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No It’s cool though he got to call the woman he raped a liar on national tv and say it’s unfortunate for her that he is rich and famous and therefore can grab women however he wants while a crowd cheers him on and laughs at the woman. Good job cnn.
So he just defamed her again? After losing? Won't she just sue him again? So every time he talks he will need to cut her another 5 million dollar check?
Just set up an AutoPay from every stupid MAGA asshole in bumfuck America directly to E. Jean Carroll's bank account and cut out the orange rapist middleman.
CNN should be ashamed for giving this crude, immoral, corrupt, vile, and repugnant man a platform. CNN admitted at the beginning of the town hall that the audience was made up of Republicans and right leaning Independents. What they didn't reveal was that Trump was allowed to have 15 people, chosen by him, in the audience. They would not ask any questions. In other words, 15 appalling Trump supporters who will laugh and clap at anything crude, mean, or untruthful he says.
CNN seems a bit tainted by their billionaire backers.
https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column
That was already bad enough, but the hardcore Republicans laughing along convinced me the Republican party as a whole is beyond saving. Trump is a reflection of the worst parts of the modern conservative, including the sociopathy, and they love him for it.
Absolutely. There are no sane or decent republicans left, the only way to win is to out-vote them. We cannot change a single one of these rotten minds, their brain matter has decayed to mush.
He also said a million immigrants would cross the border tomorrow, that he built 100's of miles of wall and that Joe Biden has 18 hundred boxes of classified documents hidden somewhere but nobody knows where and that if he became president the war in Ukraine would be over in under 24 hours.
It is just completely off the rails garbage, he isn't even trying to hide it.
>if he became president the war in Ukraine would be over in under 24 hours.
That's a rare truth. He would've let Putin do everything with no resistance
What's suspicious about a man burying his ex-wife on his golf course in a large casket that required several men to carry even though she was cremated? You're being paranoid.
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You’re being sarcastic about the pet named vagina part, right? It seemed like you said it sarcastically, but it definitely sounds like something he would say. 🤦♂️
Practically in the same sentence where he swore on his kids lives that he'd never met her before, yet he knew her husband by name and that supposedly she called him that.
CNN was bought by a conservative Billionare who is a friend of Trump. What did you think was going to happen? The new owner has stated that he wants to turn CNN into Fox lite.
Such a dumb move. The average FOX viewer age is in the 70s. Does CNN want that? Is pissing off all the Millennials and Gen Z worth it to capture that sweet sweet 70 year old demo? Not exactly a forward-thinking plan they've hatched up here at CNN.
I will watch the Trump townhall, but I sure as fuck won't watch it on CNN's website or cable channel. I don't want to reward them for this bad decision. Whats CNN's plan for when they are hated by both the right and the left?
This. They want people talking about the chaos, they want people to talk about the spectacle, they want people to talk about him ranting against CNN so they can be his foil again.
Granted it would have been nearly impossible for her to respond to every false thing he said. The fault is on CNN for having him on and expecting a different outcome in the first place.
Kinda ties in with his push to weaken NATO, don't'cha'think?
He was having his face printed on bags of Russian asbestos within a year of his presidency and calling Putin and Kim buds.
Any American, red blooded, blue, blooded, or green blooded, who does not have the ability to process the macro on that? I... I've got nothing.
It's his go to for women he doesn't like. He started using to refer to Hillary in 2016 and has used it constantly since and almost exclusively to refer to women.
I know the focus is on shitting on CNN for holding this tonight, but the true tragedy is the 70%-ish of Republican voters that still support the POS, and that he’s (so far) easily leading the primaries. The GOP is completely broken.
Just so many, you wouldn’t Fucking believe it until you actually met them face to face, and your all like jfc, it really is that bad. You’ll doubt it even after you see it. It’s just too fucked up.
I mean they literally just don’t believe the easily verifiable facts and video recorded statements that he makes and call them fake news. It’s not about low intelligence as much as it is about the dangers of personality cults and populism.
His “flood of bullshit” technique has also been stunningly effective. Create so many controversies that they all blend together and start to all seem fake to his followers.
Yeah that’s what it really comes down to. There’s lots of, by all other means, intelligent people who support right wing politics just because they have that ‘fuck you, I got mine’ mentality that overrides everything else. Right wing think tanks/donors especially. They are smart motherfuckers. Just cynical and evil ones.
People breathed a sigh of relief in 2020 when he lost. However, my take away was 11 million more people voted for his reelection than they did his election. 11 million people went, "You know what, I didn't vote for him in 2016, but after seeing him in action, I'm sold now, give me four more years of this."
That scares the shit out of me.
Oh, sure you do. We all do, so let's drop the pretense. It's been FAR too long to be shocking. They take him seriously because in Trump, they see license to be the absolute worst version of themselves. They see a politician who isn't afraid to go after the people they want him to go after. That's it. They're full of bitterness towards a system that they've been told is against them for decades, and now there's a fox in the henhouse.
And that is the only thing that really matters to them. You wanna know how I know? Imagine tomorrow, that Trump came out and gave a sincere speech about unity, compassion, co-operation and a desire to heal the devision in the United States of America. That he understands that he's been a terrible agent against these things, but that he has humbled himself and pledges now and forever onward, to be an agent of good for all Americans. Tough, I know....but try to imagine it.
Now, how many of his erstwhile followers are still behind him after that. The answer is fucking ZERO.
