How The Left Continues To Eat Itself - Cenk Uygur - #870

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
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Who is more credible, the cast of The View or a dragon?

**Cenk Uygur** (4:02)
These days, apparently a dragon. So as you know, Joey Behar said that, oh, you can't trust Joe Rogan, he believes in dragons. Oh well, Joey Behar believed that Joe Biden was young and dynamic, that he had no cognitive difficulties at all, and that he was the best possible candidate for the Democrats. I can't find anything less credible than that.

**Chris Williamson** (4:29)
Why are these people so out of touch? Is it purposeful or is it ignorance?

**Cenk Uygur** (4:35)
It's definitely ignorance. Of course, this is really interesting because I am bilingual. I speak both populist and establishment, and that's because I worked at MSNBC as a host, I worked at Current TV, I went to some of the same schools that these folks went to, and so I mainly come from their world, but I'm a natural born populist. And so they've rejected me 2,000 times over before I even got to the right wing, right? And so, but I know how they think, and they're in their own bubble. Everybody's in their own bubble. And so in their bubble, they're right about everything and their objective, right? And they truly believe that, right? And so anyone who disagrees with them, they think is not objective and is to be dismissed and derided and insulted, et cetera. And so they have no idea how clueless they are. And they're not coming at it from bad intent, which a lot of people won't believe, right? But they actually, they genuinely believe they have the best of intent. And if you just listen to the establishment one more time, boy, then they'll really deliver, right? And if you cheer for them louder, they'll really deliver. And I swear to God, they genuinely believe it.