Chris Licht's and CNN's Malpractice Cannot Be Repeated
By: Greg Minchak (The Lincoln Project)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
May 10, 2023 - A statement from the Lincoln Project on CNN's Trump Town Hall:
"CNN gave Donald Trump a campaign kickoff celebration tonight. Chris Licht sold out CNN's values to chase Tucker Carlson's viewers in a desperate attempt to find lost ratings.
"Tonight's disaster must be a lesson that every other news organization on earth must learn: DO NOT NORMALIZE DONALD TRUMP. CNN gave Trump 90 minutes of uninterrupted air time to rewrite history and reset his own narrative. If democracy is to survive, then the media cannot follow CNN down the rabbit hole and treat Donald Trump like a ratings booster.
"Tonight we saw the MAGA Trump Cult in full regalia. Trump spewed his greatest hits of election denying, wallowing in self pity, and told lie after lie, while CNN's hand-picked audience fawned over every answer and even laughed at his version of the sexual abuse case that he lost. Trump and his MAGA followers live in a deranged world where they are only too happy to take our nation off a cliff.
"To the other candidates in the GOP race, here's a nickel of free advice: stop being afraid of Trump and tell it like it is. You could end his campaign now if any of you had some courage to say out loud what you are thinking, that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy and doesn't belong anywhere near the Oval Office. Tonight showed that trying to be clever and cute will only lead to your loss.
"This outlandish and shameful display could have been avoided and prevented. Trump is the most anti-democratic force this nation has seen for ages and we cannot afford four more years. He has called for crushing the press and throwing out the constitution. CNN's malpractice cannot be repeated if our democracy is to survive. The stakes are simply too high."
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aka The Deplorables
As compared to Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine and his followers who are bringing their deranged world here; and have taken the nation fully off the cliff.
Just look to the Southern border and the wave of illegal immigrants about to cross today.
Brandon did that!
There is an entire wing of conservatism, I would say the great majority, who like to lecture the rest of the country about "patriotism, and "values" and "the founding" and American principles we should all cherish, and God.
These same people who want to do all this lecturing to the nation are the same people who cheered on Trump's insanity last night. What in the world are they doing?
I will take them over Brandon, Democrats, their media shills, and all the lemmings that blindly follow them.
We only have two parties.
Democrats are the ones currently destroying the country at a record pace.
So take the "But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!!" cries and cram them!
Time for Democrats to answer for their actions.
The epitome of projection.
How was that any different from your daily comments on Biden and his voters?
please
That and custom fit mile wide blinders.
At this point it wouldn't be too hard. The Biden administration has taken us to the precipice.
It's an amazing contrast. CNN cut short the townhall because Trump was dominating their anchor.
Biden's only capable of hiding and depends on the MSM to prop him up.
You are an intelligent person. You cannot possibly think Trumps performance last night was appropriate or a good thing. I would say it was in the top 2 or 3 of the most disgraceful things we have ever seen in presidential politics.
Let's see Biden do the same on FOX then. WASSAMATTA? You want a fumblefuck Q and A, well there it would be.................
Why would Biden ever want to do what Trump did last night?
A town hall? Why the hell not?
No, lie his ass off.
Biden does that now.
To compare what Biden does to that ridiculous and disgraceful performance last night is ludicrous.
Biden hasn't done a town hall so how the hell do you know that? Let's see him step up. I can hear a lot of "Look" and "C'mon man" and an angry old man who get frustrated when he may have to think. No handlers allowed
INFLATION, OPEN BORDERS, INDOCTRINATION, A WEAKENED MILITARY AND THE CLOSURE OF THE NATION'S ENERGY SECTOR is beyond anything Trump ever did or said!
It's been known for decades that he shouldn't be President. But obviously neither should Biden. But because of the absurdly low bar set by Biden, Trump simply being able to command a room helps him greatly.
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If Trump somehow wins the nomination, he's likely to beat Biden John, that's what you should be worrying about.
what the hell would you know about a weakened military? You never wore a uniform
and you wore a uniform?
Oh, hello there "new" person. Wearing an uniform is a conscious choice and has been since the draft ended in the mid 70's. So most who choose to wear one are honorable and decent human beings. Does the uniform make a person? Not really because almost every one who chooses to put on is already a fine human because they know what that uniform stands for.
that is not the comment I replied to
NO. I saw lots of dumbasses in the military...a lot of them officers
Not since Trump decided to run for president again.
The vast majority of sane folk don't want a compulsive liar, thief, rapist, Russian stooge, convict, narcissist as president of the United States (again).
I know that is your firm belief: that nobody can speak on military matters without serving in the military.
I used to date a woman who was a bar-maid on a military base. She was twice married to military men and she was a bigtime democrat. She used to tell me that most guys in the military had the same opinions as I did. She didn't seem to share my high regard for the Marines. She always said "I was married to one. Let me put it this way: they do their job well, but they are twisted."
You can just imagine the fun we had.
Where is your daily rant about the thousands of lies Biden has told over the past few years, like you did with Trump?
Oh, wait..I forgot..To most far leftists, other far leftists do not lie..ask the Biden fact checkers in the media...oh..what...never mind.
I did.. For 20 years.
Vic is right.
The leftist military leaders are leading our military with unrelenting wokeness, which leads to a weaker military readiness.
Oh, I love the dependasaures that think they wear the same uniform as their spouse. They are the military Karens.
And no, you don't have to wear a uniform to have an opinion, but most times you're wrong because you don't anything about it
Proof for that assertion, please
No, our military is tolerate and inclusive now because it makes for unit cohesion, which makes our military much stronger!
Xi and the CCP are laughing their asses off at comments like that.
Brandon is doing exactly what they are paying him for; destroying the US at every level.
tolerate and inclusive have been the mantra of the military since the 70s.
Woke is what is bringing it down.
DEI mandatory training is a waste of our soldiers and sailor's time.
Hahahahaha Keep shouting, [Deleted.] Get your Bible and try standing on a crate down by the harbor. Someone might actually listen to you.
It's nice to hear it.
but most times you're wrong because you don't anything about it
About what it's like being in the military?
That's why I've never commented on it. I wouldn't comment on what being an electrician is like either.
Fuck that. Why can't the military meet recruiting goals?
Maybe our Air Force expert knows?
Of course you do. Hell, Trump could stand before the American people and make an announcement that he is giving every American a million dollars because of past supposed discrimination, no matter your ancestry or country of origin, and leftists that have been cheering reparations, will declare what he said was disgraceful and an embarrassment.
You would be there front and center with them.
And how does that measure up to those who shamelessly wear their service on their sleaves?
Every single American conservative and most independents that can think for themselves knows pretty much without a doubt that that will absolutely never happen.
As did I for 20 years. I received my induction notice in 1973. I immediately went down and joined the Navy that same day so as not to go into the Army. I did not have much choice the first time around but I reenlisted four more times after. I have to agree with Vic as well as our military readiness is steadily declining under the Biden administration.
As do I
CNN did not commit malpractice. Trump did and CNN let him take the bait.