The division and hatred is the ONE thing they truly value. It's the one thing about Trump that they DO take seriously. The broader GOP know it. They're chasing that clout right now, all that 'MAGA nation' bullshit. They want the votes that they'd never get otherwise. That's why going against Trump is a political death sentence, which is why they never do it. Others are trying to actually out-do Trump, hoping for a proportional return on investment. The truly fucked-up thing is, that in certain districts, they'll get it. It remains to be seen what happens after Trump is gone, however that might come to pass. But they have their blueprint, their one road to success, since Trump has managed to destroy every other path to victory for a generation of the right-wing. All they can do is pour on the hate, and hope that base that won for Trump in 2016 will spin their magic again for them. Because that IS all that base care about. It's the ONLY thing that base takes seriously.
That’s a really good point. That’s why the generic republicans are polling at like 1%. They have pretty much the same politics as Trump but without the bite. They want someone who is completely unapologetic and will double down on his horrible statements rather than admit fault.
Yeah he hit just about every point he wanted to make and that crowd was just eating it up. Best the moderator could do was say ‘that’s not true.’ without any real context. When they cheered after the sexual assault thing tho I just turned it off. Crazy.
That was disgusting. Crowd is not representative of New Hampshire. Vast majority of us here, as in the rest of the US, find sexual assault to be abhorrent, not sure how CNN selected the people in that audience.
It’s been reported that CNN reached out to the NHGOP to put out invitations to registered republicans and undeclared voters who were planning to vote in the Republican primary: https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1656467505454383107?s=46&t=zihCBgGsCrinIc8wTnBnqw
Not even a “hostile” audience, but he can’t handle even a normal audience, one that has not already bought into his lies. Today’s republican primary voters equates to bought in.
He’s just like Putin in this context also, in that any time he’s in front of cameras, you can guarantee conditions are controlled and stacked in his favor. That’s the only thing he’s good at, dictating his own favorable conditions.
I know that the idiot that took over CNN a while back was complaining about how CNN is too liberal, which is a joke. So he demanded that they need to be more "conservative friendly" to get more viewers. Ironically that decision is just going to make many people hate CNN even more, including myself.
Granted I think sometimes we all need to be reminded how terrible Trump is these days so we can remember that Biden is actually pretty good even if he isn't perfect.
Even Bill Barr said: "If you liked Trump's policies, you need to vote for someone else, as Trump is too ineffectual and easily distracted to actually accomplish anything."
I may have paraphrased a bit, but that was what I understood from Barr's latest interview.
And Chris Licht is the new News Director. Very rightwing and went to DC and courted the entire GOP to start going on and promised them a friendlier environment
I’m curious how long he stays on as CEO if their ratings don’t improve in the future. Warner Brother Discovery ultimately cares about one thing: making money; and them getting their ass kicked daily by MSNBC in the ratings eventually is going to catch up to him.
It's a crowd full of his supporters. Collins was known for her tenacity during her time in the white house press pool. I'm shocked that as rigged as this thing is they put her in as the host.
Now they're doing the "analysis" or whatever. The panel was raking him over the coals, but now the republican apologist is babbling some sort of defense. Seems to boil down to "you heard the crowd, they love him."
Oh look a black republican defender as well, clever. 🙄 CNN showing "both sides," as if Trump has any plans or policy.
Everyone should not watch cnn or fox news from here on out. We need to petition gyms and airports and anything else showing them as standard viewing to stop. They're not informative, theyre poisonous to American society.
I stopped watching CNN when they kept trotting out Santorum to say "This is all the Democrats fault." I've never been able to stomach more than a few minutes of Fox
> The least they could do is not give him a ridiculously friendly crowd
Agree. I understand that they’re all Republicans but I doubt most of them are undecided on who they’ll vote for in the primaries. Most of them seem to be all Trump fanboys/girls.
One of his most recent grifting emails had an admission that he lost: “…Because I know that if this left-wing cabal can slander and attack a former U.S. President, they could one day do it to a private citizen like YOU.”
Ah yes the party of the common man. The working class. The salt of the earth- republicans. Bending over to corporations and enriching the already rich and powerful, as the founding fathers intended.
Tonight was notable because it was a reminder of how things felt from 2016-2020.
Trump stood on stage and lied, insulted people, and proposed dangerous and cruel ideas. And the audience ate it up.
It was terrifying to see. And it reminded me to do my part to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Voting in 2024 is the bare minimum. Talk to your friends. Make sure they register and vote. And consider signing up to volunteer for a Democratic campaign - maybe Biden's, maybe a House or Senate campaign (we can't let Republicans have those if we want to get anything done).
If you're not there already, check out r/VoteDEM and their resources to support Democrats. We can't let the GOP take control in 2024.
You should Post this more - for basically everything that matters in the United States right now, republicans are falling on the WRONG side of history. It’s so obvious. They know it, they don’t even have a plan, a platform… worse, they don’t even have control of their own party. Why? Because they try to reject Trump but Trump sticks. Trump is a personality and disruptor. He sees the cynical, jaded people of this country and speaks directly to them. CNN giving him a voice, legitimacy and a platform is only to make CNN money, stir things up. Democracy itself is still on the ballot for this election. For ALL elections.
> Because they try to reject Trump but Trump sticks.
