Senator and Democrat presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand’s town hall on CNN wasn’t exactly a huge challenge to her candidacy:
These questions are just riveting #CNNTownHall pic.twitter.com/kr2tpJLzqz
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 10, 2019
Oh, how challenging:
Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand says the NRA opposes background checks because it wants to sell guns to people “on the terror watch list,” “gravely mentally ill with a violent background,” or “criminal[s] convict[ed] for a violent crime”
None of this is true
CNN offered no pushback pic.twitter.com/Q1Cnb6VvvF
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 10, 2019
No pushback from CNN on a Dem’s claim about guns and the NRA? Say it ain’t so!
CNN claims to know the difference between an apple and a banana-
But they can’t identify when someone is totally nuts https://t.co/4sZAzkEO6B
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) April 10, 2019
But none of that should have been a surprise based on a clue in Gillibrand’s tweeted promotion of the CNN town hall earlier in the day:
Getting ready for tonight’s CNN town hall! pic.twitter.com/ighOcg2w2s
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) April 9, 2019
Well look at that…
No better way to get ready for softball questions than playing actual softball. https://t.co/3ZHvIMOFcp
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) April 9, 2019
She totally telegraphed it:
… hitting softballs? https://t.co/2Hul1fDW28
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) April 9, 2019
So, you acknowledge you get softball questions… https://t.co/1gQroxrXJT
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 9, 2019
Go figure!
By hitting softballs!????
She's either trolling #CNN herself or has no awareness of how they're viewed by so many. #Gillibrand2020 https://t.co/9tb1pNkx9D
— Joseph Backholm (@josephbackholm) April 9, 2019
Gillibrand is predicting she'll get lots of softball questions tonight on CNN. https://t.co/VY50GgmRhQ
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) April 9, 2019
Getting ready for softballs, Kirsten?
Seemingly an appropriate warm-up: https://t.co/1FDSTHtuMG
— … (@callmeMallas) April 9, 2019
Those softballs don’t hit themselves… https://t.co/ESxxxDl2Qn
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 9, 2019
We can’t say Gillibrand didn’t call that one!
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