#Manchin ‘considering’ leaving Democratic party

#Manchin ‘considering’ leaving Democratic party

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) suggested Wednesday that he is “considering” leaving the Democratic party in comments made just one week after he announced that he would not seek reelection to the Senate.  During an interview on CNN, anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed the West Virginia senator on whether he was thinking about leaving the party after…

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#Tuberville’s white nationalism comments trigger GOP uproar 

#Tuberville’s white nationalism comments trigger GOP uproar 

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) sparked uproar Tuesday after refusing to denounce white nationalists in a CNN interview, forcing Republican senators to respond to the controversial comments and giving Democrats political ammo to go on the attack.  Asked about Tuberville’s comments about white nationalism in the military, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a forceful…

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#CNN’s Tapper: Trump has ‘knocked everybody in the news media off’

#CNN’s Tapper: Trump has ‘knocked everybody in the news media off’

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said former President Trump continues to pose a major challenge to media organizations covering him. “I think that every news organization in America was disrupted by Donald Trump,” Tapper said during an appearance on journalist Kara Swisher’s podcast published Monday. “Especially by his attacking the media.” Tapper, CNN’s chief Washington correspondent,…

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#Frustration at CNN boils over with Trump town hall 

#Frustration at CNN boils over with Trump town hall 

CNN won big ratings for its controversial town hall with former President Trump — but also outraged some of its own talent for essentially handing over its platform to the GOP presidential frontrunner and his supporters for an hour.   More than 3 million people watched Wednesday night’s town hall, early data from Nielsen Media…

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#Democrats target CNN over Trump town hall

#Democrats target CNN over Trump town hall

Democrats on Wednesday hit CNN after former President Trump’s town hall on the network, blasting the longtime cable news mainstay for giving the former president and current 2024 GOP frontrunner a platform to double down on debunked election denial claims. Trump hit a number of familiar talking points during the town hall, refusing to back…

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#Five takeaways from Trump’s CNN town hall

#Five takeaways from Trump’s CNN town hall

The biggest event so far in the 2024 election cycle took place in New Hampshire Wednesday evening.  Former President Trump participated in a town hall event hosted by CNN, with Kaitlan Collins serving as moderator. The fact that the event was happening at all had drawn some criticism beforehand — mostly, but not exclusively, from…

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