Anderson Cooper Tells Trump Surrogate To His Face On Live TV: That's 'Just Bulls**t'
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The CNN anchor called "bulls**t" on the Republican's brazen new excuse for the former president.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday called out a Donald Trump surrogate’s defense of the former president’s increasingly authoritarian rhetoric.
Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (R) tried to spin Republican nominee Trump’s comments as just how people from New York talk.
But Cooper called that explanation “just bullshit.”
The exchange began when famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein asked Maldonado if Trump is a fascist. Maldonado said no. Bernstein asked if Trump says “fascistic things.” Maldonado responded, “I mean, he’s a New Yorker. He’s a fighter. He’s a leader.”
Bernstein noted that “New Yorkers who fight don’t usually invoke fascism. Does he say fascistic things day after day? I ask you?”