She noted over and over again that the 2020 election was not “rigged,” and that judges - some of them appointed by Trump - had in fact tossed about 60 court cases alleging fraud. To her credit, Collins tried to fact-check Trump in real time. JEAN CARROLL - who one day earlier was awarded $5 million in damages from Trump for his sexual abuse and defamation of her - a “whack job.” They laughed when he called Collins “nasty” and questioned whether she understood what she was talking about. They cheered when he denied moderator KAITLAN COLLINS’ factual assertion that he took three hours to tell the Jan. (Really?)Īnd the live studio audience - which seemed vocally pro-Trump, as if imported from Mar-a-Lago - ate it up. 6 “a beautiful day.” (It wasn’t.) He defended his infamous “grab ’em by the pussy” comments. (He didn’t.) He called MICHAEL BYRD - the Black Capitol Police lieutenant who fatally shot ASHLI BABBITT while protecting lawmakers during the storming of the Capitol - a “thug.” (He isn’t.) He called Jan. 6 and insisted that his ex-VP had the power to overturn the election.

(He wasn’t.) He refused to apologize to MIKE PENCE for putting him in harm’s way on Jan. (He didn’t.) He asserted that he’d been “exonerated” from accusations that he attempted to strong-arm Ukraine into digging up dirt on Biden. He claimed to have finished the border wall. Over and over again, a self-assured Trump lied and rewrote history. economy.”ĪBOUT LAST NIGHT - To call it a shitshow would be generous.ĬNN’s New Hampshire town hall with DONALD TRUMP last night may have done more to boost his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination than anything that’s happened since the 2020 election. Warns Migrants Before End of Pandemic Restrictions That ‘Border Is Not Open’” … WaPo: “Texas uses aggressive tactics to arrest migrants as Title 42 ends” … AP: “Huge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin”īREAKING - “Biden rule tells power plants to cut climate pollution by 90 percent - or shut down,” by Alex Guillén: “The highly anticipated regulation being unveiled Thursday morning is just the latest step in President JOE BIDEN’s campaign to green the U.S. CNN’s New Hampshire town hall with Donald Trump last night may have done more to boost his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination than anything that’s happened since the 2020 election.

Do Hard Things by Alex Harris