A number of pro-Trump conservatives who used to be CNN contributors say the network is virulently anti-Trump and that it tries to squelch the views of those who support the president.
“Most of us got squeezed out involuntarily,” former Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston told Mediaite. “I was there for two years and was certainly willing to continue. It was clear to me in the end that the Republicans they prefer are anti-Trump Republicans.”
Stephen Moore, who was considered for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors before being withdrawn from consideration, said that the network works to make Trump look bad to its viewers.
“CNN is the hate Trump network,” Moore said. “They just trash Trump every single hour of every single day. All they’ve talked about for two years is the Mueller report and how bad does it make them look now that it proved nothing?”
Bryan Lanza, former deputy communications director for Trump’s presidential campaign, left the network when he began lobbying for a firm on the U.S. sanctions list. He also said that CNN was very anti-Trump.
“If you hate Trump, you tune to CNN to validate your hatred,” Lanza said. “Not sure it’s a winning formula and I’m validated by their last place performance against other outlets.”
CNN told Mediaite that it continually works to add perspectives from across the political aisle. CNN pointed out that it does have conservative commentators like Rick Santorum, Scott Jennings, David Urban, Mia Love, John Kasich, and Steve Cortes.
