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Fri Apr 29, 2022, 08:15 PM Apr 2022

Fox News Gave Very Cogent Donald Trump Interview Questions in Advance

When they are speaking in public, Fox News personalities will tell their audience that Donald Trump is brilliant and articulate. “He can talk fluently on every single topic with no preparation,” insisted Sean Hannity last night.

In private, they know perfectly well that Trump rambles incoherently. CNN has obtained more texts sent to Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in the days surrounding the insurrection. They find Fox News talent working as unpaid Trump staffers — Hannity asked Meadows for talking points, and replied “Yes sir” when given them — while also conveying their clear understand that Trump needs hand-holding to make it through an interview.

Maria Bartiromo, in particular, asked Meadows to “Pls make sure he doesn’t go off on tangents” during a planned interview. She also supplied him with a list of questions and, in one instance, the answer:

Hi the public wants to know he will fight this. They want to hear a path to victory. & he’s in control,” Bartiromo texted at 9:21 a.m. “1Q You’ve said MANY TIMES THIS ELECTION IS RIGGED… And the facts are on your side. Let’s start there. What are the facts? Characterize what took place here. Then I will drill down on the fraud including the statistical impossibilities of Biden magic (federalist). Pls make sure he doesn’t go off on tangents. We want to know he is strong he is a fighter & he will win. This is no longer about him. This is about ????. I will ask him about big tech & media influencing ejection as well Toward end I’ll get to GA runoffs & then vaccines.


The question that contains the answer is, “Then I will drill down on the fraud including the statistical impossibilities of Biden magic (federalist).” Bartiromo is referring charges on the right that Joe Biden’s victory was some kind of statistical anomaly, and “(federalist)” likely refers to an article published by the Federalist, a right-wing publication, a few days earlier, headlined “5 More Ways Joe Biden Magically Outperformed Election Norms.”

Read more: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/fox-news-gave-very-cogent-donald-trump-questions-in-advance.html
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Fox News Gave Very Cogent Donald Trump Interview Questions in Advance (Original Post) Galraedia Apr 2022 OP
Inspection 2-3 times is more than just a visit. Historic NY Apr 2022 #1
After Putin was "re-elected" gratuitous Apr 2022 #2
Give him the questions? "Paging Donna Brazile...!!!" Grins Apr 2022 #3

gratuitous

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2. After Putin was "re-elected"
Fri Apr 29, 2022, 11:29 PM
Apr 2022

The former guy called Putin about something or other, his aides wrote it in big letters on a crib card: DO NOT CONGRATULATE. The U.S. didn't want to lend unwarranted credibility to the Russian election process. So what does the dumbass do? Congratulated Putin.

Fox is right about one thing: This is no longer about the former guy. It's about sowing lies and reaping corruption.

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