IT’S 5:00 IN NEW YORK CITY AND
THIS IS "THE FIVE."
IT IS THE LIBERALS WORST
NIGHTMARE.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
PARTICIPATING IN A CNN TOWN HALL
WHERE HE BASHED JOE BIDEN,
CLASHED WITH THE MODERATOR, AND
EVEN GOT CHEERS FROM THE
AUDIENCE.
>> WE HAD NO INFLATION.
WE HAD THE LOWEST ENERGY PRICES
WE’VE HAD IN DECADES.
THIS COUNTRY WAS ROCKING AND
ROLLING.
IF I AM PRESIDENT, I WILL HAVE
THAT WAR SETTLED IN ONE DAY.
24 HOURS.
>> WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU
WOULD DO TO HELP BRING DOWN THE
COST TO MAKE THINGS MORE
AFFORDABLE.
>> DRILL, BABY, AND DRILL.
THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING
THAT’S HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
>> 52 MILES OF NEW WALL.
>> THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES.
I HAVE BUILT OF MILES.
JOE BIDEN HAS 1800 BOXES AND
NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHERE THEY
ARE.
1800.
NOBODY TALKS ABOUT HIM.
THEY PUT --
IT’S VERY SIMPLE TO ANSWER.
>> THAT’S WHY I ASKED IT.
>> YOU ARE A NASTY PERSON, I’LL
TELL YOU.
>> DESPITE THE FACT THAT TRUMP
IS LEADING THE REPUBLICAN FIELD,
DEMOCRATS AND THE PARTISAN PRESS
ARE COMPLETELY LOSING THEIR
MINDS AT CNN FORGIVING THE
FORMER PRESIDENT PLATFORM.
>> I DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY DIDN’T JUST CUT HIM OFF.
THINK OF WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW WAS
THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE
FILLED WITH HIS CULT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF CNN WAS
PASSING OUT KOOL-AID BEFORE THE
EVENT STARTED.
>> I THINK IT WAS A PROFOUNDLY
IRRESPONSIBLE DECISION.
THERE’S NO SENSE IN
FACT-CHECKING OR REPLAYING THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> I’M SURE GOING TO HAVE MORE
FACT CHECKS FOR US BECAUSE THERE
WERE MORE LIES THAN I CAN COUNT.
>> I THINK WE NEEDED A CHYRON.
THIS IS A LIE.
>> Judge Jeanine: REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKER TAKING A SHOT AT CNN
FOR NOT BEING INTERESTED IN THE
ISSUES THAT VOTERS CARE ABOUT.
>> TOWN HALLS ARE FOR THE
VOTERS, NOT THE PRESS.
NOT FOR THE PERSON WHO IS THE
MODERATOR.
CAITLIN SPENT MORE TIME
INTERJECTING HER OWN VIEWPOINTS
OR VIEWS ON THE SITUATION.
>> THOSE ARE FACTS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO INTERJECT
YOUR --
DO I GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK?
TALK ABOUT INFLATION, THE
BORDER, FENTANYL, DEBT CEILING,
FOREIGN POLICY.
>> Judge Jeanine: DANA, WHAT’S
INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS WE JUST
SAW BYRON DONALDS, THE
CONGRESSMAN, GET INTERRUPTED BY
CNN ON THAT PANEL JUST THE WAY
TRUMP WAS INTERRUPTED CONSTANTLY
WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO ANSWER A
QUESTION.
IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BUT
HOW THEY WERE BEING ASKED.
>> Dana: WELL, YEAH, THAT’S
THEIR CHOICE.
THE THING THAT’S INTERESTING TO
ME THAT I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
ALL DAY IS DOES CNN OR ANYBODY
ELSE THINK THERE’S AN ACTUAL
G.O.P. PRIMARY GOING ON RIGHT
NOW?
OR DO THEY THINK DONALD TRUMP
HAS THE NOMINATION?
WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS
BASICALLY SAYING HERE IS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
HE HAS THE STAGE TO HIMSELF.
HE HAS A FRIENDLY AUDIENCE WITH
A MODERATOR.
WE KNOW HE GOES AFTER THE MEDIA
AND PEOPLE WHETHER IT’S IN THE
FRIENDLY AUDIENCE IS GOING TO
LOVE IT SO THEY WILL GO AFTER
HER.
