CNN’s Amanpour says she would have ‘dropped the mic’ at Trump’s ‘nasty person’ remark

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CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour said Wednesday that she would have “dropped the mic” after former President Trump’s “nasty person” remark at a CNN town hall last week.

“For me, I would have dropped the mic at nasty person,” Amanpour said at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s commencement. “But then that’s me. I’ve been in the ring for a long time with many of these people.”

Trump snapped at CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins at last week’s town hall, calling her a “nasty person” after she repeatedly asked the former president about his handling of classified documents.

The network has faced backlash over its decision to hold the town hall, after Trump reiterated his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was “rigged,” suggested that those who descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, had “love in their heart,” and…

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