45th President Donald Trump is making waves all across the internet following Wednesday night’s town hall with CNN host Kaitlan Collins in New Hampshire.
The event marked the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner’s first appearance on the liberal network since his presidential campaign in 2016. Throughout the town hall, Trump was met with a series of questions on hard-hitting topics. Collins began by grilling him on his claims that the 2020 election was rife with voter fraud and corruption.
“I think that when you look at that result, and you look at what happened during that election, unless you’re a very stupid person, you see what happens,” Trump said. “Most people understand what happened. It was a rigged election and it’s a shame we had to go through it.”
"When you look at what happened during that election, unless you're a very stupid person, you see what happens…but most people understand what happened. It was a rigged election and it's a shame that we had to go through it."#Trump said 2020 election was rigged. CNN #TownHall pic.twitter.com/DSV59QY2c3
— NTD News (@NTDNews) May 11, 2023
Collins attempted to smear Trump over January 6 by inferring that he never called for peace amid the Capitol riot, to which the president provided receipts proving the contrary.
“If you remember, I made a video right outside the Oval Office in the Rose Garden and I am very proud of that video. I didn’t have a script. I don’t need scripts like a certain person that’s in there right now,” ostensibly referring to Joe Biden, Trump said after showing Collins a printed copy of his January 6 banned Twitter video, in which he called for protests to go home and be peaceful.
President Trump gets Caitlyn Collins and Joe Biden with this response about January 6. Two birds, one stone🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/XJ3wKYwk3L
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) May 11, 2023
The 45th President later added that he plans to pardon a majority of the January 6 protestors facing criminal charges by the Biden administration, and slammed Capitol Police Officer, “thug,” Michael Byrd for killing unarmed peaceful protestor Ashli Babbitt.
“And a person named Ashli Babbitt was killed. You know what, she was killed, and she shouldn’t have been killed, and that thug that killed her. There was no reason to shoot her at blank range, cold blank range they shot her,” said Trump.
“And she was a good person, she was a patriot. There was no reason, and he went on television to brag about the fact that he killed her.”
President Trump During CNN Town Hall Calls Out The Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt
"A person named Ashli Babbitt was killed. She shouldn't have been killed, and that thug who killed her there was no reason to shoot her."
"She was a good person. She was a patriot." pic.twitter.com/LJk5mIG0Hb
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 11, 2023
Trump explained to a member of the audience that “you have two standards of justice in this country,” noting that BLM rioters have not been criminally charged for destroying cities in the summer of 2020.
“They’ve persecuted these people,” Trump said of the January 6 prisoners. “I am most likely, if I get in, I will most likely, I will say, it will be a large portion of them.”
“They’re living in hell. And they’re policemen, and they’re firemen, and they’re soldiers, and they’re carpenters, and electricians, and they’re great people. Many of them are just great people,” he added.
CNN Crowd Cheers as Trump Vows to Pardon Many People Arrested on January 6
"You have two standards of justice in this country … And then what they've done to these people, they've persecuted these people. And yeah, my answer is, if I get in … it will be a large portion of… pic.twitter.com/E2TniiiKMn
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) May 11, 2023
When Collins asked Trump what he would do to end the multitude of economic crises caused by the Biden administration, Trump replied: “Drill baby drill.”
Donald Trump when asked what the first thing he would do to bring down rising costs: “Drill baby, Drill.” pic.twitter.com/90BRmTbDwm
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 11, 2023
“We created the biggest economy in history, the best economy in the world. We had this place rocking’ … We were energy independent. These stupid fools ended it,” he said.
In a now-viral moment from the town hall, Trump called Collins a “nasty person” after she kept interrupting him during a segment on his National Archives dispute that resulted in the FBI raiding his home at Mar-A-Lago.
“Are you ready? Can I talk?” Trump asked. “What’s the answer?” Collins retorted. “I would like you to answer the question.”
“It’s very simple to answer,” Trump responded. “That’s why I asked it,” Collins said.
“It’s very simple — you’re a nasty person, I’ll tell ya,” Trump said.
TRUMP: “You are a Nasty person”
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) May 11, 2023
Trump drew a huge applause from the New Hampshire crowd after he told Collins that he would end the Russia-Ukraine war in a single day.
“Do you want Ukraine to win this war?” Collins asked.
“I don’t think about it in terms of winning and losing, I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people,” said the 45th President.
Powerful moment:
CNN: "Do you want Ukraine to win this war?"
Trump: "I don’t think about it in terms of winning and losing, I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people."
*Massive audience applause*
The people want peace.pic.twitter.com/Y62bhwPhX7
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 11, 2023
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