So Andy Berke became CNN’s Southern Democrat go-to Tuesday night.
Yes, our Chattanooga mayor, who has very little on his seven-plus-year resumé about which to brag, was interviewed Tuesday night by CNN’s Don Lemon about his decision to not reopen Chattanooga, or as he put it in a tweet, “keeping Chattanoogans safe.”
OK. But rather than answer questions from reporters from this newspaper and local TV stations about his decision, Berke chose to speak nationally on a platform apparently better aligned with his personal or political goals.
I didn’t see the interview; I don’t watch CNN (and before you get your left-leaning heels dug in, I don’t watch Fox News, either).
WRCB TV-Channel 3 News Director Callie Starnes tweeted at the mayor that the station’s invitation for him to answer viewers’ questions stands and is indefinitely open.