How network anchors responded to Trump making fabricated claims of election corruption in his White House speech
“That is the most powerful person in the world, and we see him like an obese turtle on his back, flailing in the hot sun, realizing his time is over,” CNN's Anderson Cooper said.
Journalists and anchors for the nation’s major television networks reacted swiftly with strong words and fact-checking to President Donald Trump’s speech from the White house Thursday night, in which the Republican made a series of fabricated claims of election corruption.
Three of the major networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — cut away from the news conference, with anchors breaking in to fact-check the falsehoods made by the president attacking the integrity of the election.
CNN and Fox News continued to carry the news conference, but afterward journalists for CNN condemned the mis-statements. Below, what anchors across the networks said Thursday night in response to the president’s speech.
Jake Tapper, CNN
CNN’s @jaketapper on Pres. Trump’s remarks: “What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their president say that. To falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election. To try to attack democracy that way with this feast of falsehoods” https://t.co/SYA6rfqM19 pic.twitter.com/8OzICZTcav
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 6, 2020
Anderson Cooper, CNN
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1324506114164228098
Dana Bash and Abby Phillip, CNN
Lester Holt, NBC
WATCH: @lesterholtnbc fact-checks remarks made by President Trump during White House press conference. pic.twitter.com/ipWA7afZ3V
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 6, 2020
Brian Williams, MSNBC
WATCH: “OK. Here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States, but correcting the president of the United States,” Brian Williams says on @MSNBC moments into the president’s statement tonight. pic.twitter.com/2AliTQuSsr
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 6, 2020
Shepard Smith, CNBC
President Trump just spoke at the White House, as key states continue to count votes.
Shep has the facts: “What the President of the United States is saying, in large part, is absolutely untrue.” #Election2020 https://t.co/E6DBt6OodD pic.twitter.com/HVa87qUCzB— Last Call (@LastCallCNBC) November 6, 2020
David Muir and Jonathan Karl, ABC
.@DavidMuir and @jonkarl on Pres. Trump’s baseless claims: “There is simply no evidence that has been presented in any of these states that there are illegal votes.” https://t.co/GwwRl4Wv2B #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/6GDqFrEuuQ
— ABC News (@ABC) November 6, 2020
.@DavidMuir: “What America is witnessing right now is the unprecedented early vote in the middle of a historic pandemic…We’ve asked the American people to be patient, and they deserve a lot of credit.” https://t.co/DA8JdVxU42 #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/SG6g64AFcW
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 6, 2020
Nancy Cordes and Norah O’Donnell, CBS
FACT CHECK: Pres. Trump claimed that if the “legal” votes are counted in Georgia he wins, but that if “illegal” votes are counted Joe Biden wins.
There is no indication of any substantive number of illegal votes, @nancycordes reports. pic.twitter.com/iro25eikMh
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 6, 2020
BREAKING: Pres. Trump just addressed the nation from the White House.
The president falsely claimed that “illegal” votes are the reason why vote gaps are narrowing in key battleground states, as legal mail ballots continue to be tabulated.@NorahODonnell has the latest pic.twitter.com/FUIfPT0igc
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 6, 2020
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