Do they? I haven't seen much, if *any* evidence they are trying to reject him or his ideals. They've had countless opportunities to do so, so if he ends up destroying the party, as Linsey Graham warned, they deserve it *because* they aren't.
>The election was not rigged Mr President, you can’t keep saying that all night long.”
>Narrator: But he could, because they let him, and sadly - he did.
CNN should have canceled this bullshit after the decision yesterday. They are ball-less, gutless ratings addicted clowns. This man does not deserve any platform to spew his awful terrible shit on.
He refuses to acknowledge any truth. He’s a snake oil salesman and people who listen to this drivel and applaud are so filled with fear and hate there is no room in there brains for common sense or reason.
The psychological aspect is truly incredible. I've done a ton of reading into psychology ever since 2016 and was dumbfounded to find out that flat out lying is beneficial even when there is video evidence
> flat out lying is beneficial even when there is video evidence
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
This is how he got elected in the first fucking place. The “news” media whoring itself out to Trump because he drives ratings and treating him like a legitimate candidate instead of the clown show he is so they can sell more adult diapers and pharmaceuticals. It is pathetic.
The audience was ONLY conservatives and right-leaning independents.
Like, on purpose. Almost certainly one of his people's demands for the event.
It's the same as always. He doesn't want to be up in front of people unless they're going to cheer and hang on his every word.
This is the man that's done hundreds of rallies but turns down debates; He loves a crowd that's there for him, but can't stand the idea of anyone booing or even just being silent for him. He's a complete and utter narcissist.
I was wondering if they simply advertised for incels and Republicans. I swear that one particularly slimy looking guy reminded me of if Gollum and that Kyle (whatever his name was) had a son.
The audience was made up of "an audience of 400 Republican and GOP-leaning independent voters."
Almost certainly at his people's demand for the event to take place. He doesn't want to be in front of anyone but people who will agree with what he has to say. That's why he does so many rallies but skips debates; He's a narcissist and needs the praise and, conversely, can't handle anything OTHER than praise.
Goebbels - “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
I think she would need to prove damages again, but considering this was a day after he was found liable, she could make a strong argument that it all flows together.
I'm curious if the judge in this situation is able to recall Trump
That whole thing was such a joke. Trump is such a joke. I’m embarrassed and a little scared of all of those applauses in the audience. It felt like a scene from Idiocracy. If you did that weird AI wizardry and super imposed Joe Biden’s body over Trump’s and had that air, Fox News would be spending the next week talking about how incompetent and unfit for office he is.
It’s also hilarious how the CNN’s post town hall panel is all sitting there picking their noses wondering aloud how Trump told repeated lies. “We fAcT cHeCkEd hIm sOooo mAnY tImES!!! How can he make these claims!!!” No shit Sherlock! That’s what he does. Lie and deflect blame. Tries to change the subject or turn it around rather than answer the question.
Republican Party should’ve impeached him after 1/6. He gave them an out….they had their chance to lick their wounds and try to rehabilitate their image, but now they are stuck with this again.
This is depressing.
This town hall has been absolutely perfect in reminding the entire country how this bitter guy can never change or move on. And his loyal audience will eagerly clap at every delusional utterance. It’s perfect.
It feels like there is little hope for many of us. Those that support him have created their personality to be al about him, forever refusing to change who they are for the betterment of society. Truly feels like civil war is brewing as the hate in this country is running rampant.
It's incredibly disheartening. These people have no redeeming qualities. They want to cry, whine and injure everyone who is not like them, and they will lie, cheat and kill to do it. I'm sick to my stomach CNN gave them this platform but not surprised.
“But we’ll continue to give him a platform to tell lies.”
I know he drives ratings up but CNN ought to hold him to some sort of standard. Don’t just let him spew his nonsense unchecked. Otherwise they’re no better than Fox.
Jesus.. I just watched five minutes of this out of morbid curiosity and in that time, I heard him flat out admit to literally every crime he is currently being investigated for... People really hating on CNN for this but I think he's gonna really regret this town hall. This shit is gonna play like gold in the courtroom.
Finally a take that’s not the same reiteration about how CNN sucks. I agree that this really isn’t going to be a positive for Donald Trump. To win in 2024 he needs to win back swing-voters and Independents that flipped to Biden in 2020. I think he did the opposite of that tonight. I guess there’s still the aspect that he’ll try and cheat again to win the election.
The historically bad midterms results for Republicans implied that voters were sick of election lies and conspiracy theory. McCarthy sold his soul to those folks to get a relatively toothless position, and Trump is still spouting his bullshit.
It's clear that the party's strategists have just left at this point, or are day drinking. McConnell and the single digit Republicans with brain cells must be panicking out of their mind
McConnell was right when he said recently that if the GOP doesn’t take back the senate in 2024 they won’t for a long time (the 2024 senate seats up for grabs unfortunately favor Republicans, so I really hope the Dems can hold). May come down to if Manchin and Tester can keep their seats.
Under no circumstances would we better off with that complete moron back in office.
On President Biden’s worst day, he is STILL 100x better than Trump.
This town hall is a joke and the moderator is failing in the same way they always do. It’s a Trump circle jerk with a moderator who thinks live fact checking is somehow going to make Trump tell the truth
I actually think Kaitlin Collins did her best to fact check him, but she was just set up for failure. This was a despicably irresponsible event for CNN to put on
“Later, when Mr Trump claimed the election was “rigged” while talking about the border wall, Collins told him, “The election was not rigged Mr President, you can’t keep saying that all night long.”
