Complete Recap: Trump’s Explosive CNN Town Hall Event
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 11 May 2023
⏱️ 184 minutes
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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/11/2023):
3:05pm- On Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump took part in a CNN New Hampshire-based Town Hall on CNN. The 90-minute event was hosted by CNN Morning’s Kaitlan Collins—a former White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller who the far-left is now criticizing for her past comments on illegal immigration and progressive donor George Soros.
3:25pm- In the middle of former President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night Town Hall, the Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson posted a profanity-laced video on Twitter condemning CNN for hosting the event.
3:30pm- While speaking with Hugh Hewitt, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie slammed Donald Trump’s performance during a CNN Town Hall—calling the former President a “puppet for Putin.”
3:45pm- Susan Crabtree— RealClearPolitics White House & National Political Correspondent—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest series of articles, “The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion.” Crabtree writes, “[t]wo researchers…uncovered compelling evidence that Chinese surgeons are systematically removing organs from prisoners while they are still alive, providing on-demand supplies for what has become China’s billion-dollar organ export industry.” You can read Crabtree’s full article here: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/05/05/the_long_road_to_confronting_chinas_war_on_religion_part_ii.html
4:05pm- During his CNN Town Hall, former President Donald Trump accused the federal government of “spending money like drunken sailors.” While answering questions about Title 42’s expiration and illegal immigration, Trump said: “you’re going to have millions of people pouring into our country” and charged Democrats with attempting to destroy the country.
4:15pm- Virginia Kruta of The Daily Wire writes, “migrants are reportedly dumping identification papers – including Mexican humanitarian visas—in a sea of trash ditched just after they illegally cross the border into the United States.” You can read the full article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrants-ditch-visas-and-identification-papers-in-sea-of-trash-just-after-illegal-crossing
4:20pm- While discussing the mishandling of classified documents during Wednesday night’s Town Hall, former President Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of illegally possessing 1800 boxes of documents from his time as Vice President—and carelessly leaving classified materials in a garage next to his Corvette.
4:40pm- Dr. Patrick Moore—co-founder of Greenpeace & author of “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss four whale deaths in the New York and New England areas in a four-day period earlier this month. Dr. Moore believes “the acoustic systems used by vessels surveying the ocean floor” for wind turbine construction may be contributing to the massive number of whales being beached and killed along the Atlantic Coast. Why aren’t government officials halting these environmentally problematic ocean floor surveys? You can read more here (article by Joshua Rhett Miller and Franklin Raff of The New York Post): https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/not-unreasonable-to-link-whale-deaths-offshore-wind-farm-work-ex-greenpeace-chief-says/
5:05pm- The Drive at 5: Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent editorial at National Review, “The False Jordan Neely Narrative.” Dr. Reilly writes that “Jordan Neely had 42 previous arrests, many for subway violence. At the time of the fatal struggle, he had an active criminal warrant, earned for punching a 67-year-old grandmother, breaking her nose and fracturing her orbital bone…the tragic struggle that killed Neely began when he went nuts on a subway car packed with riders, screaming violent threats.” So why isn’t the media reporting those facts? You can read Dr. Reilly’s full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/the-false-jordan-neely-narrative/
5:25pm- According to Fox News, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will charge the Marine who subdued Jordan Neely, leading to his death, on a New York City Subway with 2nd degree manslaughter.
5:40pm- While speaking at his “Prescribe Freedom” press conference where he announced the signing of a bill banning vaccine and mask mandates in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis said he does not want his state to follow in California’s footsteps.
5:50pm- The NFL released their 2023-24 season schedule. Notably, the Philadelphia Eagles play the New York Giants on Christmas Day!
6:05pm- Title 42 set to expire Thursday evening, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas held a press conference where he continued to insist that the border is not open. Rich notes that since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, 6.3 million undocumented migrants have crossed the U.S. southern border—expect those numbers to increase dramatically in the days following Title 42’s expiration.
6:25pm- Our other networks other than Fox News reporting on the crisis from the U.S. southern border? And will mainstream media outlets hold the Biden Administration responsible for the unfolding crisis?
6:40pm- On Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump took part in a CNN New Hampshire-based Town Hall on CNN. The 90-minute event was hosted by CNN Morning’s Kaitlan Collins—a former White House Correspondent for The Daily Caller who the far-left is now criticizing for her past comments on illegal immigration and progressive donor George Soros.
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| 0:20.3 | Now, on Talk Radio 1210 W-P-H-D, Rich Zioly. |
| 0:26.6 | I mean, there is an epic meltdown happening. |
| 0:29.6 | A meltdown at CNN. |
| 0:32.1 | After the town hall meeting with former President Donald Trump last night, |
| 0:36.0 | it is a meltdown of the left on the left and a rebellion of CNN staffers. |
| 0:42.1 | It's amazing. |
| 0:43.4 | And now they're Trash and Caitlin Collins. |
| 0:45.8 | Yes. |
| 0:46.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:47.5 | Glad you're here. |
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