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‘Catastrophe’, ‘incompetence’: MAGA responds to midterm blowout 0 (0)

On President Donald Trump’s favorite TV shows, there is none of the election denialism that characterized his 2020 loss. But there is a whole lot of disbelief — and some early signs of disagreement about the best path forward for the Republican Party. After acknowledging the GOP’s losses, many right-wing programs and podcasts made a familiar pivot to denigrating Democrats, especially newly elected senators like James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed. Commentators called them “commies,” “crazy people” and dozens of other insults. CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter and senior correspondent Donie O’Sullivan unpack MAGA media’s response to the election results, [See More…]

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She was all in on MAGA. Then came the Epstein Files. 0 (0)

She went to 42 Trump rallies, sold everything to follow his campaign, and devoted years of her life to MAGA. Then, Trump’s handling of the Epstein files changed everything. Former Trump supporter Trisha Hope tells CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan about the moment she walked away… and her emotional encounter with an Epstein survivor. To hear more, check out The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper Saturday, October 17 at 8pm on CNN and available to subscribers on the CNN App.  00:00  Inside the Trump-Epstein exhibit  01:25  A life devoted to MAGA  02:14  The moment everything changed 03:15 Questioning Trump, but not the 2020 election  04:49  An emotional meeting with an Epstein survivor  06:17 Leaving MAGA behind Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr Stream more on CNN with an [See More…]

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We fact-checked a fake, viral video with a Trump supporter 0 (0)

Misleading content shared by Trump and his team is often defended as humor. But his supporters aren’t always in on the joke. When CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan went to a Trump rally in Bemidji, Minnesota, grievances against social media platforms Twitter and Facebook were a common refrain. Many of the President’s supporters told CNN that they felt the platforms’ fact-checking processes were biased against conservative viewpoints. Others discussed social media posts that contained manipulated media as if they were real. “Like when Joe Biden fell asleep during a live interview on television,” one supporter recalled, describing a video that went viral [See More…]