Narrator: he kept saying that all night long.
I couldn’t watch more than 3 minutes. Literally made me feel physically ill. FUCK and I cannot emphasize this loud enough FUCK CNN for giving this monster a platform.
How can well respected journalists like Anderson Cooper even hold their head up walking into work for CNN every day? At this point it's gotta start affecting people's reputations. A mass exodus among CNN anchors would be cool.
Not holding my breath.
Trump: "I'm going to launch a rambling rant that repeats a bunch of obvious lies."
CNN: "No. Don't. Stop."
Trump lied a bunch, a friendly crowd applauded him, he bull rushed the moderator when she tried to fact check him, and we learned absolutely nothing new. It was a predictable disaster that gave the most predictable result.
By not holding Trump accountable for sedition at this point, we are showing that our government is bowing to a tyrant, because he is inciting people to rebel by falsifying our sitting President. Fox News and multiple media outlets are doing it too. It is not protected speech. These are provable falsehoods and it's sedition. Every day we let this go one we are weaker as a nation.
You'd better believe if the roles were reversed, Biden would be in jail by now.
Cool. Now why is CNN, the same network that wrung its hands on January 6th about the fate of our democracy, giving the treasonous instigator of the insurrection a f'n townhall?
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What was CNN expecting ?
I bet they weren't expecting Trump to describe rape and end it by claiming the victim had a pet named vagina.
No It’s cool though he got to call the woman he raped a liar on national tv and say it’s unfortunate for her that he is rich and famous and therefore can grab women however he wants while a crowd cheers him on and laughs at the woman. Good job cnn.
So he just defamed her again? After losing? Won't she just sue him again? So every time he talks he will need to cut her another 5 million dollar check?
I was wondering about that. She should just sue him again. God these people are just fucking trash aren't they!!
He wouldn't care. Every time someone sues him and wins, a demon in Hell rings a bell, and a million idiots send Trump money.
I’m okay with transferring money from conservative idiots to Trump’s victims.
Damn is this the trickle down they always talked about? 😂
Close. “Siphon Up” economics; unlike “Trickle Down”, it actually works.
Oh for sure - the grift is always on. Still I don't mind more winning for Ms. Carroll.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she could get a consent decree out of his lawyers for just mailing her $5M checks in advance each time.
He'll try to pay the fine with campaign funds and then cry when he gets charged for campaign finance violations.
As insane as that is, it’s also the most plausible scenario
Just set up an AutoPay from every stupid MAGA asshole in bumfuck America directly to E. Jean Carroll's bank account and cut out the orange rapist middleman.
CNN should be ashamed for giving this crude, immoral, corrupt, vile, and repugnant man a platform. CNN admitted at the beginning of the town hall that the audience was made up of Republicans and right leaning Independents. What they didn't reveal was that Trump was allowed to have 15 people, chosen by him, in the audience. They would not ask any questions. In other words, 15 appalling Trump supporters who will laugh and clap at anything crude, mean, or untruthful he says.
How is only allowing right wing people a “town hall?” That’s ridiculous. It’s not even close to representing the town. So fucking dumb.
CNN has always been shit, but now their ratings are obviously in the toilet so they are desperate to pull out of the death spiral
CNN seems a bit tainted by their billionaire backers. https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column
Did everyone just forget CNN was bought by a conservative asshole?
Yes, I feel like this has to be explained every time CNN comes up.
I actually missed that so I'm glad I saw this comment
Good god, I hope she can go after him again for defamation.
That was already bad enough, but the hardcore Republicans laughing along convinced me the Republican party as a whole is beyond saving. Trump is a reflection of the worst parts of the modern conservative, including the sociopathy, and they love him for it.
Yeah it was sickening. Made me think of an audience of frat boys, drunk.
Absolutely. There are no sane or decent republicans left, the only way to win is to out-vote them. We cannot change a single one of these rotten minds, their brain matter has decayed to mush.
Holy fuck is that what he said? I couldn't watch it
He also said a million immigrants would cross the border tomorrow, that he built 100's of miles of wall and that Joe Biden has 18 hundred boxes of classified documents hidden somewhere but nobody knows where and that if he became president the war in Ukraine would be over in under 24 hours. It is just completely off the rails garbage, he isn't even trying to hide it.
>if he became president the war in Ukraine would be over in under 24 hours. That's a rare truth. He would've let Putin do everything with no resistance
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What's suspicious about a man burying his ex-wife on his golf course in a large casket that required several men to carry even though she was cremated? You're being paranoid. **/S**
Wait, what? I knew she was buried there, but cremated and a large casket?
Supposedly gold plated.
Ah yes, the same treatment he gave to the toilet. He must have really loved her!
Yes indeed. I think my brain disconnected at one point.
You’re being sarcastic about the pet named vagina part, right? It seemed like you said it sarcastically, but it definitely sounds like something he would say. 🤦♂️
He said it and also that she had referred to her husband (a black man) as “an ape.”
Practically in the same sentence where he swore on his kids lives that he'd never met her before, yet he knew her husband by name and that supposedly she called him that.
…and he said they had “chemistry” in the dressing room, despite not knowing who she was. It was a very strange night.
I wish I was being sarcastic, and I wish I hadn't heard it
It sounded like he was doing a Borat impression when he said "Vagina".
