Disturbing new video footage has shown a rapid Trump supporter launching to his feet and screaming in the face of a CNN reporter before storming out of a group interview she was conducting at a small diner in Trump Country Georgia.
CNN correspondent Elle Reeve — who boasts a long-standing specialty in political deep dives — had returned to the Gold House restaurant in Nahunta, Georgia, where she first held an interview with MAGA supporters back in October, when the 2024 presidential election was still looming.
In her new group interview, Reeve caught up with those same MAGA fans she had met with before, now that Trump has successfully returned to the White House and now has a few weeks of his presidency under his belt.
Among those in the group interview at the small-town eatery was a Trump skeptic named Corbet Wilson and a die-hard MAGA supporter named David Herrin.
The interview seemed to be going along well enough until Reeve brought up the topic of tech billionaire and DOGE head Elon Musk and his past use of marajuana — something Musk quite literally did in a live interview — a topic that apparently angered Herrin so deeply that he shot up to his feet, screamed in Reeve’s face, and stormed out of the group interview.
Mediaite reports the following transcript of that interview:
ELLE REEVE: Groceries. Egg prices haven’t gone down since Trump took office.
DAVID HERRIN: Give him a little bit of time. Will you come back in a year or two years? Let’s look at the halfway point, because we all know everything takes back.
CORBET WILSON: Well he promised it on the first day. He promises to show anybody that believed that’s crazy.
DAVID HERRIN: He also said, and it would probably be a little more painful to start with, but it would get better. We got to get (CROSSTALK).
CORBET WILSON: Well, you’re talking about contractors, Elon’s a contractor too. Who looks into him?
DAVID HERRIN: There needs to be somebody–
CORBET WILSON: Nobody questions his bills.
ELLE REEVE: Do you trust Elon Musk? He’s a government contractor. He’s got business interests, whether in defense, internet, that kind of thing.
He’s also admitted to drug use. He smoked pot on the Joe Rogan Show. Do you trust him as like, a stable, rational and reasonable person to be doing this job?
DAVID HERRIN: Yes.
CORBET WILSON: I mean, he’s a Republican. You ain’t going to help him out of that.
DAVID HERRIN: There’s potheads all over this country. Y’all sitting here trying to back that up in pursuit of this country, Republican or Democrat, whoever this whole dadgum tail smokes. But you’re part of the Democrat Party in my book–.
ELLE REEVE: No I’m not!
ELLE REEVE (VOICEOVER): The conversation devolved quickly. We had not anticipated the emotional connection we already felt with Max Mosley.
DAVID HERRIN: This is over with. (STANDS UP)
ELLE REEVE: He did it on TV.
DAVID HERRIN: He said on TV he smoked pot.
ELLE REEVE: Yes! Do you want me to pull up the video of it?
DAVID HERRIN: I don’t care! I’m saying it don’t matter, that that makes him unqualified to do a job.
ELLE REEVE: I’m just saying, does it–?
DAVID HERRIN: She’s coming in here with ignorant arguments! She ain’t talking facts!
ELLE REEVE: Does it raise any questions–.
DAVID HERRIN: I can prove you a Democrat by the level of ignorance you portray!
ELLE REEVE: Let’s show it!
DAVID HERRIN: Donald Trump and Elon Musk please drain the swampl. While you there get the job done, please.
CORBET WILSON: They’ll probably go down the drain with it.
You can watch the video of the incident from CNN at this link.
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