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President Donald Trump’s town hall on NBC turned out to be more of a debate with “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie, who was combative throughout the event as she asked one staged question after another.
Ridiculous questions like whether Trump denounces white supremacy — even though the president said unequivocally, for the umpteenth time, that he did, Guthrie came back to say, “It feels sometimes you’re hesitant to do so.”
Nearly a third of the hour-long event passed before the contentious moderator let the audience participate, not that it took that long for Fox News host Greg Gutfeld to slam the event.
Gutfeld tweeted: “this is a townhall? where is the town? its just Savannah badgering. what a joke.”
this is a townhall? where is the town? its just Savannah badgering. what a joke.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
Another ridiculous question centered on QAnon, and when Trump replied that he did not know much about that, Guthrie fired back, “You do know!”
Offering a running commentary, Gutfeld ripped Guthrie for “embarrassing herself” by pushing through a list of talking points fed to her by network producers.
no matter what he denounces, guthrie will find another — here’s proof. he denounces – she moves onto Q. you see this?
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
guthrie isn’t even listening to him. and she just needs to get thru her list. and she’s embarrassing herself.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
guthrie pretends she has questions – so many questions she says! – but she just chases the same narratives that her producers handed to her.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
Guthrie frequently interrupted the president, who was seldom able to complete a thought without her interjecting.
Her disrespect for Trump was on full display for those watching.
SUPERCUT!@SavannahGuthrie repeatedly cuts off @realDonaldTrump in 'town hall' pic.twitter.com/5aP3Nh9ryK
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 16, 2020
Even worse than Guthrie shaming herself, Gutfeld said NBC was embarrassing itself.
NBC is embarrassing itself. worse than expected. Guthrie is like a poorly disguised ambush. even she follows up with planned questions after the “townhall” question. what a horrible show trial
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
Thirty minutes in, Gutfeld could take more, announcing that he was off to watch Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
fact: these townhalls are BS. I expected something better from Guthrie, but she's just another irrational hack. off to watch tucker.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 16, 2020
Turns out, there may have been some rhyme and reason behind Guthrie’s aggression, as New York Times media columnist Ben Smith responded to NBC staffers protesting the Trump town hall on their network to tweet earlier in the day: “Enormous pressure on NBC to now make this thing a nightmare for Trump.”
Enormous pressure on NBC now to make this thing a nightmare for Trump.
— Ben Smith (@benyt) October 15, 2020
For the record, the president called it long before the event took place, tweeting several hours early that he was doing “a major Fake [NBC News] Town Hall Forum.”
I will be doing a major Fake @NBCNews Town Hall Forum, live tonight from Miami, at 8:00 P.M. They asked me to do it in place of the Rigged Steve Scully (he is now suspended from @cspan for lying) Debate. I wonder if they’ll treat me as well as Sleepy Joe? They should!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020
Democratic nominee Joe Biden was holding a dueling event on ABC Thursday night, moderated by George Stephanopoulos, which is what prompted the protests against the NBC town hall.
Stunningly, the Democrat nominee was not asked a single question about the New York Post bombshell story about purported emails from his son Hunter Biden.
Mercedes Schlapp, senior advisor for the Trump campaign, responded to Gutfeld to compare the aura of that event to the children’s show Mister Roger’s Neighborhood.
Well @JoeBiden @ABCPolitics townhall feels like I am watching an episode of Mister Rodgers Neighborhood. https://t.co/bC8fIZPxHR
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) October 16, 2020
But then, at this stage of the game, there’s no denying that there’s a pattern to these presidential events.
That pattern being the ties debate moderators have to the Democratic party, as Robby Starbuck outlined in a tweet:
Savannah Guthrie: Married to Al Gore’s former chief of staff
George Stephanopoulos: Former senior advisor to Bill Clinton
Steve Scully: Former Joe Biden Intern
Susan Page: Wrote Nancy Pelosi’s biography coming out this year
Chris Wallace: Registered Democrat
See a pattern?
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 16, 2020
Gutfeld was far from the only one panning the NBC town hall, as it was impossible to miss the difference between the two events.
So far, this is not a town hall for voters, it is designed to appease the angry NBC employees/Dems who are pissed off Trump’s on NBC at all.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 16, 2020
Savannah Guthrie makes a good case for Joe Rogan as a moderator . Her hostility and aggressiveness is a case study in media hostility to conservatives. Trump did an amazing job calmly taking her on.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 16, 2020
I just switched to NBC since ABC is in a commercial. Savanah Guthrie has interrupted Trump in these 60 seconds more than Stephanopulos has done to Biden in 40 mins. NBC is an interrogation. ABC is a picnic.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) October 16, 2020
Congratulations to Savannah Guthrie on her appointment as Joe Biden's White House press secretary!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 16, 2020
Battling townhalls: There is Savanah Guthrie battling Trump and George Stephanopoulos finishing Biden's sentences.
— Jim Eagle Ross (@indyrallen) October 16, 2020
Stephanopoulos sounds like he's talking to a newborn.
Savanah Guthrie sounds like she's screaming at an ex-lover.
— thebradfordfile (@thebradfordfile) October 16, 2020
Now Savanah Guthrie is making Trump discuss “satanic pedophiles.” Unbelievable.
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) October 16, 2020
After watching this hack, @SavannahGuthrie interview Nick Sandmann, is anyone surprised with her "monitoring" a Trump townhall?
— FollowTheMoney (@No_Koolaid_4Me) October 16, 2020
Why can’t @NBCNews choose a professional, seasoned moderator so the president can answer questions without her interrupting him every moment. The moderator is supposed to be neutral. Her hostility is so evident. #SavannahGuthrie #Trump
— Alana Stewart (@AlanaKStewart) October 16, 2020
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