, saying, ‘This is a great day.’ He actually took politics out of it as the president of the United States of America, which most people are wanting him to get involved politically,” he added.

Trump notably clashed with Pope Francis a lot of instances previous to his loss of life, which he reacted to with a quick message on Truth Social.

Catholic leaders later slammed the president for sharing an AI-generated picture of himself because the pope.

Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina state consultant additionally on the CNN panel, swiftly hit again at Ferguson’s take.

“That bar is extremely low and I think by setting the bar —,” Sellers, a Democrat, mentioned.

“But can you give a little credit?” Ferguson interjected.

“No,” Sellers replied.

“So, in other words, even when Donald Trump does something right on the pope, you’re now saying, ‘I’m still going to criticize him’?” Ferguson replied.

“No, because, I mean, this is not an issue of politics. This is an issue of things like love and empathy and truth,” Sellers added.

“Then why don’t show some of that toward the president when he gets it right on a nonpartisan issue of the pope?” Ferguson mentioned.

“Because I’m not going to simply give you credit for coming out and doing something that you’re supposed to do,” Sellers burdened.