Yes, I’m sure people are already lining up for the big Asa Hutchinson town hall. “This event with former President Trump will be the first of many for CNN in the coming months.” “CNN has a longstanding tradition of hosting leading presidential candidates for Town Halls and political events as a critical component of the network’s robust campaign coverage,” it said in a statement. The network is trying to play it off as just another day at the office. Now he has landed the biggest Republican voice. But he raged at CNN when it dared report on anything he thought portrayed him in an unfavorable light, which was basically anything short of hagiography.Ĭhris Licht, now CNN’s chairman and CEO, has made well-publicized efforts to bring the network back to the middle of the road politically, in part by booking more Republican and conservative voices on shows.
Trump doubtless appreciated the free publicity. Certainly there will be a big audience for the town hall.ĬNN is a different network than the one that used to train cameras on an empty microphone in 2015, waiting for Trump to arrive at a rally, eager to broadcast everything he said, no matter how false or threatening it was. Ratings is the easy answer, but it’s not the complete one. If a kid repeatedly punched you in the face on the playground, why would you invite him to your birthday party? He’s spent the intervening years disparaging CNN as fake news and an enemy of the people. Trump hasn’t allowed CNN to interview him since 2016. If she calls out Trump - and those asking questions in the audience - on lies and misinformation, it could be a chance to get Trump on the record on a legitimate news network that is willing to push back.
Kaitlan Collins will moderate and ask questions. When is the Donald Trump town hall on CNN? But boy, it could go way south at any minute. He routinely lies about all kinds of things in his rallies. He’s been indicted on 34 felony counts by a New York grand jury. On the other hand, Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, insisting it was rigged despite no credible evidence of it. And questions from the audience might offer a glimpse into what Republican voters are looking for in 2024. You can’t just ignore a candidate and pretend he doesn’t exist. Looks like you’ve got your hands tied by Mickey Mouse battles. On the one hand, Trump is a viable candidate for president in 2024, leading all Republicans in polls with no particularly serious challengers at the moment. There are compelling reasons to argue both ways. Whether you should watch is another question altogether. It doesn’t matter - it’s going to happen. You may think the network should, you may think it shouldn’t. CNN is going to host a town hall broadcast with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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