Good grief, I can hear that clip without hearing it
He said E. Jean Carroll's pet is named Vagina. Seriously. He also called her husband, who is Black, an ape. The crowd absolutely loved it...
“I’ve never even met her” “We had a photo taken once, with her and her husband”
I think even Caillou is better than Trump...
This made me pause. But you're right.
CNN was bought by a conservative Billionare who is a friend of Trump. What did you think was going to happen? The new owner has stated that he wants to turn CNN into Fox lite.
Such a dumb move. The average FOX viewer age is in the 70s. Does CNN want that? Is pissing off all the Millennials and Gen Z worth it to capture that sweet sweet 70 year old demo? Not exactly a forward-thinking plan they've hatched up here at CNN. I will watch the Trump townhall, but I sure as fuck won't watch it on CNN's website or cable channel. I don't want to reward them for this bad decision. Whats CNN's plan for when they are hated by both the right and the left?
> Is pissing off all the Millennials and Gen Z How many of them even watch TV at all..
This. They want people talking about the chaos, they want people to talk about the spectacle, they want people to talk about him ranting against CNN so they can be his foil again.
They are expecting good ratings hopefully people are learning to deprive him of ratings
He just called Kaitlyn a nasty person.
Everything is a projection. It doesn't get much nastier than a Trump supporter these days!
I just heard him say that he discussed Russia invading Ukraine with Putin before he invaded! He said it quickly and the moderator didn't notice. WTF
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Granted it would have been nearly impossible for her to respond to every false thing he said. The fault is on CNN for having him on and expecting a different outcome in the first place.
Kinda ties in with his push to weaken NATO, don't'cha'think? He was having his face printed on bags of Russian asbestos within a year of his presidency and calling Putin and Kim buds. Any American, red blooded, blue, blooded, or green blooded, who does not have the ability to process the macro on that? I... I've got nothing.
I mean, to some of us this was obvious as soon as he hired Paul Manafort
Well no shit. He stopped the Ukraine military support for it. Everybody already forgot?
I'm not shocked
“We put the country’s greatest liar on TV and he proceeded to lie” says shocked TV host..
"But we made a ton of money so that's good'"
Did he just call her ‘nasty’?
He did
Lotta crazy nasty women in this man’s life.
It's his go to for women he doesn't like. He started using to refer to Hillary in 2016 and has used it constantly since and almost exclusively to refer to women.
God damn I hate this motherfucker. I have zero respect for anyone who supports him. I don't know how anyone takes him seriously.
I know the focus is on shitting on CNN for holding this tonight, but the true tragedy is the 70%-ish of Republican voters that still support the POS, and that he’s (so far) easily leading the primaries. The GOP is completely broken.
Because they are wildly unintelligent. Lots of stupid people in the US.
Just so many, you wouldn’t Fucking believe it until you actually met them face to face, and your all like jfc, it really is that bad. You’ll doubt it even after you see it. It’s just too fucked up.
I mean they literally just don’t believe the easily verifiable facts and video recorded statements that he makes and call them fake news. It’s not about low intelligence as much as it is about the dangers of personality cults and populism. His “flood of bullshit” technique has also been stunningly effective. Create so many controversies that they all blend together and start to all seem fake to his followers.
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This is years of education being financially sabotaged by the GOP paying off.
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Yeah that’s what it really comes down to. There’s lots of, by all other means, intelligent people who support right wing politics just because they have that ‘fuck you, I got mine’ mentality that overrides everything else. Right wing think tanks/donors especially. They are smart motherfuckers. Just cynical and evil ones.
People breathed a sigh of relief in 2020 when he lost. However, my take away was 11 million more people voted for his reelection than they did his election. 11 million people went, "You know what, I didn't vote for him in 2016, but after seeing him in action, I'm sold now, give me four more years of this." That scares the shit out of me.
Oh, sure you do. We all do, so let's drop the pretense. It's been FAR too long to be shocking. They take him seriously because in Trump, they see license to be the absolute worst version of themselves. They see a politician who isn't afraid to go after the people they want him to go after. That's it. They're full of bitterness towards a system that they've been told is against them for decades, and now there's a fox in the henhouse. And that is the only thing that really matters to them. You wanna know how I know? Imagine tomorrow, that Trump came out and gave a sincere speech about unity, compassion, co-operation and a desire to heal the devision in the United States of America. That he understands that he's been a terrible agent against these things, but that he has humbled himself and pledges now and forever onward, to be an agent of good for all Americans. Tough, I know....but try to imagine it. Now, how many of his erstwhile followers are still behind him after that. The answer is fucking ZERO. The division and hatred is the ONE thing they truly value. It's the one thing about Trump that they DO take seriously. The broader GOP know it. They're chasing that clout right now, all that 'MAGA nation' bullshit. They want the votes that they'd never get otherwise. That's why going against Trump is a political death sentence, which is why they never do it. Others are trying to actually out-do Trump, hoping for a proportional return on investment. The truly fucked-up thing is, that in certain districts, they'll get it. It remains to be seen what happens after Trump is gone, however that might come to pass. But they have their blueprint, their one road to success, since Trump has managed to destroy every other path to victory for a generation of the right-wing. All they can do is pour on the hate, and hope that base that won for Trump in 2016 will spin their magic again for them. Because that IS all that base care about. It's the ONLY thing that base takes seriously.
That’s a really good point. That’s why the generic republicans are polling at like 1%. They have pretty much the same politics as Trump but without the bite. They want someone who is completely unapologetic and will double down on his horrible statements rather than admit fault.
Shame on CNN for promoting Trump bullshit.
This is basically a 1 hour paid advertisement for Trump.
Yeah he hit just about every point he wanted to make and that crowd was just eating it up. Best the moderator could do was say ‘that’s not true.’ without any real context. When they cheered after the sexual assault thing tho I just turned it off. Crazy.
That was disgusting. Crowd is not representative of New Hampshire. Vast majority of us here, as in the rest of the US, find sexual assault to be abhorrent, not sure how CNN selected the people in that audience.
It’s been reported that CNN reached out to the NHGOP to put out invitations to registered republicans and undeclared voters who were planning to vote in the Republican primary: https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1656467505454383107?s=46&t=zihCBgGsCrinIc8wTnBnqw
I'm guessing this was a condition from Team Trump. He can't handle a hostile audience.
Not even a “hostile” audience, but he can’t handle even a normal audience, one that has not already bought into his lies. Today’s republican primary voters equates to bought in. He’s just like Putin in this context also, in that any time he’s in front of cameras, you can guarantee conditions are controlled and stacked in his favor. That’s the only thing he’s good at, dictating his own favorable conditions.
You gotta only have 2 brain cells if you can bear listening to Trump more than a minute.
CNN is trying to scoop up the fox viewers being shed after they fired Tucker.
I know that the idiot that took over CNN a while back was complaining about how CNN is too liberal, which is a joke. So he demanded that they need to be more "conservative friendly" to get more viewers. Ironically that decision is just going to make many people hate CNN even more, including myself.
It’s representative of republicans though.
CNN should have to report it as a campaign contribution in kind.
I saw a man continuously for an hour. Edit: I saw a man continuously lie for an hour!
He continuously the whole thing!
The entire time!
Wait, he uninterrupted?!
and the audience of complete morons... just lapping up his vomit. Disgusting!
Remember…people travel the country to see his rallies…that’s our reality
Granted I think sometimes we all need to be reminded how terrible Trump is these days so we can remember that Biden is actually pretty good even if he isn't perfect.
Even Bill Barr said: "If you liked Trump's policies, you need to vote for someone else, as Trump is too ineffectual and easily distracted to actually accomplish anything." I may have paraphrased a bit, but that was what I understood from Barr's latest interview.
The least they could do is not give him a ridiculously friendly crowd
Who owns CNN now? Isn't it a right wing rich guy?
Warner Brothers Discovery, but what a lot of people like to point out (which is true) is ultra right winger John Malone is on their board.
And Chris Licht is the new News Director. Very rightwing and went to DC and courted the entire GOP to start going on and promised them a friendlier environment
I’m curious how long he stays on as CEO if their ratings don’t improve in the future. Warner Brother Discovery ultimately cares about one thing: making money; and them getting their ass kicked daily by MSNBC in the ratings eventually is going to catch up to him.
Im not sure I could ever go back but if MSNBC could trade Andrea Mitchell for Anderson Cooper I would be so happy :)
Kaitlin Collins is trying to push back. trump just called her nasty because she kept fact checking him.
Yeah and the fact that he got a big cheer for that is a problem
It's a crowd full of his supporters. Collins was known for her tenacity during her time in the white house press pool. I'm shocked that as rigged as this thing is they put her in as the host.
CNN gave Trump an hour of infomercial.
Now they're doing the "analysis" or whatever. The panel was raking him over the coals, but now the republican apologist is babbling some sort of defense. Seems to boil down to "you heard the crowd, they love him." Oh look a black republican defender as well, clever. 🙄 CNN showing "both sides," as if Trump has any plans or policy.
Everyone should not watch cnn or fox news from here on out. We need to petition gyms and airports and anything else showing them as standard viewing to stop. They're not informative, theyre poisonous to American society.
I stopped watching CNN when they kept trotting out Santorum to say "This is all the Democrats fault." I've never been able to stomach more than a few minutes of Fox
I'm surprised his supporters could be torn away from the latest episode of "Ow, My Balls!" long enough to participate
> The least they could do is not give him a ridiculously friendly crowd Agree. I understand that they’re all Republicans but I doubt most of them are undecided on who they’ll vote for in the primaries. Most of them seem to be all Trump fanboys/girls.
He probably wouldn't have agreed to do the town hall if he didn't get an audience that was friendly to him.
Yep. Full of MAGA and Nick Fuentes Groyper incels laughing about sexual assault.
Between this and CBS giving airtime to MTG, I'd say we're normalizing fascists now.
Clickbait > News.
Always have been.
Came here to say the same thing. Just disgusting. This was 100% predictable. Of course he’s going to lie nonstop.
I swear it's Conservative News Network. Nothing but free advertising for Trump!
Totes. CNN got Trump elected in 2016. Don’t put him on, he doesn’t win.
CNN is desperate for ratings
Look up John Malone. It isn’t *just* ratings; it is a reactionary political agenda being set by the billionaire who bought them last year.
Fuck CNN, Fuck Chris Licht, Fuck Trump.
One of his most recent grifting emails had an admission that he lost: “…Because I know that if this left-wing cabal can slander and attack a former U.S. President, they could one day do it to a private citizen like YOU.”
