CNN’s Shutdown ‘Town Hall’ Was Mostly An Infomercial for Socialism

CNN’s Shutdown ‘Town Hall’ Was Mostly an Infomercial for Socialism

CNN’s much-hyped Shutdown America town hall was, by and large, little more than an extended…

Newsbusters

By Jorge Bonilla

CNN’s much-hyped Shutdown America town hall was, by and large, little more than an extended infomercial for socialism in America, with Kaitlan Collins acting mostly as a facilitator. Little was achieved by this exercise except to showcase the maximalist demands of guests Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders in exchange for an end to the ongoing government shutdown.

The question mix was pretty interesting: of the 14 audience questions we counted, five were considered to have come from a right-leaning perspective, six were neutral, and only three were from the left.

The first question is on hardship assistance for furloughed government employees. AOC’s response was to both call for opening the government AND for negotiations, which would likely keep it closed: