CNN Host Abruptly Cuts Interview With Trump Flack for Trashing Her Colleagues
CNN unceremoniously booted a Donald Trump spokesperson off the air Monday after she refused to stop criticizing the network’s journalists set to moderate the first presidential debate this Thursday.
CNN This Morning anchor Kasie Hunt repeatedly warned Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt to quit taking shots at Jake Tapper and Dana Bash or else the interview would be stopped. But rather than focusing on how her boss would deal with President Joe Biden in the debate, Leavitt ignored the warnings and continued blasting Hunt’s colleagues instead.
Hunt opened the interview asking how Trump’s approach would be different in Thursday’s debate from the tactics he pursued in 2020. Leavitt started out by saying that Trump is “well prepared” for the showdown, adding that “unlike Joe Biden, he doesn’t have to hide away and have his advisers tell him what to say.”