JD Vance Went On CNN To Defend Trump And It Was A Disaster
Trump sent his running mate to CNN to defend him, and to say it did not go well would be an understatement.
Trump sent his running mate to CNN to defend him, and to say it did not go well would be an understatement.
CNN decided that they would do no fact checking at the presidential debate and it led to an unwatchable 90 minutes that left voters mis and underinformed.
The White House Correspondents Association has expressed concern that CNN will not allow a pool reporter inside the debate studio to cover and document the candidates’ remarks.
CNN’s Kasie Hunt tried to get Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to stop attacking the debate moderators, but she wouldn’t so Hunt cut off the interview and dumped her.
CNN anchors referred to Trump’s press conference as rant without a teleprompter and referred to its “disjointed” presentation.
Former Trump deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said that a guilty verdict would change the minds of some voters.
Trump lawyer Alina Habba went on Fox News and claimed that the jury may convict Trump because they watched MSNBC and CNN over Memorial Day.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) explained on CNN why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attack on her was racist and the racism of MAGA.
CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the first 2024 Biden/Trump debate in June.
Trump and his advisers are reportedly irked that President Biden has jumped in and taken the debate narrative away from them.
CNN announced that Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SC) abruptly bailed on an interview with the network that was scheduled weeks in advance.
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) reviewed the numbers and showed that Donald Trump has a steep hill to climb to win Pennsylvania.
Norm Eisen explains that Donald Trump’s so-called “hush money” trial is actually about alleged election interference by the then candidate for president.
Sen. and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) called out Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for weaponizing Christianity and using it to divide us.
Larry David had a lot to say when he was asked about Donald Trump, as he accused the ex-president of destroying democracy because he can’t admit that he lost.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained to Jake Tapper that Trump is not a normal candidate but a criminal who masterminded a domestic terror attack.
House Republicans were hit with another blow when Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) announced that he will resign next Friday, further reducing their slim House majority.
Twenty-year Trump employee Brian Butler is talking publicly about how he was asked to help move boxes of classified information that Trump had stolen and was hiding.
Paul Begala said that Joe Biden hasn’t really changed, but Trump mental abilities have gotten worse and he’s melting down.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that Democrats are working on a bill that would disqualify insurrectionists from holding federal office.
Trump’s speech on the border was such an incoherent, lie-filled disaster that CNN only carried a few minutes and had to cut it off to fact-check.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a human trafficker during an interview on CNN.
CNN’s Chris Wallace said that it seems Biden makes more mistakes and is more mentally compromised than Trump, which is flat out wrong.
CNN cut off Trump’s remarks after Supreme Court arguments and laughed at the former president for incoherently rambling.
CNN asked James Carville why Trump was losing support with women, and James Carville reminded the network that Trump is a rapist.
House Democrats like Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) are calling out House Republicans like Speaker Mike Johnson for caving to Trump and killing the border bill.
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said that Donald Trump knows that he is lying, and he told her to intentionally repeat lies so that people would believe them.
Rep. Tony Gonzales stuttered and stammered and couldn’t answer when asked for proof that President Biden behaved corruptly.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz said that centrist House Republicans are supporting the Biden impeachment investigation because they are afraid of Trump.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger laid out for Republicans why Trump is not a victim of the Biden Department of Justice.
It got ugly for Rep. Tim Burchett when he was pressed on CNN for evidence to support his claims of President Biden committing impeachable offenses.
Kellen Curry, the Republican running to replace George Santos in the House, had a disaster of an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, where he refused to answer basic questions.
Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) told CNN that ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) elbowed him in the hallway, causing pain — a charge that Rep. McCarthy denied. But an NPR Congressional correspondent witnessed what she called a “shove” and the ugly back and forth that ensured.
On Saturday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) described House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) when he started talking about Jordan’s 1/6 subpoena.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) if Biden should have done more before the UAW strike, and Sen. Sanders turned the tables.
Marc Short, the former chief of staff and current adviser to former VP Mike Pence, poked massive holes in the defense of Mark Meadows.
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said that just like on 1/6, Donald Trump is trying to get his supporters do his dirty work for him with his threats.
Former White House counsel John Dean said that Special Counsel Jack Smith is showing that he will have a low tolerance for Donald Trump’s games.
Trump is described as being angry, ‘pi*sed off’, and raging about his news coverage after the 1/6 arraignment.