ALL THE THINGS REPUBLICANS MIGHT
TALK ABOUT THEIR PRIMARY DEBATE
LIKE COVID RESPONSES, INFLATION,
TAXES, CRIME, MAYBE EVEN GUN
CONTROL.
NONE OF THAT COMES ON.
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE
THINGS THAT YOU’RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT IN A GENERAL ELECTION.
WERE THEY BASICALLY SAID IS
THERE IS NO G.O.P. PRIMARY.
THE G.O.P. PRIMARY CANDIDATES OF
WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL AND SOME
WHO SAY THEY ARE GOING TO
ANNOUNCE SOON APPARENTLY.
DO THEY THINK THERE IS A G.O.P.
PRIMARY?
THEY DON’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP EITHER.
UNLESS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE
SOMEONE LIKE DeSANTIS COME OUT
AND SAY OKAY, I’LL TAKE HIM ON.
HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO
WIN BACK AGAINST TRUMP BY HAVING
CAITLIN COLLINS ASK HIM THE
QUESTIONS.
IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE
DONALD TRUMP HAVE AN ARGUMENT,
YOU MIGHT ADD VIVEK RAMASWAMY OR
NIKKI HALEY OR SOMEBODY ELSE
LIKE THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE JUMPED AHEAD
LIKE THERE IS NO G.O.P. PRIMARY.
IT COULD TURN OUT THERE MIGHT
NOT BE ONE AT ALL.
I THINK THAT PART IS WEIRD.
FOR ALL THE LIBERALS COMPLAINING
THAT CNN HELD HIS TOWN HALL WITH
DONALD TRUMP, I’M SURE THAT CNN
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE JOE BIDEN
COME UP AND DO A TOWN HALL.
WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT FOR NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
>> Judge Jeanine: JESSE, WHAT
DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES ARE OF
JOE BIDEN DOING A CNN TOWN HALL.
WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT CAITLIN
COLLINS DID THE --
TRADITIONAL DEMOCRAT, JANUARY 6,
GEORGIA, ALL THE THINGS WE KNOW
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BUT THAT
THE PUBLIC REALLY ISN’T
INTERESTED IN.
>> Jesse: YOUR FIRST QUESTION,
JOE WILL EVENTUALLY DO A
TOWN HALL AND IT WILL BE BORING.
THEY WILL NOT INTERRUPT OR
FACT-CHECK HIM ONCE EVEN THOUGH
HE WILL LIE CONSTANTLY.
YOUR OTHER QUESTION IS CAITLIN.
DANA IS RIGHT, IT’S THE PERFECT
FORMAT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
YOUR TO PUT PRESIDENT TRUMP LIVE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITTLE ARENA
SURROUNDED BY FANS UP AGAINST A
30-YEAR-OLD CNN ANCHOR?
OH, MY GOD,.
THAT WAS NOT FAIR LAST NIGHT.
THAT’S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO
SEE.
CNN I THINK DID WELL BECAUSE CNN
IS MAKING A BUSINESS DECISION.
THEY ARE GOING TO PIVOT AND SAY
WE ARE GOING TO PLAY IN THIS
POLITICAL GAME, THE PRIMARY
MEANING.
AND WERE GOING TO CHASE RATINGS.
THEY GOT A GOOD NUMBER LAST
NIGHT.
WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO BE NORMAL
AGAIN LIKE WE USED TOO.
NOW THE REST OF THE MEDIA IS
HYSTERICAL BECAUSE THEIR
STRATEGY WAS TO CENSURE AND
SCANDALIZE THE PRESIDENT.
DON’T LET HIM TALK.
IGNORE HIM.
TREAT HIM LIKE A DISEASE.
THE MEDIA ONLY WORKS IN A MOB
AND IF CNN BREAKS, THEN TRUMP
JUST BROKE THEM.
CNN HELPED THEM BREAK IT.
TRUMP WAS GOOD JUST BY SHOWING
UP.
TRUMP HAS BEEN OUT IN THE
WILDERNESS FOR A WHILE.
NOW HE IS COMING BACK TO THE
MAINSTREAM.
HE HAS REENTERED AND BECOME MORE
COMMERCIALLY VIABLE AND THAT’S
WHAT HE HAS WANTED.
