Posted on 05/10/2023 10:46:13 AM PDT by conservative98
No questions will be off-limits on Wednesday night at the CNN town hall with Donald J. Trump. He can put 15 people of his choice in the audience but none are allowed to ask questions. And his team has not had a hand in guiding how the event will go, according to two people briefed on the discussions.
All of this adds up to no small amount of risk for the former president during the prime-time event, his advisers say — a risk they see as worth taking.
They expect tough questions from the CNN anchor and moderator, Kaitlan Collins — and have been anticipating questions about abortion, investigations into Mr. Trump and a civil jury’s finding him liable for defamation and sexual abuse in the lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll in Manhattan, a verdict handed down a day before the town hall.
But they also know he will mostly be facing questions from an audience of Republicans and Republican-leaning independent voters in New Hampshire, the state hosting the first primary of the 2024 Republican presidential contest. It was the first state Mr. Trump won in 2016 and a place where he still enjoys popularity among Republicans.
Since the end of his presidency, Mr. Trump has largely been relegated to appearing on right-wing networks and podcasts. He has taken reporters aboard his plane now that he’s a candidate, but his team recognizes that he needs to start venturing beyond the fringe to gain access to a broader audience, particularly as a contrast to Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who avoids the mainstream media. And CNN was willing to provide him that opportunity, several advisers said. The town hall will be Mr. Trump’s first appearance on CNN since the 2016 campaign.
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Like some of the Trump supporters we have on FR?
I agree CCN needs and wants to take advantage of Foxes Bud Light fiasco and grab some of that market. Trump was great for CNN ratings.
“ They expect tough questions from the CNN anchor and moderator, Kaitlan Collins”
Like what?
What is going to do about the crime family currently occupying the White House?
“his team recognizes that he needs to start venturing beyond the fringe to gain access to a broader audience ...”
I’m glad they figured that out. :-)
I see it as deliberate sabotage from the Trump inner circle that supported this impending disaster.
What I said on another thread:
I hope he’s not doing this because he’s getting bad advice from another poor personel decision.
apparently I’m not the only one who thought of that.
200% setup to make him look bad
Not in favor of this move, particularly today.
Daniel
Heat it up ❌10 times.
Go Trump 2024 🖕
Anything and everything CNN is hostile to him. They’ll do their level best to destroy him.
I hope so...
“I see THREE in there”!
*And One likened to the Son of Man”
Heat it up ❌ ten times!
Trump 2024! 🦅
Calculated risks seem to be the only choices Trump has had for the last six years.
A number of years ago Charlie Rangel brought up the issue of reinstituting the draft. Trump should refresh the memories of the now 30-year-olds. Do it when the issue of freedom comes up. It could be the 2nd amendment, speech- anything. Throwing in the draft issue would strike a raw nerve, something the democrats are better at.
Good opportunity for CNN viewers to hear Trump unfiltered. CNN did not cover the Comer press today. I am sure Trump will bring that up if Collins doesn't.
I suspect this is the case.
Critics of CNN said it should not be giving Trump a live, prime-time platform — “normalizing” him as just another presidential candidate — and claiming it’s part of new CNN effort to appeal to a more conservative audience.
The Great Task, a political action committee sponsored by former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, launched a new ad Tuesday it said was scheduled air on CNN this week in New Hampshire “ahead of and during the former President’s scheduled town hall on the network in the state.”
CNN sucks!
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