We Need to Ritually Sacrifice a Squish GOP Senator to Encourage the Others
We Have an Update on Bashar al-Assad's Wherabouts
Scumbag Adam Schiff Is Worried About Kash Patel
Would We Have Been Better Off If Trump Had Won In 2020?
The False Gods of Leftism
Six Weeks Until Our Long National Nightmare Is Over
A Pain In the Assad
At Last, Congress Acts: Bipartisan Bill Tackles AI Exploitation Epidemic
Trump, J6 Prisoners, and Biden. Here's What the President-Elect Said During His NBC...
How Obama Could Be Blamed for the Fall of Syria
Here's the List of People a Research Group Wants Pete Hegseth to Fire
ICYMI: Judge Throws Out Ray Epps' Bogus Lawsuit Against Tucker Carlson
Tommy Tuberville Shares What We're All Wondering About the Hunter Biden Pardon
Outgoing DNC Chair Promises to 'Name Names' the Day He Leaves Office
Joe Biden Breaks Silence After Assad Granted Asylum In Moscow
Tipsheet

Florida Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me A Scripted Question

A survivor of the Florida shooting wanted to ask a question relating to hiring military veterans as armed guards during CNN’s town hall event last night. Colton Haab wrote what he wanted to say to the group of politicians and law enforcement officials, who included Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, but said CNN, wanted him to ask a scripted question instead. 

Advertisement

Haab added initially the network allowed him to write his own introductory remarks along with his question, but said, “it ended up being all scripted.” WPLG 10 News, a local ABC affiliate in the Miami-area, reported on this last night (via RCP):


"I expected to be able to ask my questions and give my opinion on my questions," Haab said.

"Colton Haab, a member of the Junior ROTC who shielded classmates in the midst of terror says he did not get to share his experience," WPLG's Janine Stanwood explained.

"Colton wrote questions about school safety, suggested using veterans as armed school security guards but claims CNN wanted him to ask a scripted question instead so he decided not to go," Stanwood reported.

"CNN had originally asked me to write a speech and questions and it ended up being all scripted," Haab said. "I don't think that it's going get anything accomplished. It's not gonna ask the true questions that all the parents and teachers and students have."

Colton declined to ask the question at the event. The town hall was intense, with a lot of heat being brought down on Rubio and Loesch for their pro-Second Amendment positions. Rubio did say he was reconsidering his position on magazine sizes, and open to banning bump stocks and raising the age of purchasing long guns to 21. 

Advertisement

Parkland, Florida is still recovering after Nikolas Cruz, a former student, shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday. 

***

UPDATE: CNN denies anything was scripted. 

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement