CNN and MSNBC decided to skip live carriage of former President Donald Trump’s post-arraignment speech at Mar-A-Lago on Tuesday night, leaving Fox News as the only major cable news network to cover it live.
Fox News not only carried the entire speech, but at one point the network went to a split screen of President Joe Biden speaking at the White House and Trump in Bedminster, NJ.
The network’s chyron read, “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” Trump plead not guilty to a 37-count indictment in which he is accused of concealing materials containing top national secrets and attempting to obstruct federal officials efforts to retrieve them.
In the speech, Trump blasted the special prosecutor Jack Smith and aired a long list of grievances, while making the claim that Biden is behind the charges against him.
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