“I personally think it’s good for them.”
Kate Bedingfield couldn’t possibly have meant what that sounded like, even though she’s a communications professional–Biden’s former communications director.
Surely she’s not so heartless as to describe the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza in an Israeli strike as being “good for” the Biden administration.
But however she meant her shocking line, one thing was clear: Bedingfield did see the tragedy as a good opportunity for the Biden administration [read, campaign] to distance itself from Bibi Netanyahu and his policies.
As Bedingfield put it in an appearance on Tuesday’s CNN This Morning:
“Every instance of horror like this gives the Biden administration more opening to put clear contrast between what they’re trying to do, what they would argue they’re trying to do responsibly in the region, and what Netanyahu has been unwilling to do. I, I personally think it’s good for them.”
Even seen in the most forgiving light, that is some stone-cold r …