It was not banter at all, she did not laugh, smile or even say just kidding. She was dead fucking serious. How am I holding her to a higher standard? If you watch her, you can tell she thinks she is better than everyone else.
Here is another gem by her. If you are a hunter and can kill animals, you could kill a human.
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/30/watch-dc-anchor-goes-on-tirade-against-big-game-hunting-equates-to-murdering-people/
“I don’t care what you feel about hunting, personally. I am disgusted. I would be one of those people calling and writing this dentist, telling him, ‘You are there the lowest form to do this.’ To me I really believe this this is the stone’s throw if you can do this to an animal, you would do this to a person.”