Posted on 03/06/2020 4:18:58 PM PST by blam
Fox News’ town hall with President Trump on Thursday was the most-watched election town hall in cable news history, according to early Nielsen media research.
The event co-moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum averaged 4.2 million viewers from 6:30-7:30 p.m. ET. The record-setting town hall dominated cable news, topping MSNBC’s 1.4 million viewers and CNN’s 1 million viewers combined.
Fox News also beat CNN and MSNBC combined in the key news demographic of adults age 25-54, averaging 744,000 during the town hall.
Trump, speaking with Baier and MacCallum in Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pa., suggested that the new Democratic front-runner's repeated gaffes could be a sign of a competency issue -- honing a line of attack that Republicans are expected to repeatedly deploy if Biden becomes his party's nominee.
The town hall covered an array of other topics, including stock market turbulence and deregulation. Out of the gate, Trump defended his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak, saying his decision to limit travel from China had averted a broader domestic crisis.
Trump also wasted little time in criticizing ex-rival Elizabeth Warren's decision to drop out of the race only after Super Tuesday, saying she may have sabotaged Sen. Bernie Sanders' struggling presidential bid by siphoning the progressive vote.
FNC’s first town hall of the election cycle with Trump brought in double the audience of the same time slot from the first quarter of 2019. It also attracted another 2 million viewers during the encore presentation of Trump’s town hall at 11 p.m. ET.
The setting was more casual and conversational than Trump's boisterous rallies, and afforded the commander in chief an opportunity to connect directly with voters on camera. The event was Trump’s first discussion with Baier and Martha MacCallum since interviews in June 2018 and April 2017.
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Trump can draw a crowd on TV as well as in person. This will be good if coronavirus halts public meetings and the campaigns have to go to TV.
He was right on. Wouldn’t let McCallum get away with talking points.
He seemed at ease and had good answers.
“I think the way we unite is through success.” was a great line.
Most watched and actually worth watching.
“Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pa.”
Joe was in Scranton for only 10 or 11 years before his father relocated to Delaware. So calling Scranton his “hometown” might be stretching it a bit. He portrays himself as a lunchbox-carrying coal miner type to suck up to the PA blue collar workers, but it’s basically a lie. Now, if he said he was a lunchbox-carrying third grader, that would be true.
Yup, good point. The trick is to get the unwashed (Democrat’s) to watch and learn from Trump speeches, his cabinet meetings, and town halls.
And that’s without a lot of advertising! I tuned in late..but I watched it to the end!
It’s not even the actual election time yet, and he’s already setting primary turnout records, getting a massive number of views of his rallies on youtube, and now this record-breaking viewership. Bodes well for November.
Excellent, he was funny and personable and the more people understand his humor the more they will understand his Tweets.
Good moderators wiht great questions, a welcoming crowd, and nice to do it in Sleepy Joe’s hometown.
any links to the entire Townhall?
Trump said he had a great life prior to 2016.. but our country was being destroyed and he wanted.. wants... to save it.. for the people... that should be repeated... only Trump!!! and those who cant see this.. you’re too far gone to know anything.
The audience last night were supporters.. wonder if bret noticed.. out in this country, they love our President.
The BEST part was when the reporterette pressed the democrat if there was anything the jackass party could do to win back his vote.....NOPE!
Town Hall with President Trump |p Part 1
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Common sense on display. Easy for us average Americans to agree with and many others who may think they don’t agree with him because they never listen to anyone but Mika and Joe.
I think about all the presidents in my lifetime. For the majority of them, the office was a stepping stone: a career mover for more power or bank account enhancement. NO other president in my lifetime has refused taking a salary to donate instead to causes for the betterment of the country.
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