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MrsCheaplaugh

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168. Yes, indeed

Thu May 11, 2023, 11:14 PM

May 2023

that is exactly it. Trump has been exposing his true nature for years now. He didn't need the platform CNN handed him with its free-of-cost airtime, fawning cultists planted in the audience, and general Triumph of the Will spirit.

I would rather gouge my eyes out with a table fork than watch that network again.

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For Those Who Said To Wait To Condemn CNN Until After The Town Hall.... [View all] usedtobedemgurl May 2023 OP

I sent a scathing message to CNN. You should send one about this as well. hlthe2b May 2023 #1

I let them know what I think FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #4

that would be hard for me. AllaN01Bear May 2023 #43

It may be active but my ex husband would not help me usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #7

or just make another email and account? edisdead May 2023 #100

Well that is what I did. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #102

there ya go! edisdead May 2023 #103

I tried but Disaffected May 2023 #18

Give it another try. It just worked for me. catbyte May 2023 #53

OK, thanks, But now it goes to Disaffected May 2023 #57

We are very near the point The Grand Illuminist May 2023 #29

Thanks for the link to CNN! I was looking for it! lastlib May 2023 #31

I sent them a message last week, prior to the "town hall" event. Bluepinky May 2023 #41

The media not only prioritize making money above wnylib May 2023 #129

Thank you for the link. StarryNite May 2023 #51

Thank you for the link stage left May 2023 #72

I just sent my message. SunnyATT May 2023 #106

Thanks, done!! Pacifist Patriot May 2023 #134

Thanks for this link. PatrickforB May 2023 #152

Thank you for the link. llmart May 2023 #162

Well said. FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #2

Your OP is the most important read of today. Your straight forward no bullshit accounting and Ninga May 2023 #3

...K&R... spanone May 2023 #5

I'm with you all the way. God bless Joinfortmill May 2023 #6

Thank you! NT usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #111

Sounds like CNN gave trump everything except on-stage blowjobs. Paladin May 2023 #8

The very fact that they stacked the entire audience with fawning, cheering MAGAt scum put paid Celerity May 2023 #68

Safe to say that CNN should no longer be cited as a credible source here on DU? SledDriver May 2023 #9

Screw CNN, maybe they can hire all the cast offs of Fox DENVERPOPS May 2023 #87

K&R Blue Owl May 2023 #10

The damage is all to Trump. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #11

CNN should next televise a Russian Town Hall..... TheRealNorth May 2023 #12

I disagree... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #14

I'm sorry for your pain. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #15

Can you show me where it did damage to Trump? usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #22

"That's important". blue neen May 2023 #23

+1000 MrsCoffee May 2023 #28

+1000 BadgerMom May 2023 #35

+1000 Spazito May 2023 #34

+1 gazillion. progressoid May 2023 #44

Thank you. This is why rape survivors do not come forward. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #45

I'm sorry for what you have been through. blue neen May 2023 #64

And know them well! usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #66

There is a lot of those types of people here unfortunately. SunImp May 2023 #104

More and more as time goes on. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #105

+1000000000 FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #69

It is neither "tone-deaf" nor "cruel" to say that it is important that a sexual predator Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #85

Everyone, remember this user name. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #89

What you are saying simply isn't true. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #91

+1000 llmart May 2023 #160

Shameful. FoxNewsSucks May 2023 #76

CNN isn't right-wing media. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #81

What you have done is disrespectful. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #90

I've said nothing that is remotely disrespectful to you. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #92

THIS IS HOW RAIN DEFINES RESPECTFUL. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #94

I've said nothing that's remotely disrespectful to you. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #96

DU has an ignore feature. TwilightZone May 2023 #172

It was not suggested. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #182

That particular poster also thinks that CNN's Trump town hall was the best idea ever. TwilightZone May 2023 #185

Perhaps, but after calling him out, I hit ignore. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #186

If anyone gets on a jury for me reporting this person... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #95

