CNN host Casey Hunt abruptly ended her show with Caroline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, after he brought up the fact that Jake Tapper had likened Trump to Adolf Hitler.
Tapper will co-moderate the 2024 presidential debate with Dana Bash on Thursday. After showing the clip of Trump calling Biden a “fine debater,” Hunt asked Leavitt what he expected from Biden.
“Well, if you Google Jake Tapper, Donald Trump, you’ll find that Jake Tapper is…” Leavitt began.
“Ma’am, if you continue to attack my colleague I am cancelling this interview,” Hunt interjected.
“Comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler,” she concluded.
The CNN host abruptly stopped an interview with Trump after Jake Tapper brought up his comparison of the former president to Hitler. pic.twitter.com/tbVDswfI3H
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 24, 2024
“Ma’am, if you continue to attack my colleague, I will stop this interview,” Hunt repeated. “I want to speak to you about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who you work for, and I am open to this conversation if you speak on his behalf.” (Related article: ‘I don’t want to underestimate him’: Donald Trump calls Biden a ‘worthy debater’)
“I am stating facts that your colleagues have stated in the past. Now, regarding this debate,” Trump said.
The interview then abruptly ended before Levitt could finish his sentence. Hunt said Trump’s spokesman would be allowed to return if he was willing to answer questions about the debate.
The debate moderator cut off my microphone because I brought up a history of anti-Trump lies.
This proved our point that President Trump would not be treated fairly on Thursday.
But he intends to take on this three-on-one battle to deliver a winning message to Americans… https://t.co/EIsiKzvxeq
— Carolyn Leavitt (@kleavittnh) June 24, 2024
Tupperware Awakened On his show on December 19, Hitler criticised President Trump’s warning that illegal immigration was “poisoning the blood of our country”.
“South America, Africa, Asia. Europe isn’t mentioned anywhere on Trump’s list. And he uses the words ‘poison our blood’. Poison our blood. If you read Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ you’ll see the Nazi leader describing interbreeding between Germans and non-Germans as poisoning. Hitler wrote, ‘The Jew poisons the blood of other people,'” Tapper said.
The debate will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, and will last 90 minutes, with Trump expected to make the final remarks.