WHEN HE STARTED OFF, AND
RELAXED, THAT WAS SMART.
THEY WANTED TO GO OUT HIM
THRASHING AROUND AND HE DIDN’T
BUT HE BUILT UP A CRESCENDO AND
THEN AT THE END HE CALLED HER
NASTY AND IT WAS THE BEST PART.
HE LOVES CONFLICT.
THE MEDIA HATES CONFLICT BECAUSE
THE MEDIA WANTS 100% AGREEMENT.
TRUMP AND THE MEDIA DON’T MIX.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WRAP
THEIR HEADS AROUND THIS BECAUSE
HE IS GOING TO BE APPEARING ON
SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND THE
WAY THAT THEY CONDUCTED THAT DID
NOT WORK FOR THEM AND THAT’S WHY
THE MEDIA IS SO SCARED BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW POWERFUL HE IS ONCE
THEY SEE HOW POWERFUL HE IS ONCE
HE GETS HIS MESSAGE OUT.
>> Judge Jeanine: JESSICA, THE
TRUTH IS THAT CNN KNEW THAT
DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE SAYING
THINGS THAT THEY DIDN’T AGREE
WITH.
OBVIOUSLY.
THEY MADE A BUSINESS DECISION.
THEY GOT A VIEWERSHIP OF WHAT WE
GOT EVERY DAY.
THEY GOT 3 MILLION.
AND YET PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY
SHOULD’VE CUT HIM OFF AND THEY
SHOULD HAVE TURNED IT OFF.
THEY SHOULD SAY THAT THAT’S
ALIVE.
WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THIS?
>> Jessica: I STAND ON THE
PART THAT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD
PLACE WHICH EVERYONE HAS BEEN
WITH DONALD TRUMP SINCE HE CAME
DOWN THE GOLD STAIRCASE.
YOU CAN IGNORE HIM.
HE’S LIKELY TO BE THE G.O.P.
NOMINEE AGAIN.
HE ENDED UP PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WAS
THE CANDIDATE IN 2020.
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS
NEWSPEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT’S
GOING ON IN ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT
DONALD TRUMP ORCHESTRATED EVERY
SINGLE SECOND OF HOW THAT
TOWN HALL PLAYED OUT.
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET A
COMPLETELY FRIENDLY AUDIENCE.
THEY ARE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
>> Judge Jeanine: REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY CANDIDATES.
SORRY, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
VOTERS.
>> Jessica: THEY DIDN’T EVEN
HAVE AN UNDECIDED VOTER.
THEY DIDN’T THROW AN INDEPENDENT
OR SOMEONE WHO SAID I VOTED FOR
YOU IN 2016 BUT I DIDN’T AND
2020 BECAUSE OF XYZ REASON.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WIN MY
VOTE.
IT WAS A FAN BOY AND GIRL
SESSION THE ENTIRE TIME.
WHICH DOES BENEFIT HIM.
TO THE POINT ABOUT THE
FACT-CHECKING, I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE AT LEAST HERE’S SOME
PUSHBACK WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY
PROCESS WHAT IT IS THAT YOU SAID
IN RESPONSE.
THE TRUTH DOES HAVE TO GET OUT
THERE.
THERE WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
CASCADE OF LIES FLOWING OUT OF
HIS MOUTH FROM THE BORDER WALL.
HE SAID THAT I SECURED THE WHOLE
THING.
IT’S 1900 MILES LONG.
HE DID 52 NEW MILES.
THE DOCUMENTS, OBAMA TOOK
DOCUMENTS.
DIDN’T HAPPEN.
JOE BIDEN DIDN’T COMPLY.
PERFECT PHONE CALLS.
THE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT
INFANTICIDE.
CAITLIN COLLINS LET THAT ONE GO
AND THAT WAS A MAJOR LOSING
MOMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE JOBS A FULL
POINT WHICH IT WILL BE AND YOU
HEAR THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAINT
DEMOCRATS SUPPORT ABORTION UP
UNTIL NINE MONTHS EVEN AFTER THE
BABY IS BORN.
COMPLETE DERELICTION OF DUTY.
ON THE DAY AFTER HE GETS A
RULING THAT HE SEXUALLY ABUSED
AND DEFAMED E. JEAN CARROLL AND
HE CALLS HER A WHACK JOB AND THE
AUDIENCES LAUGHING.
