AOC fumes over Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was watching CNN on Wednesday night — and didn’t like what she saw.

The New York Democrat took to Twitter to attack CNN over the town-hall meeting with former President Donald Trump, saying the network was aiding lies.

“CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” she said. “They have lost total control of this “town hall” to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim.”

CNN should be ashamed of themselves.

They have lost total control of this “town hall” to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim.

The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2023

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez noted the reaction of the audience, which was composed of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in New Hampshire.

“The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host,” she lamented.

She accused the network of giving a “platform [to] lies” and of endangering author E. Jean Carroll, who won a civil lawsuit against Mr. Trump earlier this week for sexual abuse and defamation.

“This falls squarely on CNN. Everyone here saw exactly what was going to happen. Instead they put a sexual abuse victim in harm’s way for views. This was a choice to platform lies about the election & Jan 6th w/ no plan but to have their moderator interrupted without consequence,” she said.