Last evening, liberal outlet CNN hosted a debate between conservative Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Both candidates ran for President in 2016, and they appeared on the show to debate the future of Obamacare.
Cruz mopped the floor with Sanders’ outrageous socialist claims about healthcare being a “right.” He noted that as government takes over healthcare, the quality of service always goes down, with either higher prices or rationing.
One of the toughest questions came from a member of the audience, who asked:
“I have multiple sclerosis but could not afford insurance – without the treatment or medications i need, i had problems with walking, with my speech, and my vision. When the affordable care act was passed I moved from our home state of Texas because they refused to expand Medicaid to Maryland and within 2 weeks I started receiving treatments through Medicaid and am now well enough to work as a substitute teacher.”
Senator Cruz, can you promise me that you and the Republican leaders in congress will have – actually have a replacement plan in place for people like me who depend on their Medicaid? In other words, I like my coverage, can I keep it?
Here is video of the moment:
This heated moment went viral on Twitter, as the woman is clearly holding an email which says “Your Question.”
.@CNN placing actors in the audience again. Clearly able to see the Gmail with “Your Question”. SAD!#FakeNews #HealthCare #MAGA pic.twitter.com/dnR5XQqLPa
— James Brower 🇺🇸 (@james_brower9) February 8, 2017
If I wanted to remember my question I would email it to myself then print it out instead of writing it in Microsoft word and printing
— Soon (@PizzaPartyBen) February 8, 2017
LMAO… Yes they are that stupid and dishonest. CNN emails tonights debate panelist ….Subject line..”YOUR QUESTION” pic.twitter.com/DLku5WRvKv
— Stephen (@St3v3nicy) February 8, 2017
Stay fakery @cnn
Printed Gmail from CNN subject line Your Question pic.twitter.com/XFJuCU14Ge— Proud Boys 🇺🇸 (@ProudBoysUSA) February 8, 2017
As Mediaite reports, CNN has changed and softened questions before:
Did CNN provide Hardaway with the copy for her question? Many asked the same question following a recent Town Hall event that the network hosted featuring Nancy Pelosi. A NYU student by the name of Trevor Hill asked Pelosi a question live on-air about the shifting demographics of the Democratic party as it pertains to capitalism, despite the fact that his initial question was supposed to be something else. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Hill recounted how it was a “fluffier” question he was tapped to ask.
So what happened here? Did CNN really plant a question in an attempt to make Ted Cruz look bad?
As anyone who has watched CNN during the first few weeks of the Trump administration knows, the outlet is definitely biased. But Cruz is a skillful debater and still won the townhall debate anyway!
What do you think happened last night? Please leave us a comment (below) and tell us.
