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It’s not often that CNN gets to share their more vulgar thoughts against President Trump. So, when Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) read a text message from anti-Trump FBI investigators calling the President a “F***ing idiot” on live TV (uncensored) during the hearing with AG Barr on Wednesday, CNN got to live vicariously through Trump critics that didn’t need to worry about FCC violations and fines.
During that evening’s Erin Burnett OutFront, reporter Jeanne Moos raved about Graham’s crass language and how it energized Trump critics. “It's not what you usually hear at a hearing,” she quipped before playing a censored version of the soundbite. The first of seven times a censored f-bomb was uttered during the report.
Moos seemed to like it so much that she played a meme that blasted it on loop:
MOOS: But the people most thankful for the f-bomb were Trump critics. “Nice of Lindsey Graham to have created Trump is a bleeping idiot memes for years to come.”
MEME: Trump is a [ bleep ] Idiot. Trump is a [ bleep ] Idiot.
MOOS: Cue the remixes.
MEME: Trump is a [ bleep ] Idiot. Trump – Trump – Trump
“‘My new ring tone is Lindsey Graham saying Trump is a bleeping idiot,’ though definitely not safe for work,” she said reading from Trump haters on Twitter. “‘I just accidentally played this in the office, and everyone around me laughed. Get yourself some of that joy.’”
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