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Trump digs in on election lies, downplays Jan 6 violence, insults accuser during CNN town hall event
During a contentious CNN town hall Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on Jan 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming. Trump, returning...
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At the town hall that was broadcast on CNN, the face of modern day fascism was on full display.
The litany of bald faced lies, lies that even his ardent supporters would agree are lies was only the beginning of the fascist parade.
Election denial, lies about Jan 6, the woman who proved he battered her in a court of law, calling the moderator a "nasty woman" for doing her utmost to slow his roll of non-stop falsehoods. It went on for what? An hour or an hour and a half? Every claim the 2020 Hitler made last night was at best ruled "misleading" and usually was called either untrue or false.
But that's just the beginning of this story. What came to town last night was his crowd of supporters. The men and women in the audience were the ones who normalized Trump's brand of fascism. They cheered misogyny. They cheered threats to democracy. They cheered violent rhetoric.
Last night, dogs of US fascism's war against liberals were set loose. His angry denials of truth and reason were their call for action. His singling out the officer who shot Ashley Babbitt as a black thug was classic fascism. Never mind that at the moment she was shot, officers and congressional staff were holed up in the room and she was trying to lead a crowd into that room with murderous intent. Fascism thrives on false grievances like that. Calling the officer a Black thug put racist punctuation on that grievance.
CNN and US media have a problem that is exactly the same Germany faced in the 1920's and early '30's. Trump has an active following and he can't be silenced. By mid-summer of 2024, Trump will be the candidate of the Republican Party for US President. Before then, he will have a free voice during the primary and we've heard what he intends to preach. His followers will become more and more violent at the election gets closer. Trump resonates with those people like no other politician in the modern era. We don't know how to deal with him.
But that's not the whole story. The right wing media, who don't care about protecting the free speech that let's them poison discourse in the US. Their story today isn't about Trump's lies or what Trump even said. Their story is:
Trump owned the libs.
Critics railed against the liberal network for platforming the GOP frontrunner
Liberals turned against CNN for hosting a town hall featuring former President Trump.
Trump, who remains the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican primary, sparred with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday over his ongoing claim that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged," his involvement on Jan. 6 and the recent verdict that found him liable for defamation and battery against his accuser E. Jean Carroll, who he continued railing against to the amusement of some of his supporters in the audience.
"CNN should be ashamed of themselves," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reacted on Twitter. "They have lost total control of this ‘town hall’ to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim. The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.
Liberals rage over CNN's 'disgusting' Trump town hall: 'This insanity should be pulled off the f---ing air'
CNN faced brutal incoming from liberals over Wednesday's town hall featuring former President Trump, with critics saying the network "failed journalism."
Seriously. Fox chose to report Trump owning the libs over substance.
So, this sets the tone for the 2024 election. Fascism is afoot. It's taken root in several states and the fascist in chief has a pulpit handed to him by the Republican Party.
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