Duking it out with Marjorie and Lesley

I watched Lesley Stahl's "60 Minutes" interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and came away from it with disappointment and rage, as a lot of people seem to have, judging from the social media feedback.

When are journalists going to start asking tougher questions, the most basic being "What are you basing that statement on?"  (As in "Excuse me, Mr. Trump, but you are claiming the election is rigged before the votes have even been counting.  How are earth can you claim to know it's rigged?  What are you basing that on?")  In the interview, MTG claimed with a high level of certainty that Democrats are pedophiles who are grooming and sexualizing children.  Stahl said in a mildly chastising voice "Democrats aren't pedophiles" and then rolled her eyes when MTG repeated the assertion.  Why the hell didn't she say "What are you basing that on?  What exactly do you mean by 'grooming'?  People are groomed to prepare them for something.  What do you claim Dems are preparing children for?  Prostitution?  And how exactly do we sexualize them?  Telling little girls to show their non-existent cleavage?  Asking little boys to show us their bums?  And you say "Democrats" are whatever, with no qualifiers.  Are you claiming all Democrats are pedophiles?  Some?  Most?  A few?  If you're referring just to the Dems in government, why don't you say that?  You've left whomever in the public listens to and believes you with the impression that all Dems are grooming, sexualizing pedos.  Is that truly your intention?"

And when MTG accused Stahl of holding her responsible for everything she has said going back to childhood, why didn't Stahl say "As a child, a teen, a young adult, a private person, you can say anything you want.  But you're an elected official now, a leader.  (My comment: Hah!)  You have a very big microphone now and a very bright spotlight.  Isn't it important to be accurate and specific in your speaking instead of making sweeping generalizations which are bound to alarm and anger the people who listen to you?"

It's been a while since I've been this politically angry.  Right now it's 3:30am and I'm writing this because I'm hoping this will be something of a purge and I'll be able to quiet my brain and get some sleep.

Postscript a few hours later: Dear Miss Green, have you watched TV or movies, read a magazine, been on the Internet?  Sex is everywhere.  It's impossible for children not to be exposed to every kind of sexuality.  Democrats aren't doing any special sort of 'sexualizing'.  They don't have to; it's in our culture.

Yes, there are young people who question their sexual identity and consider changing it.  (I know a good number of transgendered people, and not a single one of them regrets having made their transition.)  Republicans are supposed to be for smaller government interference, so can't you just leave this deeply, deeply personal, private matter to families, and focus instead on, oh, I don't know, finding a way to make health care more affordable?