CNN just handed the first big gift of the ’24 cycle to Trump

The media simply can’t cease displaying their fingers with regards to ex-President Donald Trump: For all their screams about his threats to democracy, they hand him large free items any likelihood they get. 

Working example: CNN’s specious “Republican main” city corridor Wednesday night time, moderated by Kaitlan Collins. 

Plagued with scandal and inner dissension, CNN has been tanking, ratings-wise.

How higher to attract eyes than to slap the Donald on-air?

Sure, free media helps Trump, too.

(Certainly, he may by no means have gained in 2016 with out the countless protection by CNN, MSNBC and so forth.)

However our courageous Defenders of Democracy are literally OK with serving to Trump win the ’24 Republican nomination. 

In any case, with a skinny bench, the Dems suppose he’s the candidate that an more and more senile and unpopular Joe Biden may beat.

He’s an amazing turnout machine: Nobody conjures up extra hate and worry among the many Dem base.

And no different Republican turns off as many independents.

Plus, his character points and ever-expanding suite of ugly liabilities alienate loads of normally-GOP voters, too.

Tellingly for an occasion supposedly meant to assist GOP main voters make up their minds, Collins ignored points Republicans are targeted on — hovering federal debt, the border mess, inflation, Dems’ power madness, crime. 

As an alternative she targeted on what Democrats (and Trump) obsess about: His current civil trial for sexual assault, his pending felony trial in Manhattan, the Capitol Riot. 

Which allowed Trump to place super-smarming Collins by the woodchipper, at the least within the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Republicans, together with the clapping studio viewers.

CNN, that’s, arrange a “taking part in the hits” Trump efficiency. 

As a city corridor — and as journalism — the occasion was an utter failure. 

Nothing to persuade anybody, virtually regardless of of actual substance addressed.

However as cynical politicking, by all concerned, it was complete perfection. 

If CNN means to bootstrap Trump into the nomination it was an amazing begin. 

Sure, it’s taking part in with hearth from one perspective: Keep in mind 2016.

Then again, all the Trump presidency was scores gold for CNN.