CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Stunned By Trump Police Brutality Rant: ‘Literally The Plot Of The Purge’

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins offered a stunned assessment of former President Donald Trump’s rant about a “violent” hour of police brutality, calling it “literally the plot of the movie The Purge .”

At a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Sunday, Trump called for police to send a message by being “extraordinarily rough” for one day, or for “One rough hour, and I mean real rough.”

On Sunday night’s day’s edition of CNN Newsroom , Collins wrapped up a segment with GOP pollster Frank Luntz by playing that moment and asking “when you’re talking about these undecided persuadable voters, how do you think they hear something like that?”:

COLLINS: Trump earlier today and he did part of this yesterday, but today he was talking about this violent crackdown on crime in the United States. I want you to just listen to what he said at a rally.

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TRUMP: I’m walking into — you see these guys walking out with their air conditioners, with refrigerators on their back. The craziest thing, and the police aren’t allowed to do their job. One rough hour, and I mean, real rough. The word will get out and it will end immediately — end immediately.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

TRUMP: You know, it will end immediately.

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COLLINS: When you hear that, I mean, he’s literally describing the plot of the movie “(The) Purge,” for people who haven’t seen it. But, Frank, just listening to that, talking to voters. You know, when you’re talking about these undecided persuadable voters, how do you think they hear something like that?

LUNTZ: Well, you’re getting right to the point and this is critical. Voters, these undecided voters don’t like how Donald Trump talks but they do agree with him on many of the most important issues.

They approve of Harris’ approach of focusing on the future, but they question her on issues like this, whether she’s strong enough and tough enough.

So the rhetoric is not effective, but focusing on the issue is, and that’s why there’s still undecided voters. Because quite frankly, they don’t want to vote for either candidate. What I tell people in speeches is the good news, I’ m going to be done with all of this in less than 40 days.

The bad news is that one of these candidates has to win. This is the frustration for undecided voters. They like the policies of one candidate and they prefer the persona of the other candidate.

COLLINS: Frank Luntz, it’s a fascinating look at this race and where these voters stand.

Watch above via CNN Newsroom .