Senate Democrat Goes On CBS To Complain That The Network Covered President Trump’s Speech

While networks like ABC, NBC, and CNN received some bipartisan backlash for refusing to grant President Donald Trump time to address the nation on the topic of election fraud on Thursday, CBS News bucked the trend and aired his remarks.

But that opened the Tiffany Network to criticism from the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd, which apparently includes U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).

As The Hill reported:

“There are so many absurdities and falsehoods in Trump’s Thursday night speech, and I’m glad that most media treated it not as serious news. And I know some folks at your network — the journalists, I have huge respect for,” Warner told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”

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“I was disappointed that your senior management made the decision to cover it as news,” he added.

But one prominent Democrat took the opposite approach, calling out those networks that opted not to cover the address:

Wolfe Blitzer: How would you advise the Democratic Party to handle President Trump's speech last night?

James Carville: I would advise them to attack CNN, ABC, NBC, because they didn't air the speech. And I think the president acting loonier than a tune is newsworthy. I don't…

— Lavy (@Lavy02) July 17, 2026

Others shared their disapproval:

CNN rushed to air Biden’s hateful speech where he raged that Republicans ‘don’t live in the light of truth’ and called MAGA a threat to the republic, glowing red communist backdrop and all.

Yet they censored President Trump and called his speech dangerous because he's asking for…

— Pro America Politics (@proamericapol) July 19, 2026

News Stations @ABC, @CBS, @NBC, and @CNN did not carry Trump speech on ELECTION FRAUD because they are part of it!

They discussed SMARTMATIC and are part of the coverup!

Trump brings the receipts! Pull their licenses!

Our own IC discussing how Venezuela and Smartmatic… https://t.co/TcAHTh2fVi pic.twitter.com/i1ASgHjxG2

— TRUTH NOW ⭐️⭐️⭐️🗽 🎺 (@sxdoc) July 18, 2026

And Trump offered his own thoughts on the matter, including during the speech itself, per Politico:

Trump called out NBC and ABC during his remarks, accusing the networks of covering up what he labeled election fraud.

“In a rare move, NBC and ABC fake news have both said that they would not cover this speech. They knew what it was about,” he said. “Fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses.”

Here’s a clip: