CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Thursday offered up a defense of his employer’s decision to host former President Donald Trump for a town hall event.
former President Donald Trump for a town hall event, telling viewers that it was designed to prevent them from “only listening to people you agree with.”earlier in the day, addressed criticisms of the primetime, hour-plus broadcast.
But Cooper told viewers he also understands that Trump is the GOP frontrunner, as polling has consistently shown. And as for CNN’s audience, which laughed along with Trump several times, “they are your family members, your neighbors, and they are voting.” Many, he added, may end up voting for Trump.
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