[ May 2, 2024 ]
Absolutely disgraceful. This is not a surprise though. ABC and George Stephanopoulos are virulently anti-Trump. The good news is that Trump’s town hall with Stephanopoulos was an opportunity for Trump to prep for the upcoming debates. Trump must prep to debate not just Joe Biden, but the moderators as well. Just like 2016.
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ABC Town Hall Masquerades Anti-Trump Activists as 'Uncommitted' Voters – Washington Free Beacon https://t.co/aFBp8QmpoS
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 22, 2020
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ABC Town Hall Masquerades Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Uncommitted’ Voters
By Washington Examiner, September 22, 2020
Multiple voters characterized by ABC News as undecided—and selected to pepper President Donald Trump with questions during a network town hall—are longtime Trump critics. While the network claimed its Tuesday town hall “provided uncommitted voters the opportunity to ask the president questions about issues affecting Americans,” a Washington Free Beacon review of social media posts found that two of the questioners have long denounced Trump.
Kutztown University professor Ellesia Blaque—whom ABC repeatedly identified as “uncommitted” in its coverage of the town hall—praised vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris during the Democratic primary, saying she would “be there, volunteering” for the California senator in Pennsylvania. The English professor was not shy about her partisanship, calling Trump a “f—ing moron,” “pathetic,” “pig,” “swine,” “punk ass,” and “LOOSER” (sic) in a slew of 2019 tweets. She is a self-described “liberal Democrat,” according to her Facebook profile, on the grounds that liberals “are not motivated by money or power, but by humanity and the needs of the people.”
Another “uncommitted” voter, Philadelphia pastor Carl Day, tweeted that he’s “never once supported trump and won’t now” in August, just weeks before the ABC town hall. He went on to say that Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan refers to a time in which “the n— did what they were told in all industries, wouldn’t have the audacity to try to enter a white establishment and didn’t talk back to the cops.” Day also referred to Trump as a “villain,” called him “ridiculously arrogant & obnoxious,” and said he “ain’t no Christian” in posts spanning from 2015 to 2019.
An ABC spokesperson told the Free Beacon that the voters “all identified to [the network] as uncommitted.” The spokesperson would not say whether the network took any time to verify those claims, nor did he answer questions about the selection process.
Blaque appeared on MSNBC after the town hall, saying, “I didn’t know if I was going to vote or not—it was never a question of will I vote for Trump or Biden.” According to CNN, Blaque’s hesitance to vote altogether was “why she qualified as an uncommitted voter by ABC’s standard.”
Blaque assured MSNBC viewers that she “really did go [to the town hall] with an open mind,” adding that she “decided to bite the bullet and vote for Biden” after the event. She displayed a Michelle Obama photo book in the background and said that she watches host Joy Reid “every night.” Blaque penned a CNN opinion piece after the town hall, accusing Trump of seeing her as a “fat Black woman—a metaphoric rock in his shoe” rather than a “human being asking for his support and help.”
Day also appeared on CNN following the town hall, telling host Don Lemon that Trump referred to “statistics and numbers, stats that he probably had no substance behind” during the event.
Neither Blaque nor Day responded to requests for comment.
The town hall was hosted by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, a former aide to President Bill Clinton who donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation between 2012 and 2014 and came under scrutiny after interviewing twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton without disclosing the donations. He also interviewed the author of a book criticizing the foundation’s foreign donors in 2015 and did not reveal the conflict of interest. The anchor’s Clinton Foundation contributions were first discovered by the Free Beacon.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden also addressed voters two days after ABC’s event at a CNN town hall. He falsely claimed that he would be the first president without an Ivy League degree and was the first person in his family to go to college.
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28 Comments
3 years ago
This committed Biden voter will be watching debates,…… from ‘Her’ cell !!
3 years ago
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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
A quick search shows that she (this is a woman???) is a Canadian so she couldn’t vote legally for Biden, but…????
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
I don’t know but at this point I think we may actually need more postmasters.
3 years ago
Reply to
cjkcjk
Yes, but people a can hand-deliver mail-in ballots, and send them by courier.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
I’m not so worried about our votes not being counted as i am about their’s being counted twice or three times if they find it necessary.
As Stalin so wisely said, ‘it’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes’.
3 years ago
Reply to
cjkcjk
Yes, but what if they go through the ballots and throw out all the ones who voted for Trump?
3 years ago
Reply to
moneekwa
Great! Tell us how it goes! I would love to hear your experiences, even in brief.
3 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
Throw his azzz in prison with the rest of the men….
3 years ago
This type of deceit by the networks has gone on for decades.
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
Trump shows his intelligence by going on this ‘Townhall’ BS crap.
He did exactly what he had to do in order to reach some people who are in the MSM Black Hole of disinformation.
Just keep cool and give coherent answers to show them you’re actually human and not the vicious monster they have brainwashed the faithful to believe.
He really may have swayed some people’s thinking.
3 years ago
Reply to
cjkcjk
Trump is fighting FOR us under nearly any scenario. He is trying to get as much direct exposure as possible.
3 years ago
Reply to
cjkcjk
Trump is fighting FOR us under nearly any scenario. He is trying to get as much direct exposure as possible.
3 years ago
Looks lilke they are copying Frank Luntz’s fake focus groups.
3 years ago
The DemoNazi Propaganda Machine strikes again.
3 years ago
The DemoNazi Propaganda Machine strikes again.
3 years ago
They do the exact same thing in OZ, on ABC which happens to be a tax payer funded broadcaster. “Little old ladies” with “no political affiliation” turn out afterwards to be Labor (our version of democrats) and union hacks that are virulently anti conservative. Unfortunately when conservative governments are in power they are too gutless to reign the SJW vipers nest in and when Labor governments are in they give them more and more taxpayer money to run propaganda for them.
3 years ago
You are correct, they think we are stupid. A uni professor “uncommitted”? Yeah, right. They think we are as stupid as their voters. I have met a few and yes, they are stupid!
