Lots of pre-game talk on CNN about Trump's 'tone' and 'discipline'. Kill me now.
It's as if we have gone back in time to 2016.
As if the insurrection didn't happen.
As if the man wasn't found liable of sexual abuse just *this week*.
And Many UnimaginableLot of diversity in this Trump Town Hall. Every kind of white person imaginable. He gets a standing ovation of course. I have to watch this for an article so you don't have to. Just watch the NBA playoffs instead.
WHAT YOU WANT: To Fact Check The Former President In Real Time90 seconds in and CNN lets Trump lie and claim the 2020 election was rigged. Kaitlan Collins interrupts and he ignores her. #Shameful
"Trump Not Paying The Bills? Who Didn't See This One Coming?" Contractors Who Had Worked For The Former President Stated, "We Could Have Told You It Was Coming!"
Aaron Rupar"We might as well do it now" - Trump endorses a US debt default
If A War Crime Occurs In A Ukrainian Forest And Nobody Survives To Tell About It, Did It Really Occur, Though?
David RothkopfTrump's Ukraine gobbledegook is support for our enemies inside a fabric of lies wrapped in horseshit. If I were Putin, I'd be smiling - since the core point is Trump is bothsidesing Russia's brutal illegal invasion of Ukraine and its wave upon wave of war crimes that followed.
Trump's Staying On Brand, Then
Adam Kinzinger #fellaHe never offered the national Guard. He is straight lying
Too Soon?
Kyle GriffinThe audience laughs at Trump as he denigrates E. Jean Carroll just 24 hours after he was found liable for sexually abusing her.
If It Was Predictable, Is It Really Breaking News, Though?
JoHoly shit!!! This is every bit the bullshitpalooza trainwreck of a dumpster fire anyone with a fucking functioning brain cell could have predicted!!!!!!
BREAKING!!!
You Scoff, But That Was The Term Of Art In The Advertising Industry In 1954
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.DOh dear god, Trump just called his sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll "hanky panky"
No, No, No,Trump in his defense of Dobbs and "pro life" just said they could kill the baby after it was born. This is nonsense and a lie. It wasn't challenged. #CNNTownhall
Can You Have A Second Amendment Without A Constitution?Trump just denied saying the Constitution should be terminated - even though he did - and Collins has yet to correct him (she started to but he talked over her). He is being applauded by the 'independent' crowd and is mocking her 'agenda'.
So far, so awfulI Can't See Into Their Hearts, But They Had Hate On Their Signs And Violence In Their Flagpoles...And Stolen Police Batons...And Shields...And Tasers...And Fists...
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.DTrump just called January 6th a "beautiful day" and says the crowd was there "with love in their heart."
So, Business As Unusual, Then
Ronald BrownsteinTrump strongly suggests he will again separate migrant children from parents if reelected. Also indicates he will pardon most J6 rioters. And that he will use the leverage of his Justices ending #Roe to produce a national abortion ban that satisfies pro-life voters. #CNNTownhall
Given The Network's Ratings, It's Hard To Imagine Being A CNN Advertiser At AllImagine being a @CNN advertiser during a town hall where sexual assault was joked about. #BrandUnsafe
Shows What You Know: CNN Wouldn't Do The Same For HitlerThanks, CNN. You gave a serial sexual predator and traitor a national platform. You would probably have done the same for Hitler.
I'll Never Be Able To Watch Baseball Again
Shelby Talcott"home run," a Trump advisor texts me after tonight's CNN town hall.
WORSE: He Let Somebody On His Network Who Said That The Entire Country Had Been Submerged In A Tsunami Caused By George Soros And Trans Kids
Alex ShermanCNN 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.
It Was A Perfect Town Hall Meeting: Impartial...
Victor ShiJust a reminder that CNN knows exactly what it's doing here. They vetted every single person in that audience & every question. CNN knew that this audience would be sympathetic to Trump and would embolden him throughout. CNN is a complete & utter disgrace.
Tim MillerSpotted in the CNN townhall audience. Establishment GOP fundraiser Chris Applegate.
...With Everybody Free To Express Their Opinion Of What Was Being Said
Wajahat Alib"Many audience members at CNN's town hall with former president Donald Trump on Wednesday were "disgusted" and "bewildered" by the spectacle, but were told to be respectful and not to boo, according to a report."
Maybe In Her Head...
Brian StelterCNN's @VanJones68 says @kaitlincollins "did a masterful job of fact-checking a lie machine in real time"
Darcy, A Media Critic Who Understands A Coded Message When He Hears One, Made Sure His Resume Was Up To Date
Dylan ByersSCOOP @PuckNews: CNN's Chris Licht summoned @OliverDarcy and his editor to a meeting with himself and top executives in which they told him that his coverage of Trump town hall had been too emotional and stressed the importance of remaining dispassionate
Do You Think Adding To The Size Of The Republican Silo Will Make Your Network's Financial Problems Go Away?
AcynCooper: You have every right to be outraged today and angry and never watch this network again. But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?
Guess They'll Just Have To Have Him On Every Night, The -By 10 PM last night CNN was back in last place in total audience and three quarters of the Trump audience had vanished.
Chris Licht sold CNN's soul, enraged his staff, and got...nothing.
Not even ratings.
Hey! If You Have To Dream, Dream BigI am done with CNN for hosting this would-be Mussolini.