IT WAS APPALLING.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF THE
COMMENTATORS THAT WERE ON
AFTERWARDS WERE REFLECTING ON
BUT YOU ARE THE NETWORK THAT
FIRED DON LEMON FOR MISOGYNY?
AND THEN YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP
UP THERE GOING AFTER A VICTIM OF
HIS IN SUCH A WAY?
>> YOU ARE ARGUING AGAINST
YOURSELF.
YOU ARE SEEING HOW GOOD IT WAS
THAT THEY HAD HIM ON AND THEN
YOU ARE SHOCKED THAT
DONALD TRUMP WAS TRUMP.
>> Jessica: NO, I SAID YOU ARE
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
AND I THINK THAT’S THE TRUTH.
HE NEEDS TO BE HEARD BUT IT’S
REPELLENT TO LISTEN TO HIM.
SEE FARK IF HE WAS ASKED ABOUT
AN ACCUSATION OF RAPE THAT THEY
SAID DIDN’T HAPPEN.
HE HAS EVERY REASON TO RESPOND.
HE WAS ACCUSED OF DEFAMATION FOR
SAYING THAT HE DIDN’T DO IT AND
THEN THEY ASKED HIM ABOUT IT AND
HE DID IT AGAIN.
>> Jessica: TOLD A STORY.
>> Greg: IT’S LIKE SEEING A
JOHN WICK SEQUEL AND COMPLAINING
ABOUT THE GUNFIRE.
IT’S LIKE GOING TO THE OPERA.
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SINGING?
HOW DID THESE NAKED WOMEN GET
INTO THE STRIP CLUB.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE
MEDIA MELTDOWN.
I GET IT.
CNN IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH IF
YOU’RE LIBERAL.
BECAUSE THEY FORCE YOU TO RELIVE
A PROBLEM RATHER THAN MOVE PAST
IT.
THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE
FUTURE, LIKE YOU SAID.
THEY JUST WENT BACK.
EVERY LIBERAL HAS DESPAIR.
IT’S LIKE THEY HAVE TO RELIVE
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THEIR
PASS AND THEY DON’T WANT TO.
MEANWHILE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME
IT’S AWESOME.
IT’S SO MUCH FUN.
YOU KNOW THAT.
IT’S GREAT FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH
BECAUSE NOTHING IS MORE
ENTERTAINING THAN WATCHING TRUMP
SPEAK AND CAITLIN UNDER SPEAK.
IT WAS GREAT FOR WATCHING THE
CNN PANEL WAS SO FUNNY.
IT’S LIKE A NEW BREED OF URBAN
MISERABLES.
ALL POLITICS, ALL COMPLAINTS ARE
UNIVERSALLY UNHAPPY.
PERENNIALLY UNSATISFIED CARB
BORDERLINE MENTAL.
IS THERE NONE OF THIS EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE.
THIS IS ALL NEW, RIGHT?
GOD, I MISSED HIM.
HE SHOWED YOU ONE THING THAT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
HE HASN’T AGED.
BIDEN IS AGING.
HE IS AGING LIKE A SLICED APPLE IN THE SUN.
IN THE SUN.
IT’S LIKE YOU NOTICE THAT, HALF
HIS AGE.
CAITLIN. BUT HE WAS A RABBIT AND SHE WAS
BUT HE WAS A RABBIT AND SHE WAS
A SLUG.
MEANWHILE EATING STEPHANIE TO
SPAIN FOOD THE QUESTIONS.
IMAGINE IF THEY PUT BIDEN IN
THAT KIND OF INTERROGATION HOW
HILARIOUS THAT WOULD BE.
BUT WE’VE GOT TO GO BACK.
THE MEDIA EITHER HAS LEARNED
NOTHING WHICH MIGHT BE
CONTAGIOUS.
OR THEY ARE DOING THIS ON
PURPOSE, WHICH IS NOT FAIR TO
JESSICA.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS JESSICA IS
UPSET.
WE COULD’VE WATCHED THIS
TOGETHER.
WOULD’VE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
INSTEAD YOU WATCHED IT --
>> Jessica: I’M SURE HE’S
GOING TO BE ASKING FOR ANOTHER