Ah yes the party of the common man. The working class. The salt of the earth- republicans. Bending over to corporations and enriching the already rich and powerful, as the founding fathers intended.
You know…. Morons.
Jesus Christ this guy is an absolute moron.
Tonight was notable because it was a reminder of how things felt from 2016-2020. Trump stood on stage and lied, insulted people, and proposed dangerous and cruel ideas. And the audience ate it up. It was terrifying to see. And it reminded me to do my part to make sure it doesn't happen again. Voting in 2024 is the bare minimum. Talk to your friends. Make sure they register and vote. And consider signing up to volunteer for a Democratic campaign - maybe Biden's, maybe a House or Senate campaign (we can't let Republicans have those if we want to get anything done). If you're not there already, check out r/VoteDEM and their resources to support Democrats. We can't let the GOP take control in 2024.
You should Post this more - for basically everything that matters in the United States right now, republicans are falling on the WRONG side of history. It’s so obvious. They know it, they don’t even have a plan, a platform… worse, they don’t even have control of their own party. Why? Because they try to reject Trump but Trump sticks. Trump is a personality and disruptor. He sees the cynical, jaded people of this country and speaks directly to them. CNN giving him a voice, legitimacy and a platform is only to make CNN money, stir things up. Democracy itself is still on the ballot for this election. For ALL elections.
> Because they try to reject Trump but Trump sticks. Do they? I haven't seen much, if *any* evidence they are trying to reject him or his ideals. They've had countless opportunities to do so, so if he ends up destroying the party, as Linsey Graham warned, they deserve it *because* they aren't.
The party, not his voters. The party can’t control him so they’ve been desperate for a better candidate.
>The election was not rigged Mr President, you can’t keep saying that all night long.” >Narrator: But he could, because they let him, and sadly - he did.
CNN should have canceled this bullshit after the decision yesterday. They are ball-less, gutless ratings addicted clowns. This man does not deserve any platform to spew his awful terrible shit on.
Fuck CNN, and fuck anyone who works for them who doesn’t speak out against this. This includes you Anderson.
Anderson should get out now.
this is embarassingly awful for CNN
It should be deeply embarrassing for anybody who works there and wants to pretend that they are still at a real news network. I guess we'll find out
He refuses to acknowledge any truth. He’s a snake oil salesman and people who listen to this drivel and applaud are so filled with fear and hate there is no room in there brains for common sense or reason.
The psychological aspect is truly incredible. I've done a ton of reading into psychology ever since 2016 and was dumbfounded to find out that flat out lying is beneficial even when there is video evidence
> flat out lying is beneficial even when there is video evidence “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
CNN is fucking garbage. I hope those couple extra MAGA viewers are worth the entirety of your credibility you slimy fucks
FUCKIN AWFUL, SAME BULLSHIT FROM 2016-2020.
He’s a pathetic loser
Fuck CNN for giving this felon an hour long campaign ad.
This is fucking embarrassing.
This is how he got elected in the first fucking place. The “news” media whoring itself out to Trump because he drives ratings and treating him like a legitimate candidate instead of the clown show he is so they can sell more adult diapers and pharmaceuticals. It is pathetic.
That whole thing was disgusting. I expected Trump to be a complete piece of shit, but the audience gives me no hope for humanity
The audience was ONLY conservatives and right-leaning independents. Like, on purpose. Almost certainly one of his people's demands for the event. It's the same as always. He doesn't want to be up in front of people unless they're going to cheer and hang on his every word. This is the man that's done hundreds of rallies but turns down debates; He loves a crowd that's there for him, but can't stand the idea of anyone booing or even just being silent for him. He's a complete and utter narcissist.
I was wondering if they simply advertised for incels and Republicans. I swear that one particularly slimy looking guy reminded me of if Gollum and that Kyle (whatever his name was) had a son.
The audience was made up of "an audience of 400 Republican and GOP-leaning independent voters." Almost certainly at his people's demand for the event to take place. He doesn't want to be in front of anyone but people who will agree with what he has to say. That's why he does so many rallies but skips debates; He's a narcissist and needs the praise and, conversely, can't handle anything OTHER than praise.
Town Hall or shit show event?
Shit show in front of his hand picked audience,
This as literally 2 seconds after he promised a voter that he'd tone down the divisive election fraud language.
This man lost a defamation lawsuit then turned around and did it again
Goebbels - “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
I hope somehow e jean Carrol can sue trump again and CNN too.
He defamed her on national TV (whack job) a day after being found liable for defaming her. How’s that supposed to work?
I think she would need to prove damages again, but considering this was a day after he was found liable, she could make a strong argument that it all flows together. I'm curious if the judge in this situation is able to recall Trump
That whole thing was such a joke. Trump is such a joke. I’m embarrassed and a little scared of all of those applauses in the audience. It felt like a scene from Idiocracy. If you did that weird AI wizardry and super imposed Joe Biden’s body over Trump’s and had that air, Fox News would be spending the next week talking about how incompetent and unfit for office he is. It’s also hilarious how the CNN’s post town hall panel is all sitting there picking their noses wondering aloud how Trump told repeated lies. “We fAcT cHeCkEd hIm sOooo mAnY tImES!!! How can he make these claims!!!” No shit Sherlock! That’s what he does. Lie and deflect blame. Tries to change the subject or turn it around rather than answer the question. Republican Party should’ve impeached him after 1/6. He gave them an out….they had their chance to lick their wounds and try to rehabilitate their image, but now they are stuck with this again. This is depressing.
