With the liberal media likely eager to reflect on the last inauguration ahead of this current one they are bound to loathe, author, poet, and progressive activist Amanda Gorman joined Tuesday’s CBS Mornings to look back on her performance in 2021 for President Biden’s inaugration and promote her new children's book Girls on the Rise, which she hopes will resonate with nonbinary children as well as young girls.
Gorman, no stranger to the applause of major news networks, returned to the table to talk about her new book. As most of the poet’s work has been mainly political it was no surprise to see a twist in this new publication:
A few years ago, when I was watching Dr. Blasey Ford testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I wrote a poem that night because I knew that feeling of being a woman in a room screaming to be believed and several years later, I decided that might be a message that young girls would need to read, and so that became Girls on the Rise.
As the CBS Mornings crew fawned over the book alongside Gorman, major topics of gender and feminism arose, never being questioned but instead agreed upon as important for young audiences. During her chat on CBS Mornings Plus, here was Gorman’s hope about who would read the book:
I wrote a poem called We Rise. It was really kind of spawning out of the Time’s Up, MeToo movement, and I wanted to have a children’s book that made gender, power, feminism safe to talk about with young girls and also I’d love young boys to read this, nonbinary kids as well, so I really wanted a children’s book to speak to a young audience about really important things.
These influences are a clear indication of the potential political career which moves the author, one that is applauded by the media, and a view of the culture which Gorman proposes, heavily influenced by major progressives. This was her answer on CBS Mornings Plus.
TONY DOKOUPIL: People like Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, they’re fans of yours. Have they given you advice for politics?
AMANDA GORMAN: Absolutely. They’ve all been so supportive. I would say I was having a conversation with Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi and something they mentioned to me was, never forget the iron fist and the velvet glove.
Gorman also sounded off on the main show about her desire to one day become president of the United States. Co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King cued her up with Gorman even citing corrupt, far-left Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) as one of her role models (click “expand”):
KING: You told our Anthony Mason, this was back in 2021 that you hope to become president one day. Is that still a goal?
GORMAN: Absolutely.
KING: Still is.
GORMAN: Yes, 2036 which is when I’ll be actually old enough to run. So, that will be when I run.
BURLESON: You have my vote.
GORMAN: Thank you.
BURLESON: One hundred percent.
GORMAN: Thanks a lot. Thank you.
DOKOUPIL: It’s already in the mail, huh?
BURLESON: Yes.
DOKOUPIL: Is there another office you might think about first? Mayor of LA?
GORMAN: Oh.
KING: That’s interesting, Tony.
GORMAN: Yes, that’s interesting.
KING: Yes, before you run for president.
GORMAN: Yes.
DOKOUPIL: Yes.
GORMAN: I definitely would love to start local. So, yes, I’d love to either do something on a school board, something locally in Congress would be great. So keep an eye out. I was definitely like flagging Maxine Waters because I grew up in her district.
DOKOUPIL: Wow.
As more cultural influencers take the airtime of major media networks, political agendas are clear, and controversial cultural shifts are portrayed as normal. There is no space for a contrary view nevermind an opposing idea, leaving viewers to wonder the legitimacy of such news agencies, as they now appear motivated by policy instead of unbiased truth.
To see the transcripts, click here and here.
