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MSNBC’s Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful
Slate ^ | 2/17/16 | Isaac Chotiner

Posted on 02/18/2016 8:46:20 AM PST by don-o

Is Donald Trump in trouble? After facing hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Wednesday night--they comprehensively laid out his flip-flops, presented him with damning videotape, and asked him to explain the inconsistencies in detail--Trump was confronted by hostile audience members at MSNBC's televised town-hall forum. When a Muslim questioner got up to ask why he had said such bigoted things about minorities, Trump seemed to struggle while Scarborough forced him to respond. The candidate looked uncomfortable, unhappy, and somewhat lost. It could be a turning point.

If only. Of course, none of this actually occurred Wednesday night, just like it hasn't occurred once this entire campaign season. Instead, Scarborough and Brzezinski hosted what appeared to be a rehearsed and "safe" town hall, in which American voters asked the candidate such hard-hitting questions as "Why did you decide to run for president?" and "how will you set yourself apart" from other Republicans? It was completely worthless television, except in one sense: The program highlighted the many ways in which the media's coverage of Trump has been soft, insufficient, and without substance.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assclownposting; cruintohillarywin; cruzmeltdown; cruzsmearmachine; liarsforted; loserschoir; moronsforcruz; sttedschoir; tedimposion; tedsscumbags; trump
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Spare me the "Who cares what Slate says?" flak. I heard the part where JS asked him about his Code Pink type comments and he just let Trump blather aimlessly. Never even tried to pin him down.

btw, for the many who won't read the source, it concludes that Trump will probably continue to get away with the free media ride.

He has an open invitation to go on Levin's show, but chooses msnbc???

1 posted on 02/18/2016 8:46:20 AM PST by don-o
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To: don-o

How long was the townhall because I watched an hour long version on YouTube and saw none of that.


2 posted on 02/18/2016 8:48:40 AM PST by A CA Guy (Are God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: don-o
...hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski

Scarborough is a flake and Brzezinski has a past of having close friends in prostitution rings.

3 posted on 02/18/2016 8:49:28 AM PST by Mr Apple ( TRUMP / CARSON 2016 TRUMP / CARSON 2016 TRUMP / CARSON 2016)
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To: don-o
It could be a turning point.

Hardly. What Republican watches MSNBC?

4 posted on 02/18/2016 8:49:42 AM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: don-o

So some leftist at Slate is outraged that MSNBC isn’t asking some politician any difficult questions? The irony.


5 posted on 02/18/2016 8:49:57 AM PST by AC86UT89
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To: AC86UT89

Cruz Bots are up


6 posted on 02/18/2016 8:50:56 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Mr Apple

True. But Trump CHOSE to go with them.


7 posted on 02/18/2016 8:50:59 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: don-o

Well, at least some part of the Left Wing Media doesn’t like Donald Trump! You would think that after going all “Code Pink” on GWB, all of State’s staff would just love him!


8 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:04 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: don-o

did he watch the same thing I did?????


9 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:06 AM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Cards are being played, you have been Trumped!)
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To: don-o

I figure it was worth about 2 more points in the polls.


10 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:12 AM PST by Rennes Templar (I'm pro gun control: keep your guns under your control at all times.)
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To: don-o

I must have watched a Different version. Did Slate get an unedited, Director’s cut?


11 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:13 AM PST by heights
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To: don-o
"Trump will probably continue to get away with the free media ride."

Only if, and until, he gets the nomination. The press will turn on him with such a vengeance that it will make Ted Cruz look like a puppy. There is enough ammunition in just the recent nomination race for the press to have non-stop bashing for a decade.

12 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:20 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: don-o

LOL! Has Slate ever watched the Bernie or Hillary’s town halls or the so called Hillary=Bernie “debates”?


13 posted on 02/18/2016 8:51:27 AM PST by kenmcg
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Did Chump...sorry, Trump bring along his new friends from Code Pink?


14 posted on 02/18/2016 8:52:36 AM PST by lormand (Donald Chump - Code Pink or Code Orange?)
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To: don-o

Why should he go on Levin’s show...a guy who sold out and is obviously against him?

A History of Deception
The definitive timeline of what Ted Cruz said and did in the 2013 immigration debate.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/01/the_definitive_timeline_of_what_ted_cruz_said_and_did_in_the_2013_immigration.html


15 posted on 02/18/2016 8:52:49 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: aimhigh
"What Republican watches MSNBC?"

I flicked thru the channels one morning and accidently stumbled upon MSNBC, so it does happen.

16 posted on 02/18/2016 8:53:48 AM PST by lormand (Donald Chump - Code Pink or Code Orange?)
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To: don-o

This just in:

“Trump lambasted by the pundits and the media elites.
He goes up another 5 pts in the polls.
Said pundits and media elites are in a state of shock.
Film at 11.”


17 posted on 02/18/2016 8:53:55 AM PST by Signalman
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To: aimhigh

> What Republican watches MSNBC?

The purpose was for Ds and indy’s to see Trump. He’s already running for the general election and trying to appeal to non-Rs. Rs aren’t going to vote for a commie or criminal. If Trump can pull in some Ds and most indy’s he got it locked up.


18 posted on 02/18/2016 8:53:56 AM PST by LostPassword
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To: don-o

Who would want to go on the show of a known deranged Cruzer like Levin?


19 posted on 02/18/2016 8:54:14 AM PST by euram
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To: don-o

The free ride from the MSM will end the second he wins the nomination. That’s when all the ads starring laborers and contractors who were screwed when Trump’s companies declared bankruptcy will start airing.


20 posted on 02/18/2016 8:54:16 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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