A judge ruled that calling Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen was not defamation as tossed the former president’s lawsuit against CNN.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has failed with his war on woke and mini-Trump campaign, so he is turning to CNN to save his dying presidential bid.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) said that Congress should subpoena Chief Justice John Roberts if he refuses to testify and put impeachment on the table for Justices like Clarence Thomas.
Former U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, noted on CNN that the civil strife in Russia is a massive blow to people like Tucker Carlson, who have been parroting Putin’s talking points.
CNN boss Chris Licht thought that Trump was popular because conservative voices are marginalized. He got it so wrong that he is destroying the network.
CNN’s play to attract conservative viewers by hosting a Donald Trump town hall backfired, and the network’s viewership numbers have plunged.
Donald Trump reportedly got to name the conditions of his rally styled as a town hall on CNN, including who would host and moderate. Predictably, he is now insulting that person, Kaitlan Collins, as “not exactly Barbara Walters, or even close.”
Donald Trump is claiming that Fox News is going to air his Iowa rally on Saturday night because he went on CNN.
How badly did Donald Trump’s CNN Town Hall fail? In the same format on the same network, President Biden drew more viewers than Trump.
CNN should come to Trump towns to talk to non-Trump voters, who have been threatened and harassed into silence, before they lecture Americans about “staying in your silo.”
CNN boss Chris Licht told Trump to have fun before the town hall, and the Trump campaign wanted Kaitlin Collins to moderate because she has kept a relationship with Trump.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper tried to explain the network’s decision to give Trump a virtually unfettered platform, but detoured into blaming people for being angry about their decision.
The ratings are in for CNN’s Trump town hall, and the special only drew the audience for an average Tucker Carlson show.
CNN executives are trying to spin the Trump town hall by saying that it served America well, but there are CNN employees who reportedly disagree.
The Lincoln Project strongly called out CNN and accused the network of an act of malpractice by normalizing Trump to chase Tucker Carlson’s viewers.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized CNN for letting Trump attack E. Jean Carroll during the network’s hosted town hall.
One of the conditions that CNN gave to Trump when they offered him a town hall was that the crowd will contain only Republicans and Independents who will vote in the GOP primary.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney’s PAC The Great Task will air an ad calling Trump unfit and a national security risk during his CNN town hall.
The normalization of Donald Trump by corporate media has kicked into overdrive as CNN announced that they will be giving Trump a national television forum next week in New Hampshire.
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) made it clear that the abortion bans being enacted in red states are not individual decisions but part of a coordinated Republican plan to take away healthcare freedom.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) was asked if he has found anything illegal that Biden has done while in office. He responded by claiming that he found things that should be illegal.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said that Rep. George Santos will be gone from the House. It is only a matter of when.
Former Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) said that the red wave never came because of abortion and Trump. He called Trump the best thing for Democrats since FDR.
The FBI surely gave Kash Patel limited-use immunity in order to cut Trump off at the pass and lure him into a trap
Jake Tapper’s brief run as a primetime host on CNN will end after the midterm, and Sheppard Smith had his CNBC show canceled after two years.
In an interview with CNN, President Biden wasn’t buying the predictions that the US is going to slip into a recession.
Ranking House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) tried to defend Trump taking classified documents and it was an epic disaster.
Former FBI Chief of the Counterespionage Section Peter Strzok said that Republicans never once complained about Gestapo tactics during the Clinton email investigation.
CNN’s Jim Acosta is putting up viewership numbers in his weekend show that beat Fox News in the key 18-49 demo.
CNN’s Jim Acosta put NRA board member Judge Phillip Journey on the spot and wanted to know why an 18-year-old should be able to buy an AR-15.
CNN anchors Victor Blackwell and Alisyn Camerota grilled state representative James White about why Texas can act fast on abortion, but not on protecting ten-year-olds from school shootings.
CNN’s Jim Acosta called out Republicans who claim to support democracy in Ukraine while staying silent on Clarence and Ginni Thomas.
I’m not just saying fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers is the moral thing to do. I’m saying it’s the smart political move to defend democracy globally and domestically.
Chris Wallace dropped a surprise on Sunday as he announced on his show that he is immediately leaving Fox News.
CNN boss Jeff Zucker tried to hire Rachel Maddow away from MSNBC, which made Maddow’s current home offer her more money for less work.
So, Facebook’s behavior is a symptom of alienation, and it shouldn’t be any kind of “jaw-dropping†surprise.
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