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Buttigieg spanks CNBC MAGAt so hard that a read headed stepchild remarked "Man...that's HARSH." GO PETE!
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
BUTTIGIEG: The strait was open before they started this
KERNEN: They were close to having 11 nuclear weapons!
BUTTIGIEG: We had other ways of dealing with them
KERNEN: Like what? Obama's way?
BUTTIGIEG: That worked
KERNEN: That didn't work!
BUTTIGIEG: Did they get a nuclear weapon under Obama?
BUTTIGIEG: The strait was open before they started this
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-10T14:03:50.788Z
KERNEN: They were close to having 11 nuclear weapons!
BUTTIGIEG: We had other ways of dealing with them
KERNEN: Like what? Obama's way?
BUTTIGIEG: That worked
KERNEN: That didn't work!
BUTTIGIEG: Did they get a nuclear weapon under Obama?
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https://www.mediamatters.org/cnbc/cnbcs-kernen-reacts-indian-central-banking-decision-racial-stereotypes
CNBC's Joe Kernen reacted to news from the Indian central bank by forwarding a number of racial stereotypes against Indian-Americans.
On September 20, India's central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point to address concerns over inflation.
Reacting to the news and its effect on exchange rates on the September 20 edition of CNBC's Squawk Box, co-hosts Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin turned the discussion to the rupee. After Quick noted that she still had rupees left from a recent trip to India, Kernen repeatedly stated the name “Gandhi” -- whose likeness appears on the rupee -- in a stereotypical Indian accent and later asked, “Are they good at 7-11?”
After Quick told Kernen his comments were insulting, Kernen apologized, saying, “I'm sorry, I take it back. I apologize, before I have to.”
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