Posted on 05/11/2023 7:14:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
CNN likely had more viewers of their town hall event with President Donald Trump Wednesday night than most of their regular shows combined. It was the first time I’d watched more than a clip from the network in years.
Knowing the advertising boom this brought for them, it was odd that they cut off the interview over 20-minutes longer than they had allotted. Congressman Matt Gaetz has a theory:
Did CNN cut it short because Trump was doing SO WELL? I’ve never seen a Town Hall get called like a “Mercy Rule” before. Did that really happen?
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Of course, CNN would never admit to it. They’d likely not think of that way themselves. They would justify it by saying they didn’t want to give Trump a platform to “continue lying” or something like that. But other than a couple of unflattering responses, he handled the event spectacularly and came out looking like the Trump of old — unapologetic and ready to sit in the Oval Office.
Even radical Democrat Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez agreed it was a debacle.
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This was supposed to be a trap and CNN executives were giddy over the prospects of Donald Trump walking willingly into it. The reality ended up reminding me of a line from Watchmen (graphic): “None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me.”
In 3 part harmony.
Does anyone know if there is a way to watch the entire show? All I can find are little clips. Thanks!
Do you think those guys would have voted for AOC?
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“Did CNN cut it short because Trump was doing SO WELL? I’ve never seen a Town Hall get called like a “Mercy Rule” before. Did that really happen?”
I was in a basketball game where we lost something like 120-25. A mercy rule would have been nice :)
Trump was beating CNN harder than my JV team got beat. It was beautiful.
“Did CNN cut it short because Trump was doing SO WELL? I’ve never seen a Town Hall get called like a “Mercy Rule” before. Did that really happen?”
I was in a basketball game where we lost something like 120-25. A mercy rule would have been nice :)
Trump was beating CNN harder than my JV team got beat. It was beautiful.
“Was she sent out there to moderate a town hall, or was she sent out there to argue with Trump, take him down, so to speak?”
Yes to “moderate a town hall,”
Yes to “was she sent out there to argue with Trump,”
and, Yes to “take him down.”
But...
She super failed with all!
I think it’s clear...she was no ‘moderator’, she was attempting to decide for everyone what the ‘truth’ was. These people are insufferable. Rude, immature, clueless, etc.. They don’t seem to realize they just make themselves look bad.
Genius move by Trump, again.
<>They stopped less than 70 minutes in. In other words, they could have gone longer if they wanted—which is usually what executives do with big ratings draws.<>
I guarantee the White House called to stop the blood-letting.
They don’t have the whole show on youtube. Is it anywhere I can watch it?
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