5/11/23: Trump CNN town hall goes horribly wrong, George Santos' unhinged press conference

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🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Matt Desmond, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and author of the book "Poverty, By America," joins David to discuss poverty in the United States, including its causes, changes over time, and ways to eradicate it. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3VWTQlG -- Failed former President Donald Trump lies uncontrollably during a CNN Town Hall hosted by Kaitlan Collins in front of a sycophant crowd -- CNN's Donald Trump town hall was a total disgrace, pushing journalism closer to a humiliating collapse -- Was CNN's Donald Trump town hall the most corrosive event in news television history? -- Lying Republican Congressman George Santos holds an outrageous press conference after being arrested for 13 different criminal charges -- The arrest warrant and indictment for lying Republican Congressman George Santos is released -- Republican Senator Mitt Romney has the correct reaction to the arrest of Republican Congressman George Santos -- Voicemail callers are generally disgusted with CNN's Trump town hall -- On the Bonus Show: SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan was worried about accepting free bagels, Fox News hit with another lawsuit, Senator Dianne Feinstein returns to Senate for first votes since February, much more... 🦛 Happy Hippo: Use code PAKMAN for 20% off at https://happyhippo.com/pakman ♨️ Bon Charge Sauna Blanket: Use code PAKMAN for 15% OFF at https://boncharge.com/pakman 🧠 Mindbloom: Use code PAKMAN for $100 off at https://mindbloom.com/pakman 🚲 Lectric eBikes! Shop for your new electric bike at https://lectricebikes.com 🌳 Use code PAKMAN for 20% off HoldOn plant-based bags at https://holdonbags.com/pakman -- Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow -- Subscribe to Pakman Live: https://www.youtube.com/pakmanlive -- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow -- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We start today with Donald Trump's CNN town hall.
0:20.6	We are going to talk about how CNN handled it.
0:24.0	We will talk about reaction to the town hall from Trump supporters.
0:28.1	We will talk about reaction to the town hall from Republicans and Democrats in elected
0:33.2	office and from other networks.
0:35.4	But we have to start with the town hall itself, which was two hours of Trump lying uncontrollably,
0:44.5	calling the host, Caitlin Collins nasty and telling the same corrosive greatest hits detrimental
0:52.4	to American democracy that we have seen him tell for years now.
0:56.5	We've some push back from Caitlin Collins, but a structure that was completely unprepared
1:04.0	for the absurdity and insanity of the event at the very top level.
1:09.8	MSNBC put together this sort of highlight list, which included Trump continuing to say
1:16.0	he really won 2020, saying that E. Jean Carroll made up a fake story and is a whack job.
1:23.4	Remember a jury found that Trump sexually assaulted her, called the moderator, Caitlin
1:28.6	Collins, a nasty person, complimented Vladimir Putin, refused to side with Ukraine in that
1:34.4	invasion of Ukraine by Russia, defended keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, pushed
1:40.4	Republicans to default on the US debt, and said he was inclined to pardon a bunch of the
1:46.0	January 6th rioters.
1:48.1	We're talking about criminals.
1:50.2	Let's get right into it because there is just so I can't cover even everything that
1:55.8	was lied about because there were so many lies.
1:59.2	But let's start.
2:00.6	Trump found liable of sexual assault the day before and then the next day gets a prime
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