Twitter Users Slam CNN For Scheduling Donald Trump 'Town Hall' Meeting

CNN might imagine internet hosting a “city corridor” assembly with Donald Trump will assist its scores, but it surely’s resulting in low marks with Twitter customers.

CNN introduced Monday that the cable community will host the previous president at a reside town-hall-style assembly in New Hampshire on Could 10. CNN mentioned Kaitlan Collins will average as Trump takes questions from Republicans and undeclared voters who plan to take part within the state’s Republican presidential main.

After the occasion was introduced, Twitter customers condemned CNN for giving the mendacious former Trump a free, nationwide discussion board.They usually didn’t pull their punches.

BREAKING: CNN is doing a city corridor with indicted Donald Trump on Could 10, as a result of they’ve discovered completely nothing. Nobody ought to watch this trash.

That is completely ludicrous. There is no such thing as a motive to provide the largest pathological liar in politics a platform to unfold his… pic.twitter.com/OeddkLPAPA

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) Could 1, 2023

WTF. CNN simply introduced that it's going to host Donald Trump for a reside city corridor in New Hampshire. CNN is giving Donald Trump a free & nationwide platform to spew lies. They’ve discovered completely nothing & they’re precisely why our media is failing us & our democracy.

— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) Could 1, 2023

Right here it's, @cnn committing journalistic suicide:

If there was ONE consensus about 2024 it was that "protecting" Trump the best way they did in 2016 (handing him reside
blocks of free airtime with no fact-checking potential) was irresponsible

And CNN's doing it pic.twitter.com/rZ6oFM7arS

— Keith Olbermann↙️ (@KeithOlbermann) Could 1, 2023

First, CNN systematically purged anybody on the community who was deemed too anti-Trump.

Now this. pic.twitter.com/QL3cVvWu61

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) Could 1, 2023

CNN's city corridor with Trump shall be a sham if it doesn't lead w/the query "You lead an rebellion towards the federal government of the US, why ought to any American voter help a candidate who sought to undermine the Structure, establishments and values he was sworn to uphold?"

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) Could 1, 2023

I’m sufficiently old to recollect when Donald known as CNN the enemy of the folks. Chris Licht is giving him a city corridor now. As a result of platforming an insurrectionist on trial for rape accused of 34 felonies is a factor now. https://t.co/aASCbM9zcX

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) Could 1, 2023

BREAKING: CNN is giving Donald Trump a city corridor on TV subsequent week.

This can be a horrible concept.

Sure, CNN is determined. However that form of desperation led MSNBC, Fox Information, and each different community to provide him BILLIONS in free air time in 2016.

What they need to do is power Donald to… pic.twitter.com/BF6QGoZb5f

— Trending Liberal (@TrendingLiberal) Could 1, 2023

CNN is internet hosting a City Corridor for Trump? That is what selecting income over information appears like in motion. https://t.co/yPNaq6vt3d

— Touré (@Toure) Could 1, 2023

Some Twitter customers had been OK with the City Corridor, however with some caveats.

After all @CNN ought to do a city corridor with Donald Trump. He’s the chief of the Republican Social gathering & he would be the GOP nominee. Having mentioned that, CNN higher ask him actual questions, powerful questions. You understand like, “President Trump, why are you continue to mendacity in regards to the 2020 election?”

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) Could 1, 2023

It’s (barely acceptable) for @CNN to interview #Trump, so long as they ask him the hardest potential questions and don’t waste time on viewers queries. He’s a traitorous, congenital liar and egomaniacal insurrectionist. CNN should make him remorse that he agreed to go on their air.

— howardfineman (@howardfineman) Could 1, 2023