CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins gave a panelist the OK to drop a profanity on her show Tuesday night and he took the host up on her offer.
On Collins' show "The Source," CNN panelists laughed at a clip of Donald Trump's appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast, in which the host tells the MAGA leader he prefers when Trump refrains from attacks and stays on message. Rather than agree, Trump doubles down and says he has to attack.
"I think you are at your best when you're talking about a positive vision for the future versus criticizing the other side," said Friedman.
"Yeah," replied Trump. "I think you have to criticize though. I think they're nasty."
Collins' panel, laughs at the clip, including Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris from 2022 to 2023.
As the conversation shifted to the upcoming debate, Simmons made the point that Harris may stay clear of hitting Trump on his 34 felony convictions, and warned she can't get into a policy "point-counterpoint."
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"That's not going to convince anybody of anything," he said. "There's going to be a bunch of facts up against a wall. They gotta have a core argument."
That's when Simmons asked Collins a question about what he can say on CNN.
"Somebody's job also has to be at that debate prep," he said, taking a pause. "Can you say this word? A-hole? On national TV?"
As the panel laughs again, Collins retorts, "Your kids may not like it but you can say it."
Simmons continues, "But somebody's gotta be the a--hole here! Like somebody's really gotta sit there and pepper her. And get her to get annoyed and aggravated. Because that's probably what Trump's going to do. And what you want her to do is to work out that aggravation in prep and not do it when she gets on stage."
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