Presidential candidate Donald Trump has refused to admit defeat in a CNN town hall interview, despite being asked if he would "suspend polarizing talk of election fraud" during the 2024 presidential election. Trump responded by saying he hopes that if the election is to be honest, it will be a victory. The town hall comes just one day after a federal jury found Trump liable for sexual battery and defamation and awarded former magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages.
Trump's team spent weeks negotiating with CNN about the town hall, which carries high stakes for both the candidate and the network. The two have a complicated and adversarial history, with Trump having been a frequent presence on their airwaves during his 2016 campaign before chastising its reporters and anchors while president.
Last week, CNN reached out to the New Hampshire GOP, county GOP groups, and other state associations about getting members to send in questions or participate in a town hall.
Donald Trump refused to acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden at CNN's controversial town hall event and called his defeat “rigged” and “sad.” The one-term president was confronted by host Kaitlan Collins over his election lies and was asked finally admit that he had been fairly legally beaten by Mr. Biden.
Mr. Trump cited claims by "True the Vote" that they had "found millions of votes on government cameras where they were stuffing ballot boxes; it is a sad thing for our country." Collins told him that false election claims had already been debunked Republican officials across country.
The event took place front an audience 400 Republican leaning independent voters New Hampshire Wednesday night featured tough questioning from This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins repeatedly fact-checked former President remarks said it rigged shame focus future