by Bradley Cortright
A CNN interview with Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt ended abruptly after she used the platform to attack the moderators of the upcoming presidential debate hosted by the network.
On Monday morning, Leavitt appeared on “CNN This Morning” and was speaking to host Kasie Hunt about the upcoming the debate, which will be moderated by the network’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
However, it took a turn as the press secretary chose to attack the two moderators instead of answer Hunt’s questions.
“It takes about five minutes to Google Jake Tapper, Donald Trump to see that Jake Tapper has consistently compared President Trump to Adolf Hitler,” Leavitt said.
Hunter interjected, “Ma’am, we’re going to stop this interview if you’re going to keep attacking my colleagues… I would like to talk about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who you work for.”
“If you are here to speak on his behalf I am willing to have this conversation,” she added.
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Kasie Hunt abruptly cut an interview w/ Trump spox Karoline Leavitt short this morning when she repeatedly went after Jake Tapper instead of answering Kasie’s questions.
pic.twitter.com/8sGtlQQg6Y https://t.co/pSi5Sk4Fcf
— Jake Wilkins (@JakeWilkns) June 24, 2024
Still, Leavitt pressed on, insisting, “I am stating facts that your colleagues have stated in the past…”
At that point, Hunt ended the interview, as she said, “I’m sorry. We’re going to come back after the panel. Karoline, thanks very much for your time. You are welcome to come back at any point.”
“She is welcome to come back and speak about Donald Trump. And Donald Trump will have equal time to Joe Biden when they both join us… later this week in Atlanta for this debate,” she added.
Later, Hunt posted on X, “You come on my show, you respect my colleagues. Period. I don’t care what side of the aisle you stand on, as my track record clearly shows.”
Leavitt fired back, “You cut off my microphone for bringing up the debate moderator’s history of anti-Trump lies. This proved our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly on Thursday.”
You cut off my microphone for bringing up the debate moderator’s history of anti-Trump lies.
This proved our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly on Thursday.
Yet he is still willing to go into this 3-1 fight to bring his winning message to the American… https://t.co/EIsiKzvxeq
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) June 24, 2024
“Yet he is still willing to go into this 3-1 fight to bring his winning message to the American people, and he will win,” she added.
