Donald Trump Steamrolls Through CNN Town Hall — Analysis
deadline.comAbout 50 minutes in to CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump, moderator Kaitlan Collins told him, “The election was not rigged, Mr.
President. You cannot keep saying that all night long.” It was a futile attempt to try to pin him down on his often repeated falsehood that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from him, as Trump never budged from his claim, just as he hasn’t since election night.
In the immediate aftermath of the event, CNN has taken a drubbing on social media for giving Trump a platform to spew falsehoods for 70 or so minutes.
Collins herself earned praise for her efforts to fact-check Trump and, at moments, to interrupt him. But the format, before an audience that gave him two standing ovations, instead ended up playing to his strengths.
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