CNN anchor John Berman hit back when Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy trashed the upcoming debate, defending moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and roasting former President Donald Trump for losing Georgia.
Trumpworld has been attacking the CNN debate all week, most ostentatiously by Trump National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — who was dumped out of an interview after being warned to stop ripping Tapper and Bash.
On Wednesday’s edition of CNN News Central, Ramaswamy was slightly more oblique in his criticism of the debate, painting the picture of hostile territory that he compared to President Joe Biden debating at a MAGA rally in the deep South hosted by Fox News.
Berman pushed back by praising his colleagues and laughed as he pointed out that Georgia “at least should be” friendly territory for a Republican:
VIVEK RAMASWAMY: I’ll also tell you something I told President Trump, and I’ll tell you as well, is I give him a lot of credit for doing this debate on the terms that were effectively set by Biden.
Hosted by CNN, in Atlanta, without a live audience, would be the equivalent of Joe Biden agreeing to do a Fox News hosted debate in Alabama with 3000 live audience members.
So I give Donald Trump a lot of credit for that. If you’re going to lead the country, you got to be able to show up. And that’s exactly what he’s doing.
JOHN BERMAN: Yeah. Look, every aspect of this debate was agreed to by the Trump campaign. And, you know, Jake and Dana are award-winning journalist who are relentlessly fair. They will do a fantastic job.
The only presidential candidate, Republican, to (laughs) lose Georgia in decades is Donald Trump. So Georgia is pretty friendly territory, or should be, at least for a Republican candidate.
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