Former President Trump gave a late-night victory speech on Monday after a historic showing in the Iowa Caucus. But despite the liberal media calling the results for him mere minutes after caucus doors closed and speeches were still ongoing, the liberals at CNN and MSNBC didn’t want viewers to hear his victory message to American voters. CNN’s Jake Tapper immediately cut away after Trump dared to mention the crisis at the southern border, while MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow opted to censor Trump’s speech in its entirety.
After Trump took a few minutes to commend the other candidates in the race for their strong showings and tout his campaign staff, Trump pivoted to talking about the issues. “We are going to seal at the border. Because, right now, we have an invasion. We have an invasion of millions and millions of people that are coming into our country. I can't imagine why they think that's a good thing,” he proclaimed.
This mention of the border crisis, which was made worse by President Biden’s open borders policies, caused Tapper to immediately interrupt the broadcast and kvetch that Trump was being “anti-immigrant” rather than just being anti-illegal immigration:
Donald Trump declaring victory with a historically strong showing in the Iowa caucuses. If these numbers hold, the biggest victory for a non-incumbent president in the modern era for this contest. A relatively subdued speech as the things go so far. Although, here he is, right now, under my voice. You can hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Over on MSNBC, they refused to air Trump’s comments at all, even his comments commending his staff and rivals. “At this point in the evening the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech,” Maddow announced while bizarrely avoiding saying Trump’s name. “We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there is any news made in that speech, if there is anything noteworthy, something substantive and important.”
Maddow went on to falsely suggest that MSNBC had high standards for what they chose to air and that Trump’s speech didn’t meet their criteria:
The reason I’m saying this is, of course, there is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered, live platform to remarks by former President Trump. It is not out of spite, it is not a decision that we relish, it is a decision that we regularly revisit. And, honestly, earnestly, it is not an easy decision.
“But there is a cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are,” she lied. “And so, his remarks, tonight, will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any news that he makes.”
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MSNBC’s Decision 2024: Primaries & Caucuses: Iowa
January 15, 2024
10:55:37 p.m. Eastern(…)
RACHEL MADDOW: At this point in the evening the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech. We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there is any news made in that speech, if there is anything noteworthy, something substantive and important.
The reason I’m saying this is, of course, there is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered, live platform to remarks by former President Trump. It is not out of spite, it is not a decision that we relish, it is a decision that we regularly revisit. And, honestly, earnestly, it is not an easy decision. But there is a cost to us, as a news organization, of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. That is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are.
And so, his remarks, tonight, will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any news that he makes.
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CNN’s America's Choice 2024 Iowa Caucuses
January 15, 2024
11:04:43 p.m. Eastern(…)
DONALD TRUMP: We are going to seal at the border.
[Applause]
Because, right now, we have an invasion. We have an invasion of millions and millions of people that are coming into our country. I can't imagine why they think that's a good thing.
JAKE TAPPER [Interrupting]: Donald Trump declaring victory with a historically strong showing in the Iowa caucuses. If these numbers hold, the biggest victory for a non-incumbent president in the modern era for this contest. A relatively subdued speech as the things go so far. Although, here he is, right now, under my voice. You can hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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