CNN Treats Senator Elizabeth Warren to a Cake Walk Town Hall

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 19, 2019
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NewsBusters has been monitoring CNN’s town halls with the Democratic presidential hopefuls for 2020, and Monday’s event with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, hosted by Jake Tapper, was arguably the easiest for any candidate so far.

Out of the 31 total questions asked, 22 of them were from the audience, only three of them were from the right (none from Tapper), and only one of them offered criticism of the Senator. The prescreened questions from the audience also included six from a neutral position (8 from Tapper), but 12 from the left (1 from Tapper).

The first question was from Jackson State University doctoral candidate Christopher Lane who asked Warren about how she was going to convince white Republicans to vote for her when they were to dumb to vote in their own interest:

Mississippi is a deeply red state and one of the poorest states in the country. Yet many white poor and working-class citizens continue to vote against their economic interests. What message, if any, do you have that may resonate with them that may encourage them to vote for you?

The next two questions were from women who wanted to know about how Warren planned to unify the country after President Trump brought about an increase in hate crimes, and what her plan was for some form of reparations.

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