The CNN Town Hall Was a Big Win for Donald Trump

The CNN panel that immediately followed the network’s town hall with Donald Trump was aghast at what they’d just witnessed.

Here was a man who repeatedly was badgered by Kaitlan Collins, the moderator, to recant on his claims that the 2020 election was “rigged” or stolen in some way.

Trump refused to budge.

From the first few minutes, it was clear that this would not be CNN’s night. Trump stood live on stage before a very Trump-friendly crowd and went down the list of issue after issue refusing to give in to the narrative and refusing to bow to pressure.

Take this panelist from the CNN focus group assembled to provide analysis after the event, for example.