If I may, I'd like to share the lyrics to a song I wrote that I think apply to this situation: Higherarky May 2023 #170

I love this. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #171

You're welcome Gurl. Higherarky May 2023 #173

Thank you. It is late at night and my usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #174

Hey Sis Higherarky May 2023 #177

Hi sis! usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #181

Here's a few more tries ... Higherarky May 2023 #184

No worries, I thought maybe with my brain injury I was not doing something right. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #187

So happy this troll was banned! budkin May 2023 #179

I totally agree with that. Good riddance! Nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #180

There appears to be a misunderstanding. crim son May 2023 #169

Your first phrase is the only thing that makes sense: it is vital that Trump never gains power again Ms. Toad May 2023 #117

We disagree. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #124

Just like Clinton's team was positively giddy over the Ms. Toad May 2023 #127

People crossed party lines Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #128

I know a number of people who crossed party lines in the primary Ms. Toad May 2023 #130

And I know many who sat out the General or voted Green and that did us in. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #133

Completely unrelated to the point. Ms. Toad May 2023 #136

Not a bit "unrelated." Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #137

The press is not doing their job by giving a dangerous right wing jerk Ms. Toad May 2023 #141

We have different opinions on the matter. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #142

I believe tfg was damaged. CNN let him show viewers who he is. Not their goal but housecat May 2023 #138

I think it was CNN's goal. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #139

That's what I thought. But they took a chance, and got backlash because it surprised people. housecat May 2023 #165

Yes, indeed MrsCheaplaugh May 2023 #168

... progressoid May 2023 #48

The damage was NOT all to Trump. blue neen May 2023 #30

Agreed. BadgerMom May 2023 #36

Not true in any fashion. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #37

Just stop. blue neen May 2023 #39

I back every reply to you... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #46

I'm sorry, but I don't think the metric by which Trump's on-air disaster should be measured Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #49

Ok, show me the data where it says, officially, usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #61

If he was spouting overt racism, would that have been good for democracy as well? JudyM May 2023 #148

Agree 100% PA Democrat May 2023 #50

I agree that Trump gained no supporters last night. Cuthbert Allgood May 2023 #70

Yep. Just A Box Of Rain May 2023 #73

Yes, that MAGA-stacked cheering audience really helped the objectivity... Silent3 May 2023 #101

Shown to who? people who lived on a desert island during his reign of terror in office? msfiddlestix May 2023 #161

Sadly there was collateral damage. A brave woman beat him in the court of public opinion and the housecat May 2023 #167

This guy is a troll that only responds to CNN threads budkin May 2023 #178

my letter (just emailed) to CNN UpInArms May 2023 #13

Thank you for writing to them. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #47

Catastrophic climate change will soon make this seem rinky dink Kaleva May 2023 #16

All life will struggle to adapt, and more species will become extinct. housecat May 2023 #20

Not sure how climate change makes my point irrelevant. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #24

+1 Hekate May 2023 #32

I've been preaching for years now here that we need to prepare Kaleva May 2023 #59

I apologize as coming across as callous Kaleva May 2023 #60

Wow! Spazito May 2023 #38

The point is that everything will get much worse no matter.... Kaleva May 2023 #55

The OP is about survivors of rape/sexual assault being... Spazito May 2023 #58

Please start your own thread about that. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #62

Thanks for the feedback link to CNN. I just used it SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #17

Excellent. You also summed up one of our biggest mistakes--"let's wait and see" housecat May 2023 #19

We are playing by one set of rules usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #26

Ear rules work housecat May 2023 #107

Maybe I knew this at one point... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #109

Well if you mean "playing it by ear" it's from music. A musician who doesn't rely on printed music housecat May 2023 #140

Ok, thank you. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #143

I too was sexually assaulted. I was knocked unconscious and ended up in the hospital Demsrule86 May 2023 #21

Therapy can be very important. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #25

