Here are five takeaways from Trump’s — and the GOP’s — big night in New Hampshire:Trump’s biggest liabilities never looked so smallThe most significant thing about Trump’s town hall wasn’t anything he said about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 riot at the capitol or the federal jury that found him liable for sexual battery. CNN had reached out to the New Hampshire GOP ahead of the town hall and invited them, along with other groups in the state, to submit questions and attend the event, according to an email sent to the NHGOP that was obtained by POLITICO. If Trump’s motivation to subject himself to a CNN town hall was intended to throw an elbow at Fox News, his former No. But it was as if it took place in a different political universe: Neither Hannity nor Pence made any mention of the town hall. Asa Hutchinson, frequent critics of Trump, went on CNN to take shots at his performance.

Source: CNN May 11, 2023 07:03 UTC