Zero Tolerance: Ann Coulter Interview | FRONTLINE
Ann Coulter is a conservative commentator, columnist and the author of several books, including “Adios, America: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole” and “In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!”
Coulter’s candid, full interview was conducted with FRONTLINE during the making of the October 2019 documentary “Zero Tolerance.”
26:54So why is he hiring people that disagree withwhat his tenets are?>>Why he surrounded himself by peopleactively opposed to his agenda and let Paul Ryan take overhis agenda for the first two years when he hada Republican House and Republican Senate,“No, let’s do all the stuff on the loser GOP’s to-do list.Let’s not do the popular stuff that wonthis very unlikely person the presidency.”Why he did that, who knows?Who knows?He has surrounded himself with people who disagree with him.Why did he hire his kids?I mean, I don’t know.Does he believe any of it?Is he a con-man liar and this was just a good gig?Again, picked up the $1,000 bill lying on the ground becauseno other Republican was willing to run on popular issues.Or is he just lazy?Yeah, he does believe it, but if it’s going to take a phone call—“I have to call [Sen.] Mitch McConnell?Nah, let them do whatever they want.”Could be laziness.Could be narcissism: “They love me for me!”Who knows?But he has surrounded himself by people who don’t agreewith his agenda, and that’s why very, very, very littleis getting done.(Time Left off: 38 min)