CNN's Casey Hunt defended her decision to take President Trump's spokesperson, Caroline Leavitt, off the air Monday morning, but was slammed on Twitter for doing so.
Hunt abruptly ended the interview with Leavitt after just three minutes after Leavitt continued to question the objectivity of his CNN colleagues, particularly Jake Tapper.
The CNN host abruptly stopped an interview with Trump after Jake Tapper brought up his comparison of the former president to Hitler. pic.twitter.com/tbVDswfI3H
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 24, 2024
Mr Hunt later defended the decision on Twitter.
“Please stay on my show and respect my colleagues. That's it. I don't care what side you're on as my track record clearly shows,” she tweeted Monday morning. (Related: 'Don't drop the bar on the floor': Low expectations can't save Biden's sleepy debate performance, observers say)
At the time of publication, over 7,000 people had replied to the post and just over 4,000 had liked it. This huge difference between likes and replies is called a ratio.
Stay on my show, respect my colleagues, and that's it. I don't care what side you're on, as my track record clearly shows.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 24, 2024
“LOL. Everything she said was true. You have zero respect for your guest. Stop pretending to be impartial. You're a Democrat propaganda pig,” popular meme account Cattured replied.
LOL. Everything she said is true and you showed zero respect for your guests.
And stop pretending to be impartial, you're a paid propagandist for the Democrat Party. pic.twitter.com/tKG2PnC6mm
— Catturd™ (@catturd2) June 24, 2024
“Everyone knows exactly what's going on. You're not a journalist. You're a propagandist for the administration. Someone stupid enough to demonstrate censorship of the truth on live air. And Biden's political opponents,” Jeff Carlson responded.
Everyone knows exactly what is going on. You are not a journalist, you are a propagandist for the regime.
Anyone stupid enough to demonstrate live on air that they would censor the truth. And Biden's political opponents.
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) June 24, 2024
Another astute commenter pointed out that while Hunt defended her network and her colleagues' impartiality, her Twitter header featured a photo of her and President Biden.
The header photo is of Biden.
You are biased and overly emotional when it comes to politics. pic.twitter.com/K2IaO7Ubwi
— Petey B (@realpeteyb123) June 24, 2024
Levitt himself responded in kind.
“My microphone was cut off after the debate moderator brought up my history of anti-Trump lies,” she responded by tweeting. “This proves our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly on Thursday. Yet he intends to take on this 3-on-1 battle to deliver a winning message to the American people — and he will win,” Leavitt concluded.
The debate moderator cut off my microphone because I brought up a history of anti-Trump lies.
This proved our point that President Trump would not be treated fairly on Thursday.
But he intends to take on this three-on-one battle to deliver a winning message to Americans… https://t.co/EIsiKzvxeq
— Carolyn Leavitt (@kleavittnh) June 24, 2024
Trump is scheduled to face Biden on Thursday in the earliest CNN debate in presidential election history. The brawl in Atlanta will be the first of two the candidates have agreed to, including one hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.
The debate will be televised on CNN but without a studio audience, at the request of the Biden campaign.
