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W_HAMILTON

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24. He's not looking to win over voters. He's looking to further radicalize his supporters...

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #8)

Thu May 11, 2023, 02:52 AM

May 2023

...into going even further than they did on January 6th so that voters are irrelevant.

CNN giving him free air time and doing the same sort of shit they did to help him get elected in 2016 is a disgrace.

As many have said, democracy suffered yet another blow tonight.

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CNN chucked another dagger into the heart of our democracy tonight. [View all] boston bean May 2023 OP

They are a business. They're just not really into us - or truth. NewHendoLib May 2023 #1

I quit watching while Chris Cuomo was still there. dchill May 2023 #2

I saw snippets of it on MSNBC wryter2000 May 2023 #3

@JoyceWhiteVance 2 minutes did me in. Literally. I have never been so frightened for our country. riversedge May 2023 #4

TY rivers.. Of Course I didn't watch. Cha May 2023 #7

Hi. I did not watch either and just saw a few clips. As I said-I take Joyce's word for it. riversedge May 2023 #18

FWIW, anyone who has cable with a package that includes CNN is subsidizing this whether they RockRaven May 2023 #5

I have Verizon Fios. Really want to drop them after this. Marius25 May 2023 #6

Dropped cable 2 years ago The Unmitigated Gall May 2023 #12

This was alarming Johnny2X2X May 2023 #8

people know all they need to know about Trump. a townhall doesn't change anything BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #9

He's not looking to win over voters. He's looking to further radicalize his supporters... W_HAMILTON May 2023 #24

He's running for President Johnny2X2X May 2023 #26

No, he doesn't need to come off that way. Once again, I hate to break it to YOU... W_HAMILTON May 2023 #27

CNN is on its knees tenderly licking the diarrhea off tRump's gold toilet Blue Owl May 2023 #10

Yeah, I don't see how they Cha May 2023 #19

Taking the low road usually doesn't end well.... Blue Owl May 2023 #20

Fucking Cheers to That! Cha May 2023 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author GuppyGal May 2023 #11

They learned nothing from the first time they did this iemanja May 2023 #13

I think this is the wrong idea... WarGamer May 2023 #14

Mince words however you like, CNN only helped us regress AWAY from the ideal of democracy... Silent3 May 2023 #15

the American people have the final say... WarGamer May 2023 #16

And so? Silent3 May 2023 #22

And Trump is trying to radicalize his supporters so that they have the final say. W_HAMILTON May 2023 #25

Not at all. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #17

Don't give CNN that kind of power GenThePerservering May 2023 #23