CNN Hosts a MAGA Rally
CNN allowed Trump to pack a primetime town hall with his right-wing supporters who cheered his most hateful, racist, bigoted lies and conspiracy theories.
After years of Trump bashing journalists as "fake news" and "enemies of the people," CNN decided to host a primetime Trump town hall that was a blatant attempt to attract right-wing viewers leaving Fox News. It was a highly disturbing 70-minutes of Trump airing his personal grievances, hateful lies, and right wing conspiracy theories popular with his base of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and QAnon supporters.
Whatever else it was, the Trump show on CNN reminded viewers, all too clearly, of who he is. Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux
Don’t Say You Haven’t Been Warned About Trump and 2024, The New Yorker | 5/11/2023
By Susan B. Glasser
CNN’s awful town hall with the former President heralds a disastrous election year to come.
Video: Trump town hall was a 'disgraceful performance', MSNBC | 5/11/2023
Former President Donald Trump reiterated his false claim that the 2020 election was 'rigged', and he mocked writer E. Jean Carroll as a 'whack job' during a CNN town hall at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire on Wednesday.