He forgot the hack part, because he’s that too. He traded his “conservatism” for TDS and has been defending the liberal point of view for quite some time and not just on this.
Via The Hill:
Former “Weekly Standard” founder Bill Kristol defended CNN’s congressional reporter Manu Raju on Friday, with Kristol stating that “if it’s liberal to hold public officials in our liberal democracy accountable for doing their job” then he guesses “he’s liberal.”
The commentary from Kristol comes one day after Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), after being asked by Raju whether she wanted new evidence against President Trump to be considered as part of his impeachment trial, refused to answer the question while calling him a “liberal hack.”
Kristol, a staunch online critic of Trump going back to the early days of his candidacy, criticized McSally for taking “high fives” from conservatives over the encounter.