CNN host Jake Tapper on Monday took a swipe at President Donald Trump over his criticism of the Florida gubernatorial debate he moderated on Sunday night, thanking the president for watching CNN.
Republican candidate “Ron… DeSantis had a great debate victory tonight against [Democrat] Andrew Gillum, a mayor who presides over one of the worst run, and most corrupt cities in Florida,” Trump tweeted on Sunday. “Ron will build on the great job done by Governor Rick Scott. Gillum will make Florida the next Venezuela!”
Tapper replied: “thanks for watching CNN, Mr. President!”
Trump has repeatedly criticized CNN as “fake news,” but regularly references its programming. He also tweeted on Sunday, shortly after his tweet about DeSantis and Gillum, that “Facebook has just stated that they are setting up a system to ‘purge’ themselves of Fake News. Does that mean CNN will finally be put out of business?”
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