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CNNicism: Previous Guy repeats the same lies because losing independent voters is his demo [1]
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Date: 2023-05-10
this was for 9 May, will post 10 May when available.
A cynical grab for the Fox News audience after they promoted lies about elections in what was another de facto Trump Rally only in a format more like Fox & Friends.
No one need watch CNN after this sad attempt to rehabilitate a sex pest.
Dissonance defined: “He said that he never met her, then described how they met at the entrance to the store and she lured him into the dressing room”
New York Times reporter Jonathan Swan reported Wednesday night Trump’s advisers were “thrilled” with his appearance at the town hall. “They can’t believe he is getting an hour on CNN with an audience that cheers his every line and laughs at his every joke,” he said. www.huffpost.com/... x CNN CEO Chris Licht said he wouldn't allow anyone on his network that said it's raining when it's not.
But he's let someone on now who says it's raining when it's not, and he added hundreds of people to applaud when he does it. — Alex Sherman (@sherman4949) May 11, 2023
x I’m hearing the #CNNTownhall is a s*it show. Why is @CNN fact checker @ddale8 MIA? You’d think a news organization would have made sure he was checking the serial liar, twice impeached, convicted sexual abuser in real time instead of letting him play out his delusions. — Marcia Robbins (@mrobbinsnyc) May 11, 2023
“I took what I took.” x My thread about Trump's CNN town hall starts here pic.twitter.com/e7k0mYZnOD — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 10, 2023 If you appreciate this thread or others I put together covering big US political events, please support my work by subscribing to my newsletter. I think you'll like it and paid subscriptions keep me going. Subscribe to Public Notice JD Vance on CNN dismisses Trump being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation as part of an effort "to destroy this guy through the legal process. Pressed on if he believes E Jean Carroll, Vance says "it's a he said, she said situation" CNN is basically Trump TV tonight Trump: "We have a very big mental health problem in this country. And again, it's not the gun that pulls the trigger, it's the person that pulls the trigger." "No questions are off the table, and we agreed to no conditions" -- Kaitlan Collins
Trump gets a big round of applause as he walks on the stage
Trump pushes the big lie during his very first response. Kaitlan Collins interjects that "it was not a rigged election." Trump responds by lying some more.
Kaitlan Collins to Trump: "Republican officials debunked those claims about fraudulent ballots"
"You have an agenda" -- Trump to Kaitlan Collins as she tries to debunk his lies about the 2020 election
"A lot of the people here probably were there ... it was a beautiful day" -- Trump on January 6
Elon Musk hardest hit
"I'm very proud of that video ... it's a beautiful video" -- Trump on his January 6 video in which he professed love for his insurrectionists
Trump calls the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt a "thug"
Trump gets a round of applause after he says Pence should've done more on January 6 to help him overturn his election loss
Trump says he intends to pardon "many" of the January 6 rioters
Trump doesn't close the door on pardoning the Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy
the CNN town hall audience laughs as Trump smears E Jean Carroll
Trump swears on his children that he didn't assault E Jean Carroll
"Women let you" -- Trump defends his comments about the Access Hollywood tape from his deposition
Kaitlan Collins has pretty much given up on fact-checking Trump's lies. In fairness it's hard to fact-check this blizzard of falsehoods, which is the problem with giving Trump an open mic in the first place.
"We might as well do it now" -- Trump endorses a US debt default
Asked if he would support any new gun control policies at all, Trump says he would "very much harden" schools and again pushes the idea of arming teachers (so no, he doesn't)
Trump: "Getting rid of Roe v Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life"
Kaitlan Collins lets Trump slide when he lies about Democrats supporting the murder of born babies. Trump then refuses to answer a question about if he would sign a federal abortion ban, but indicates he's open to it.
"I did finish the wall" -- Trump
(Republicans will vote tomorrow on legislation that would resume construction on the wall, so ...)
Trump defends his family separation policy. Kaitlan Collins lets him get away with blaming the policy on Obama.
Trump indicates he is opposed to more military aid to Ukraine
CNN's town hall audience cheers when Trump brings up his first impeachment
COLLINS: Do you want Ukraine to win this war?
TRUMP: I don't think in terms of winning and losing
"He made a tremendous mistake" -- Trump on Putin
It's kinda jarring to watch Trump be treated as a normal presidential candidate minutes after he goaded a studio audience into jeering a woman who successfully sued him for sexual assault
"I took what I took" -- Trump on classified documents • • •
Former President Donald Trump praised CNN host Kaitlan Collins just minutes after calling her a “nasty person” during Wednesday’s CNN Trump town hall. At the end of the event, Collins concluded, “President Trump, I want to thank you for coming here tonight. This was an important conversation with voters to hear and to have. Thank you to our audience and to our host, St. Anselm College.” “Thank you,” Trump said, as the audience stood up in applause, before he thanked Collins for hosting the conversation. “Thank you very much, Kaitlan. Good job,” Trump said, shaking the CNN host’s hand. Trump then spent more than a minute regaling the audience and shouting, “I like you guys. We love New Hampshire!” Just moments before Trump praised Collins, he had made a dismissive gesture towards her after she tried to push the former president into vowing to support the outcome of the upcoming 2024 election, even if he loses. Trump and Collins repeatedly clashed throughout the evening and at one point — less than ten minutes prior to Trump telling Collins she had done a “good job” — Trump called the CNN host a “nasty person.” www.mediaite.com/... x CNN made this shameful deal with Trump:
“You pick the audience & we’ll amplify your lies & slander in a fascist hate rally & call it a Town Hall. Hosted by a hot gal you know from WH press corps who spent most of her career at Carlson's Daily Caller. — Jonathan Greenberg (@JournalistJG) May 11, 2023
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