Trump taking the 'unmanly' step of denouncing CNN's Kaitlan Collins during this week's town hall event made the Fox personality want to start 'spitting.'
"I've liked President Trump over the decades through thick and thin, even after I pledged never again to support him after January 6th," RiveraI’ve liked President Trump over the decades through thick and thin, even after I pledged never again to support him after January 6th.— Geraldo Rivera Former President Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.
The audience burst into cheers and laughter after Trump used the familiar insult on Collins. The ex-president has a history of calling women he dislikes"nasty," having famously referred to former Secretary of StateThe Trump-friendly town hall audience was composed of expected 2024 New Hampshire GOP presidential primary voters. With the event featuring frequent applause, cheers and approving laughter from the crowd, most of the audience appeared to already be solidly behind Trump.
In addition to breaking into laughter after Trump called Collins"nasty," the audience also laughed after the former president mocked former columnist E. Jean Carroll, who claims that he raped her, referring to the alleged rape as"hanky panky" while recalling her version of events. Some speculated that the remarks about Carroll, whom a jury awarded $5 million on Tuesday after finding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse but not rape, may have opened the former president up to additional litigation.compared Trump's remarks at the event to a"buffalo stampede," saying that his comments on"immigration, inflation, energy, Ukraine, abortion & election denial were not fact based.
Kaitlin Collins strived mightily to hold Donald Trump to the issues-like trying to harness a buffalo stampede. Truth was beside the point. His raps on immigration, inflation, energy, Ukraine, abortion & election denial were not fact based. It doesn’t matter. He’s coming.
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