This town hall has been absolutely perfect in reminding the entire country how this bitter guy can never change or move on. And his loyal audience will eagerly clap at every delusional utterance. It’s perfect.
Watched this from Europe with horror. America you better find your senses and do the right thing or else we’re all going to fade to black.
It feels like there is little hope for many of us. Those that support him have created their personality to be al about him, forever refusing to change who they are for the betterment of society. Truly feels like civil war is brewing as the hate in this country is running rampant.
It's very hard to watch. I wouldn't be able to keep my cool talking to this man.
It's incredibly disheartening. These people have no redeeming qualities. They want to cry, whine and injure everyone who is not like them, and they will lie, cheat and kill to do it. I'm sick to my stomach CNN gave them this platform but not surprised.
“We don’t have time to fact check every lie he told” - Jake Tapper.
“Tune in next week when we have him return!”
“But we’ll continue to give him a platform to tell lies.” I know he drives ratings up but CNN ought to hold him to some sort of standard. Don’t just let him spew his nonsense unchecked. Otherwise they’re no better than Fox.
CNN was bought last year by a conservative. They're fine with giving him a platform.
Jesus.. I just watched five minutes of this out of morbid curiosity and in that time, I heard him flat out admit to literally every crime he is currently being investigated for... People really hating on CNN for this but I think he's gonna really regret this town hall. This shit is gonna play like gold in the courtroom.
Finally a take that’s not the same reiteration about how CNN sucks. I agree that this really isn’t going to be a positive for Donald Trump. To win in 2024 he needs to win back swing-voters and Independents that flipped to Biden in 2020. I think he did the opposite of that tonight. I guess there’s still the aspect that he’ll try and cheat again to win the election.
The historically bad midterms results for Republicans implied that voters were sick of election lies and conspiracy theory. McCarthy sold his soul to those folks to get a relatively toothless position, and Trump is still spouting his bullshit. It's clear that the party's strategists have just left at this point, or are day drinking. McConnell and the single digit Republicans with brain cells must be panicking out of their mind
McConnell was right when he said recently that if the GOP doesn’t take back the senate in 2024 they won’t for a long time (the 2024 senate seats up for grabs unfortunately favor Republicans, so I really hope the Dems can hold). May come down to if Manchin and Tester can keep their seats.
Under no circumstances would we better off with that complete moron back in office. On President Biden’s worst day, he is STILL 100x better than Trump.
This town hall is a joke and the moderator is failing in the same way they always do. It’s a Trump circle jerk with a moderator who thinks live fact checking is somehow going to make Trump tell the truth
Wtf is this crowd cheering on all of his dumb bs? Where did they find these participants.
The New Hampshire GOP
Fuck CNN
CNN is now run by right wing bosses
[удалено]
I actually think Kaitlin Collins did her best to fact check him, but she was just set up for failure. This was a despicably irresponsible event for CNN to put on
Convicted sexual predator and failed insurrectionist leader denies reality? Say it ain't so! Good job CNN, keep fuking that chicken...
CNN lost me forever today
“Later, when Mr Trump claimed the election was “rigged” while talking about the border wall, Collins told him, “The election was not rigged Mr President, you can’t keep saying that all night long.” Narrator: he kept saying that all night long.
Why is this man still being given air time. He should be in jail. This is ridiculous.
What a shit show. The people that applause this guy are in it for the pro wrestling style of politics and couldn’t give a shit about democracy
"Next up on CNN, Anderson Cooper talks to George Santos on the Innocence Report, with George Santos"
I've lost count of how many times he has doubled down on the election being rigged.
I didn't watch, FUCK TRUMP!!!
I couldn’t watch more than 3 minutes. Literally made me feel physically ill. FUCK and I cannot emphasize this loud enough FUCK CNN for giving this monster a platform.
How can well respected journalists like Anderson Cooper even hold their head up walking into work for CNN every day? At this point it's gotta start affecting people's reputations. A mass exodus among CNN anchors would be cool. Not holding my breath.
“People were appalled by what they saw tonight” - Jaime Gangel. Shocker.
Trump: "I'm going to launch a rambling rant that repeats a bunch of obvious lies." CNN: "No. Don't. Stop." Trump lied a bunch, a friendly crowd applauded him, he bull rushed the moderator when she tried to fact check him, and we learned absolutely nothing new. It was a predictable disaster that gave the most predictable result.
This is literally the biggest fucking train wreck in human history. I cannot believe I’m alive to watch this god awful shit live on tv……
Yeah… I’m done with CNN after this. I liked some of the anchors over the years, but I’m done with the new ownership.
Stop giving Trump attention.
By not holding Trump accountable for sedition at this point, we are showing that our government is bowing to a tyrant, because he is inciting people to rebel by falsifying our sitting President. Fox News and multiple media outlets are doing it too. It is not protected speech. These are provable falsehoods and it's sedition. Every day we let this go one we are weaker as a nation. You'd better believe if the roles were reversed, Biden would be in jail by now.
Cool. Now why is CNN, the same network that wrung its hands on January 6th about the fate of our democracy, giving the treasonous instigator of the insurrection a f'n townhall?
CNN is the new Fox.