Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is having a meltdown after watching Donald Trump’s CNN Townhall.
The Democrat congresswoman blasted CNN and said the fake news network should be “ashamed of themselves.”
“They have lost total control of this ‘town hall’ to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim,” AOC tweeted.
“The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host,” she added.
CNN should be ashamed of themselves.
They have lost total control of this “town hall” to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim.
The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2023
We can actually report that AOC is correct for once!
The audience gave Donald Trump a standing ovation.
Donald Trump Fact Checks CNN Live on Air About J6 With Receipts, “Let Me Pull It Out”
AOC wasn't done blasting CNN for its pitiful performance.
"This falls squarely on CNN. Everyone here saw exactly what was going to happen. Instead they put a sexual abuse victim in harm’s way for views. This was a choice to platform lies about the election & Jan 6th w/ no plan but to have their moderator interrupted without consequence," she added.
This falls squarely on CNN. Everyone here saw exactly what was going to happen. Instead they put a sexual abuse victim in harm’s way for views. This was a choice to platform lies about the election & Jan 6th w/ no plan but to have their moderator interrupted without consequence.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2023
We must report that AOC is incorrect about J6.
Donald Trump fact-checked Kaitlan Collins about J6 himself live on air.
Donald Trump Fact Checks CNN Live on Air About J6 With Receipts, “Let Me Pull It Out”
AOC went on MSNBC to air her grievances about the CNN Townhall.
"What we saw tonight was a series of extremely irresponsible decisions that put a sexual abuse victim at risk...in front of a national audience, and I could not have disagreed with it more. It was shameful," she commented.
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"What we saw tonight was a series of extremely irresponsible decisions that put a sexual abuse victim at risk...in front of a national audience, and I could not have disagreed with it more. It was shameful." pic.twitter.com/XvCAa9oDl4
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) May 11, 2023
The Hill noted:
In an appearance on MSNBC after the town hall, the congresswoman said Trump’s attacks on Carroll were “a continued demonstration” of the sacrifices that survivors of sexual abuse make to “come forward and challenge power.”
“What we also saw tonight was the consequence of doing that,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “They sacrifice their anonymity, they sacrifice their safety, and they sacrifice all of this because we continue to live in a society where an overwhelming amount of structures allow this abuse to happen and find it permissible.”
“I think it was a profoundly irresponsible decision,” she added of the town hall. “I don’t think that I would be doing my job if I did not say that.”
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