Watching Donald Trump on CNN’s Town Hall on 5/10/23 provoked a deja-vu of immense anxiety. Not only have we seen this performance before, but we’ve heard all the lies before too.
Kaitlan Collins is an amazing professional journalist who did a great job moving questions along but she was no match (who would be?) for the lifelong media-manipulator Trump as he monopolized the conversation and steamrolled past her requests for clarification and direct answers. At one point when Collings pressed Trump for an answer, he resorted to his default misogyny and disrespect calling Collins “Nasty.” He continued his derision toward women throughout the hour. For instance: On the same day that the E. Jean Carol sexual assault and defamation case was decided by a jury against Trump, he once again made derogatory remarks about her, insisting he didn’t know her. Later, Trump referenced the infamous Access Hollywood tape repeating that if you’re famous, women LET you do anything…and that this has happene…
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