After former President Trump ran circles around CNN Townhall, host Kaitlan Collins CNN released a statement.
“Tonight Kaitlan Collins exemplified what it means to be a world-class journalist,” the network said. “She asked tough, fair and revealing questions. And she followed up and fact-checked President Trump in real time to arm voters with crucial information about his positions as he enters the 2024 election as the Republican frontrunner. That is CNN’s role and responsibility: to get answers and hold the powerful to account.”
“… to arm voters with crucial information about his positions as he enters the 2024 election as the Republican frontrunner. That is CNN’s role and responsibility: to get answers and hold the powerful to account.”
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) May 11, 2023
The journos on the left are furious she didn’t challenge the former president enough, and others thought she came off as a nag.
Trump just pulls out receipts to disprove Kaitlin Collins’ claims on the CNN town hall… and the crowd cheers!
This is NOT going the way CNN wanted it to. pic.twitter.com/7byCeFkCHr
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 11, 2023
The fact that CNN had to release a statement tells you that the townhall backfired on them.
Poor Jake Tapper started to cry.
WATCH: Jake Tapper holds back tears as he complains about Donald Trump destroying CNN on Live TV pic.twitter.com/PhMk1Soyed
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 11, 2023
The event was scheduled to go 90 minutes, CNN cut the broadcast off by 20 minutes to save what little face they had left.
Note: The CNN Town Hall was a 90 minute broadcast, though the network expected the actual event to go as long as 75 minutes. They stopped less than 70 minutes in. In other words, they could have gone longer if they wanted—which is usually what executives do with big ratings draws
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) May 11, 2023
It was so bad that Politico called the townhall, “Cable Carnage.”
The images in the post below will tell you everything you need to know, the left is having a meltdown.
Couldn’t watch Trump’s townhall as it was on too late for me, but based on the reaction from left-wing media peeps, it seems this backfired bigly for CNN pic.twitter.com/plVWaBpQER
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 11, 2023
Collins’ career won’t be the same after this. The Left is mad at her, and Trump ran circles around her. Let’s all remember that Collins originally made her career off former President Trump’s 2016 campaign for the right-wing political blog the Daily Caller. After Trump was elected she was hired by Jeff Zucker and she cashed in.
Question: Show of hands. Anybody think Donald Trump looks better after this town hall? Any of you think he looks worse? Any of you think the same thing you did about him when you walked in? pic.twitter.com/to7igeTuF3
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 11, 2023
