The Tea Party has denounced Christine O’Donnell after she walked off the set of “Piers Morgan Tonight” last night when Morgan attempted to discuss issues of same-sex marriage and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” with the Tea Party Republican and failed senatorial candidate. O’Donnell, who was invited to discuss her new book, spent two minutes discussing why she would not discuss those topics, stating she was there to talk about only the issues in her book she wanted to talk about. Morgan repeatedly reminded her that those were indeed topics she wrote about in her book.
WATCH:Â Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Rather Than Talk Gay Marriage
Characterizing her performance as a “temper tantrum,” Judson Phillips, founder and head of Tea Party Nation writes, “if you are going to play in the big leagues, you have to play by the rules. CNN and Piers Morgan are pretty far to the left but this time Morgan is right and O’Donnell was not only wrong, but extremely unprofessional to walk out of the interview.
“She was on the show to talk about her book, which Morgan commented on favorably. Â O’Donnell refused to answer the question about gay marriage, saying it is in the book. Â If you write a book, be expected to answer questions about what you put in the book.”
“Piers Morgan was not asking anything inappropriate. Christine O’Donnell’s immature and unprofessional response makes the Tea Party movement look bad. Was she ashamed of her position on gay marriage? Did she not feel competent enough to defend her beliefs? We will never know.
“Conservatives everywhere should be able to articulate their political positions and the reasons behind them without throwing a temper tantrum when they are asked to defend them.
“We may have just seen Christine O’Donnell’s last prime time performance. Â I am sure she is a nice person but she does not understand what she has to do if she is going to be a national figure.
“If she does not understand this, perhaps fading from the scene might not be a bad thing for her.”
Indeed.