The yr 2021 was a blended bag with inflation, the availability chain disaster, and numerous tales of basic wretchedness and woe. But for some, the yr was worse than others. Thus, we humbly give you Liberty Nation’s prime 5 greatest losers of 2021.
#1 – The Cuomo Brothers
Brothers Andrew (left) and Chris Cuomo (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for HBO)
Andrew Cuomo’s fall from the governorship of the Empire State after which the firing of his brother Chris from “the most trusted name in news” have been quick and livid – and a few say lengthy overdue. But when the tip got here for the Brothers Cuomo, the ax was swift and sharp. It appeared like simply yesterday Governor Andrew was driving the wave of nationwide recognition with an Emmy Award and a e-book deal, and was maybe even eyeing the Oval Office.
Loyal brother Chris was digging into his Google contacts to assist his sibling when he was snagged for unethical journalistic conduct. In a means, it was an odd appropriation for Cuomo-the-younger – a journalist? But in the long run, the Brothers Cuomo have been despatched packing, and one can solely surprise if Papa Mario is rolling over in his grave over the foibles and follies of his two sons in 2021.
#2 – Jussie: Trials & Tribulations
Actor Jussie Smollett obtained hammered by a Chicago jury, which discovered him responsible of 5 of the six fees for manufacturing a hate crime. The former Empire solid member tried to behave his means out of the mess he created, however nobody was ingesting the Kool-Aid. What Jussie was considering when he paid two buddies to “assault” him is anybody’s guess. Smollett tried to get of us to consider the violence in opposition to him was motivated by racial and sexual bias, however he simply couldn’t pull off a whopper of a hoax and will, the truth is, get a while within the slammer because of this.
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#3 – Alec Baldwin
Despite protestations of innocence, actor Alec Baldwin finds himself in a pile of steaming dung following a taking pictures on the set of his film Rust. Handling what was imagined to be a “cold gun,” Baldwin claims to have by no means pulled the set off on a firearm that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. Two civil lawsuits have been filed amid the finger-pointing as specialists attempt to untangle the lethal mess. Any means you narrow it, Baldwin is on the epicenter of this debacle that’s unlikely to finish anytime quickly.
#4 – Chris Wallace
The spin-doctors within the leftist media are working extra time attempting to take care of Chris Wallace’s transfer from Fox News to CNN as a win for the veteran reporter. After 18 years on the job, Wallace was deeply unpopular together with his former viewers. This December, he introduced he can be leaving to affix the CNN+ digital streaming service. Son of the famed veteran newsman, Mike Wallace, Chris by no means appeared to gel with the Fox fan base as a result of of his incessant interruptions and what many noticed as a self-focus bordering on narcissism. Leaving a preferred cable community for a streaming service on CNN simply doesn’t have the look or odor of a profitable transfer. Will Wallace go the best way of Megyn Kelly, who joined NBC solely to flame out briefly order? Stay tuned in 2022 for extra on that story.
#5 – The Incredible Sinking Kamala
Kamala Harris (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
It has been a tough yr for Kamala Harris. From being excoriated for handing out Kamala cookies to her feckless effort to unearth the “root causes” of unlawful immigration, the vp was displaying put on and tear by the tip of 2021. Several staffers determined to leap ship and gave their former boss swift kick on the best way out. Employees have described Harris as a “bully” who provides up “a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism.” Of late, the vp has gotten greater than a bit testy with Biden-friendly members of the press as her ballot numbers have taken a deep dive. Harris’ public picture has come to personify The Poseidon Adventure after the tidal wave hit.
Of course, it could possibly be argued that the most important losers in 2021 are the American folks. Inflation has minimize into wallets and pocketbooks like an Exacto knife poised over an Amazon field. As a rustic, we went from power independence to begging Saudi Arabia for extra oil, a provide chain disaster that some media members have had the temerity accountable on the U.S. public, and a giant metropolis crime wave with organized looting. Then there are the COVID variants that carry on coming and a president predicting gloom, doom, and dying this winter.
Still, the American individuals are a resilient lot. Going all the best way again to the Revolution, we’ve managed to beat the percentages, rise above the tragedies, and stay to battle one other day. So, as we enter 2022, we are able to lean into Voltaire, who stated, “Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.” Or we are able to embrace the phrases of Victor Hugo, who averred, “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
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