CNN Panel Melts Down After Kevin O’Leary Compares AOC’s Munich Word Salad To Kamala Harris

Liberal panelists on “CNN NewsNight” melted down Tuesday night after “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary criticized Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York’s answer on Taiwan, saying it was similar to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ verbal stumbles.

Ocasio-Cortez rambled for 40 seconds when she was asked during the Munich Security Conference whether the United States should send troops to defend the Taiwan-based Republic of China if the People’s Republic of China attacked it. After panelists Ana Navarro, Cari Champion and Leigh McGowan ganged up on Newsmax host James Tabacco, O’Leary gave his review of Ocasio-Cortez’s performance.

“You’re right, she was fabulous,” O’Leary said sarcastically after Navarro talked down to Tabacco, prompting Champion to respond, “It’s not about her being fabulous. It wasn’t —”

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“Let’s say you’re hired to give a speech. Let’s say you’re hired because you’re expected to deliver information to an audience. Let’s say you’re even paid for it,” O’Leary cut in. “When you go and do that, what happens is the agency that hired you, whether it’s the government, your own party, says, ‘That was not your best moment.’ In fact, they tied you back to Kamala Harris. You were so bad, you sounded like her. And, by the way, I’m sorry, it’s not a partisan issue. She was terrible! Get over it. Maybe she’ll get better.”

Harris gave answers that were described as “word salad” in interviews during her tenure as vice president. She