OK, here we go again. CNN, in their infinite greed, has opted not to make embeddable live video publicly available, so here’s an old-school open thread for the discussion.

I’m already getting cranky, though.

Pretty sure they could give them more than 30 seconds to answer questions if they skipped all this dumbass bullshit in the intro. Just introduce them. We don’t need walk-ons and cheering crowds and music fit for a wrestling show.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2019

And I love Dee Dee Bridgewater so much, but this is also unnecessary. I don’t need to hear the national anthem again. I know how it goes.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 1, 2019