Ocasio-Cortez Flames CNN for "Profoundly Irresponsible" Trump Town Hall
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CNN gifted Trump over an hour to tell lies to the American public on Wednesday night.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (R) speaks to members of the press during a break of a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Alex Wong / Getty Images Following a CNN town hall with Donald Trump on Wednesday night during which the former president peddled dangerous lies on nationally-broadcasted TV for over an hour, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) condemned the network for giving a platform to Trump at all, calling the debacle a "profoundly irresponsible" move from one of the largest news networks in the U.S.
Ocasio-Cortez denounced CNN and Trump in an appearance on MSNBC after the town hall ended, emphasizing the danger that the network's decision poses to victims of sexual abuse like E. Jean Carroll and to the country itself.
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