Republican at Trump Town Hall Says Many in Audience Were 'Disgusted' or 'Bewildered' By Ex-President

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Many audience members at CNN’s town hall with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday were “disgusted” and “bewildered” by the spectacle, but were told to be respectful and not to boo, according to a report.

“The floor manager came out ahead of time and said, Please do not boo, please be respectful. You were allowed to applaud,” claimed Republican political consultant Matthew Bartlett in an interview with Puck News senior political correspondent Tara Palmeri on Thursday.

“And I think that set the tone where people were going to try their best to keep this between the navigational beacons, and that if they felt compelled to applaud, they would, but they weren’t going to have an outburst or they weren’t going to boo an answer,” he said.

Bartlett claimed that, while many in the audience applauded and cheered the former president, “there were also people that sat there quietly disgusted or bewildered.” He estimated that while around half of the audience expressed vocal support for Trump, the other half sat in silence. Bartlett also alleged that Trump repeatedly “lost the audience” when he spoke about topics like January 6 or the results of the 2020 election, despite the appearance on CNN that the audience was consistently on his side.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-at-trump-town-hall-says-many-in-audience-were-disgusted-or-bewildered-by-ex-president/ar-AA1b4G43

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. ...and when faced with a ballot, they'll vote for him anyway. nt

[Emile]

2. That magic R means more than just RAPIST.

[Walleye]

7. I thought exactly the same thing

[delisen]

3. CNN would be the engaging in "fake new."

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The head of CNN seems to have claimed this event was an example of CNN making news rather than reporting news.
If the audience was instructed in how to respond in the way described,a false impression of unity of the live audience and Trump was presented to the viewers.

[Walleye]

8. There's not enough news happening, they have to create some?

[Joinfortmill]

4. My God, CNN is disgusting

[bronxiteforever]

20. +1

[Tetrachloride]

5. Find the names of the producers. Follow the money

and the enablers

[Tickle]

6. I did watch it

I never saw one face in that audience that showed any measure of disgust

[Walleye]

9. So they were just good little authoritarian lovers doing what they were told

[NCDem47]

10. CNN will overcompensate...by being tough on Democrats!

Under the gun, they'll go out of their way to be "fair and balanced." And some Democrat will get a moderator who will be extra tough and a hostile audience of undecideds.

[nowforever]

11. Bulldung

I didn't see any shocked faces or anybody leave. They all seemed giddy and thrilled with participating in this circus of crazy. I think if Mike Pence had been marched out and hanged the audience would have burst into a wild celebratory standing ovation...unfortunately or fortunately.

[3Hotdogs]

12. ---don't buy it. The assholes in the audience know Donald Trump. They also knew what the event was.

They didn't accept an invite to a quiz show in hopes of being called to "come on, down."

They knew why they were there and they knew the content of the dialog.... after all, they've heard it hundreds of times before. The only reasons to be there were to get their face on national tv and watch Donald kick some liberal ass.


NOBODY was surprised. NOBODY was disgusted.

BEWILDERED ! Now that one is accurate. They've been bewildered all their lives.

[Effete Snob]

13. What nonsense

"I went to the circus and was surprised they had CLOWNS there!"

Yah, right.

[thucythucy]

15. And was offended by the odor

of elephant shit.

Sure buddy, sure.

[thucythucy]

14. And they call us sheep.

Not that I believe a word of this.

Sounds to me like damage control on the part of this "Republican consultant." He's savvy enough to know how bad this looked to anyone outside the MAGA bubble, how toxic it might be to other Republicans, and so feels a need to put some daylight between Trump and what's left of "respectable" Republicans.

As if that's still a thing.

[hatrack]

16. A. Bullshit B. Who Cares?

[Baitball Blogger]

17. They could have walked out.

Definitely sounds like CNN intentionally set up a pro-MAGA event.

[mountain grammy]

18. Oh bull.. What is he embarrassed?

These people are just like trump which is why they love him.. greedy, mean and undemocratic.

[Hotler]

19. Could not have been too disgusted they didn't walk out. nt