With the primary presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump going down dwell on CNN this Thursday, June 27, political surrogates and spokespeople have been making the media rounds this week to advertise their candidates’ positions and posturing upfront. One such acquired shut down in dramatic style Monday (June 24) morning when Trump marketing campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt repeatedly attacked the moderators, CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, as being “biased” towards Trump, inflicting CNN This Morning anchor Kasie Hunt to chop her interview brief.
The View host Whoopi Goldberg launched a clip of the trade, which included Hunt insisting the 2 “have acquitted themselves as professionals as they’ve lined campaigns and interviewed candidates from all sides of the aisle,” and including, “In case you are attacking the moderators, you’re often dropping.”
Goldberg, for one, was positively giddy over the trade when reviewing it within the “Scorching Matters” phase of Monday’s episode, smiling and saying, “That was so good, so good,” in response to Hunt’s determination to terminate the discuss.
Sara Haines then weighed in on Leavitt’s claims that Trump couldn’t get a good debate from these moderators, saying, “It’s their M.O. It’s what they do… That is how they tee up, even issues they find yourself doing properly at, they are saying, ‘I’m going to lose,’ simply in case.”
“To me, it underscored a surprising lack of message self-discipline,” former Trump administration official Alyssa Farah Griffin added. “You’re a marketing campaign spokesperson. You need to be there to speak about what’s Donald Trump’s proactive agenda for the American folks… however she will’t. It’s grievance, it’s rage, it’s retribution.”
She additionally agreed with Haines, although, that the final word aim is perhaps to take cowl in case it goes poorly, predicting, “And, frankly, to attempt to get out of the following ABC one, which I feel it’s essential that they do.”
Ana Navarro then advised that the Trump marketing campaign is appearing “scared” of Biden’s functionality to debate properly (including in a hen dance for dramatic impact), and Sunny Hostin went on to reward Hunt for her dealing with of the scenario.”
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CNN’S KASIE HUNT ENDS INTERVIEW WITH TRUMP SPOKESPERSON: #TheView co-hosts react to the CNN anchor ending her interview with Karoline Leavitt when she wouldn’t cease attacking debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/b1wRwAOirO
— The View (@TheView) June 24, 2024
