CNN
February 20, 2020
CNN announces Democratic
presidential town halls in South Carolina
Washington (CNN) CNN will
host two nights of town halls next week featuring the leading
Democratic presidential candidates, just days before voters head to the
polls in
South Carolina and
on Super Tuesday, the network
announced Thursday evening.
The
hourlong
individual town halls will air in prime time on Monday and
Wednesday and will follow the CNN town hall format of candidates taking
questions directly from audience members and a moderator.
The two-night event, which will feature half a dozen candidates, will
take place at Memminger Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina, a CNN
spokesperson said.
Former New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg will
participate in his first nationally televised town hall since joining
the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
He has skipped the first four nominating states, which includes South
Carolina, where his name is not on the ballot. His campaign, after
getting a late official start in November, has focused the
billionaire's resources on the Super Tuesday states, which vote on
March 3.
Bloomberg will appear at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, followed by Vermont
Sen.
Bernie Sanders at 9 p.m. ET.
Minnesota Sen.
Amy Klobuchar will kick off
Wednesday town halls at 7 p.m. ET, followed by former Vice
President
Joe Biden at 8 p.m. ET,
former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
Pete Buttigieg at 9 p.m. ET
and Massachusetts Sen.
Elizabeth Warren at 10 p.m.
ET.
The CNN spokesperson said that other candidates who qualify to
participate in next Tuesday's Democratic National Committee debate will
also receive an invitation to participate in a CNN town hall.
Additional details, including moderators, will be announced at a later
date. The spokesperson added that the audience will be composed of
invited Democrats.
The town halls will air on CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International and
CNN Airport Network and will stream on CNN.com, CNN OTT apps for
AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Samsung SmartTV and Android TV, and CNN
Mobile apps for iOS and Android, CNN's SiriusXM Channels and the
Westwood One Radio Network.
CNN
February 12, 2020
CNN announces Democratic
presidential town halls in Nevada
(CNN) CNN will host
five town halls next week in
Nevada, where the Democratic
candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump will answer
questions from voters just days ahead of the state's caucuses, the
network announced Wednesday.
The hourlong, individual candidate town halls, will air live on on
multiple CNN platforms. On February 18, Vermont Sen. Bernie
Sanders will take the stage at 8 p.m. ET, followed by former South
Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 9 p.m. ET, and Minnesota Sen.
Amy Klobuchar at 10 p.m. ET. Former Vice President Joe Biden will take
the town hall stage on February 20 at 8 p.m. ET, followed by
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 9 p.m. ET.
The CNN spokesperson said that candidates who qualified for
the 10th Democratic National Committee debate scheduled for February 19
would receive an invitation to participate in a CNN town
hall. An invitation was also extended to former New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg. While Bloomberg has not yet qualified for the
debate, CNN extended Bloomberg an invitation to participate
in the Nevada Town Halls, as part of the network's commitment to
hosting town halls with the Democratic presidential candidates.
The town halls will air on CNN, CNN en
Espanol, CNN International, CNN Airport Network,
and stream on CNN.com, CNN OTT apps for AppleTV, Roku,
Amazon Fire, Samsung SmartTV, and Android TV, and CNN Mobile
apps for iOS and Android, CNN's SiriusXM Channels, and the
Westwood One Radio Network.
The spokesperson noted that additional details, including moderators,
will be announced at a later date and added that the audience will be
comprised of invited Nevada Democrats.
CNN
January 24, 2020
CNN announces Democratic presidential town halls in New Hampshire
(CNN) CNN will host eight
Democratic presidential town halls across two nights in
New Hampshire, just days before
voters head to the polls for the primary on February 11, the network
announced Friday.
The town halls will air in primetime from the campus of Saint Anselm
College on February 5 and 6 and provide the candidates an opportunity
to deliver their closing arguments to the "first-in-the-nation" primary
voters.
The candidates will appear in back-to-back hours and take questions
directly from the audience and a CNN moderator. The town halls will air
on CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International, CNN Airport Network, and
stream on CNN.com, CNN OTT apps for AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Samsung
SmartTV, and Android TV, and CNN Mobile apps for iOS and Android, CNN's
SiriusXM Channels, and the Westwood One Radio Network.
The network said that additional details, including moderators, will be
announced at a later date and added the audience will be comprised of
invited New Hampshire Democrats and independents who say they will vote
in the Democratic primary, as well as Saint Anslem College students.
Here's the full lineup:
Wednesday, February 5:
- Former Vice
President Joe Biden
- Massachusetts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Businessman
Andrew Yang
- Businessman
Tom Steyer
Thursday, February 6:
- Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders
- Former South
Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
- Former
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
Petitions
from
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OpenThe Debates!
CNN: Give Tulsi Gabbard Equal Time in New Hampshire. #LetTulsiSpeak!
CNN is interfering in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, and thus in
the 2020 presidential election, by giving 8 valuable townhall forums to
just 8 out of 11 major candidates on the ballot in New Hampshire.
Most egregiously, they have bypassed Tulsi Gabbard (the candidate in
6th
place according to polling averages) and jumped
to Deval Patrick (the candidate in
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There is simply no justification for this interference.
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excluded Democratic Presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard – despite the
fact she has qualified for all their criteria. They have also invited
lower-polling candidates. This is a blatant and flagrant attempt to rig
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Please sign this petition and demand Tulsi Gabbard is invited to the
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On
January
23
CNN
announced it was
canceling the Iowa town halls due to the impeachment trial; a
spokesperson
said the network is working on rescheduling them.
CNN
January 17, 2020
Top 2020 Democrats to face Iowa voters in CNN town halls one week
before caucuses
(CNN) The
leading
contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will
deliver closing arguments to Iowa voters in live, back-to-back CNN town
halls airing on consecutive nights one week before the Iowa caucuses.
The
hour-long
town halls will air in primetime on January 28 and 29 from
the campus of Drake University and feature questions from Iowa
Democrats and CNN moderators, the network announced Friday.
On
January
28, Vermont Sen.
Bernie
Sanders will appear at 8 p.m. ET, followed by
former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
Pete
Buttigieg at 9 p.m. ET, businessman
Andrew Yang at
10
p.m.
ET,
and
businessman
Tom
Steyer at 11 p.m. ET. The
next
night, former Vice President
Joe
Biden will appear at 8 p.m. ET, followed by
Massachusetts Sen.
Elizabeth
Warren at 9 p.m. ET and Sen.
Amy
Klobuchar at 10 p.m. ET.
The
town
halls will air on CNN, CNN en Espanol, CNN International, CNN
Airport Network, and stream on CNN.com, CNN OTT apps for AppleTV, Roku,
Amazon Fire, Samsung SmartTV, and Android TV, and CNN Mobile apps for
iOS and Android, CNN's SiriusXM Channels, and the Westwood One Radio
Network.
The
network
said invitations were extended to Democratic candidates who
qualified and participated in this past week's Democratic National
Committee-sanctioned debate as well as Democratic candidates whose
polling average was at least 3% in the past 10 national telephone polls
released between November 26 and January 17.
In
the
event Sens. Klobuchar, Warren and Sanders are unable to attend
their respective town halls in Iowa because of the Senate impeachment
trial, a CNN spokesperson said the network would host these town halls
in Washington, DC, for the candidates with Iowa voters.
The
spokesperson
noted that additional details, including moderators, will
be announced at a later date and added the audience will be comprised
of invited Iowa Democrats.