[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN Newsroom's Victor Blackwell welcomed Paxton Smith, the Texas high schooler who, according to CNN's chyron, went "off script, on a mission" during her valedictorian address to blast Texas' heartbeat bill. Blackwell had nothing but praise for the allegedly non-political Smith and tried to turn her into the latest high school political celebrity.
Echoing Hillary Clinton's tweet about her, Blackwell asked Smith, "This certainly did take guts. I read that you typically don't like to share political or controversial opinions. Why did you decide to talk about this?"