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Mere moments after President Trump called for national unity at a rally in Wisconsin in the wake of attempted bombings of prominent Democrats and CNN, CNN host Anderson Cooper kicked off AC360 by decrying the President’s speech. Not long after that, Cooper and Senior White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny teamed up to tear into the President for the things he “did not say”. And according to Cooper the mind reader, Trump didn’t see the targets of the attacks as human beings.
In his speech, Trump forcefully denounced the attacks. “Any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy, itself. No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, coercion, or control,” he said.
“Those engaged in the political arena must stop treating political opponents as being morally defective,” Trump added while alluding to those who compare others to Adolf Hitler. He also spoke about the liberal media and said they had a role to play in bringing people together as well: “As part of a larger national effort to bridge our divides and bring people together, the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility…”
Moments later, CNN cut away from the rally to feature an irate Cooper looking to take swipes. “That’s the President speaking in Wisconsin. Speaking quite hypocritically, I just have to say,” he spat. Cooper indignantly complained that Trump did not refer to CNN by name in his remarks:
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