You too. And thanks for this post. Demsrule86 May 2023 #71

Really glad you got help, Demsrule86. calimary May 2023 #147

This hurts my heart. The inhumanity, the depraved indifference. JudyM May 2023 #149

Trump Further Incriminated Himself Civilly And In All Three Ongoing Criminal Cases Against Him MayReasonRule May 2023 #27

I would like to say then it was worth it usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #33

CNN Is Owned By A Nazi Republican - Until We Outlaw The USA's Fascist Party They'll Spout Their Lies MayReasonRule May 2023 #40

While I Share Your Concerns Over... ProfessorGAC May 2023 #82

Ah, Thank You For That Insight, It Provides Perspective MayReasonRule May 2023 #122

This raises the potential benefit of expressing outrage to Vanguard as a large institutional owner. JudyM May 2023 #151

Could Be ProfessorGAC May 2023 #154

The article you posted lists them as the top institutional investor, over 200,000,000 shares. JudyM May 2023 #155

Yeah, I Saw That ProfessorGAC May 2023 #156

It's hard to bring pressure to bear on them, no doubt... JudyM May 2023 #157

Unfortunately ProfessorGAC May 2023 #158

always everything about himself the so and so. glad i didn't watch it. AllaN01Bear May 2023 #42

Many are missing the point LeeG65 May 2023 #52

That was not the point of my OP... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #54

Please go down to your local police station usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #77

I apologize LeeG65 May 2023 #163

First: hugs & solidarity. Second: before the night was thru, Biden's folks used a clip for an ad... Hekate May 2023 #56

No matter what we do on our side... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #63

Ooops, my brain injury strikes again... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #65

I believe you. Orrex May 2023 #67

Thank you! nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #145

What Trump did was so horrible. Farmer-Rick May 2023 #74

Thank you for this. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #79

K & R SunSeeker May 2023 #75

CNN Screwed Up NowISeetheLight May 2023 #78

They screwed up badly. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #80

Mailing Address NowISeetheLight May 2023 #84

The link is further up the replies. nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #97

One Thing That the E. Jean Carroll Verdict Really Made Crystal Clear to Me panfluteman May 2023 #83

Indeed. Women, generally, are not usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #88

K & R BadgerMom May 2023 #86

I surely hope you didn't see some of the posts yesterday. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #93

I missed that one. I am glad I did. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #98

I'm glad you did too, and I can assure you that most posters objected to that strenuously. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #108

Well, some women vote Republican. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #120

They sure do. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #123

I didn't think CNN H2O Man May 2023 #99

They heard he grabbed pussies... usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #113

Yes. H2O Man May 2023 #115

I am sorry I am so bitter about the normalization of rape. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #118

No. H2O Man May 2023 #131

Thank you for posting this.. Permanut May 2023 #110

Thank you, permanut. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #114

Trump does his defense attorneys no favors with town hall event LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #112

It was done at the expense of women who have been usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #116

Thank you for doing this GeoWilliam750 May 2023 #150

Thank you! Nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #175

Who were the sponsers? 3825-87867 May 2023 #119

I wish I knew. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #121

Shame on CNN MustLoveBeagles May 2023 #125

Thank you! nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #126

I feel like we're reliving 2016 all over again. Initech May 2023 #132

in 2016 Putin put him in, and the media became his campaign ads. This time around I doubt housecat May 2023 #166

This message was self-deleted by its author Sogo May 2023 #135

In my mind, if someone makes jokes or off color comments about rape, it implies they think Ziggysmom May 2023 #144

Yes, I totally agree. I cannot imagine usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #176

My heart is breaking for you, and all survivors after that horror show. Standing niyad May 2023 #146

Thank you so much for continuing to talk GeoWilliam750 May 2023 #153

Thank you for your support. nt usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #159

Well said. This rape survivor did go to the police and they blamed me. 58Sunliner May 2023 #164

Such truth in your words. usedtobedemgurl May 2023 #183

Ahh, the old "just be patient, wait and see..." calimary May 2023 #188