Shortly after President Trump began his Tuesday campaign kickoff rally in Orlando, the audience began chanting “CNN sucks.”
The network had been airing the rally until the chant, at which point they cut away.
“This was a defining moment in America history,” Trump said referring to his 2015 campaign announcement. “Ask them right there,” pointing to the media in the back.
The crowd then began chanting “CNN sucks.”
“All right. We’ve been watching the president kick off his reelection bid. He’s been on stage for about six minutes. Within two minutes he did talk about the economy, within four minutes it was attacks on the media,” CNN’s John Berman said.
MSNBC did not air the speech at all.
Some wondered why CNN was airing the rally at all.
Why is CNN televising a Trump campaign rally? This is a multi-million dollar contribution to his re-election campaign.
— Richard Stengel (@stengel) June 19, 2019
Hey @CNN viewers, welcome to @OANN! We’re airing the whole Trump rally… because we’re not afraid of you hearing the truth.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) June 19, 2019
I think its a mistake of CNN and MSNBC not to broadcast Trump’s campaign kick off rally.
— Paul Harris (@paulxharris) June 19, 2019
A chant of “CNN Sucks” breaks out at Trump re-election rally. Calls the media covering him #FakeNewsMedia. REMINDER: This is the @POTUS attacking the free press.
— Kathleen Bade (@KathleenFOX5) June 19, 2019
After a “CNN sucks” chant breaks out at Trump’s re-election event, Trump says “that is a LOT of fake news back there.” CNN aired the first 6 minutes, then cut away for analysis. @JohnBerman pointed out that Trump reverted to his usual lines.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 19, 2019
