'Wolf Blitzer is on suicide watch!': Twitter mocks 'desperate' host for stunned reaction to Trump's success while key CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper go MISSING

Source: Daily Mail (UK)
Published: Nov 9, 2016
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
Post Date: 2016-11-09 12:22:28 by nolu chan
Views: 2099

'Wolf Blitzer is on suicide watch!': Twitter mocks 'desperate' host for stunned reaction to Trump's success while key CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper go MISSING

  • As results rolled in Blitzer was criticized for his election coverage Tuesday
  • CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper stayed out of limelight
  • Blitzer was mocked on Twitter about his attempt to 'desperately resuscitate the Clinton corpse' and how he and others looked 'suicidal'
  • Tapper later tweeted that the results were 'stunning' and went against what many experts and analysis predicted
  • Blitzer also said at one point the he could understand the 'sadness' that members of the Clinton campaign were felling after the loss
  • CNN was the last of the major media outlets to call the election for Trump, waiting until after he took the stage to speak at his rally
  • Trump won key states that led to a stunning victory for the presidency

By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 02:50 EST, 9 November 2016 | Updated: 11:13 EST, 9 November 2016

Wolf Blitzer is being criticized by many on Twitter for his refusal to accept the fact that Donald Trump had won the presidency while hosting CNN's election coverage.

One Twitter used noted that Blitzer was trying to 'desperately resuscitate the Clinton corpse' in response to the fact that he was calling states for Trump long after other networks and major media outlets.

CNN was also also the final network to report that Trump had won the race, waiting until 2:48am, just after he took the stage to make his victory speech in New York.

Just minutes prior, Blitzer was visibly stunned when co-host Dana Bash informed him that Clinton had conceded to Trump in a phone call.

'If Hillary Clinton has conceded, that is dramatic,' said Blitzer, live on air.

'That is a dramatic development, Dana, and to hear the words president elect, we haven’t yet projected that - but you’re saying Clinton made a formal call to Donald Trump to concede?'

Bash then again confirmed that Clinton had conceded, but still CNN did not call the election for Trump.

One by one, key battleground states like Florida, North Carolina and Ohio went to Trump throughout the night,but Blitzer constantly reported on the most minimal of results from the swing states that were crucial to both candidates.

INSET

CALLING THE ELECTION

Associated Press: 2:31am

Fox News: 2:40am

The New York Times: 2:41am

CLINTON CONCEDES: 2:43 am

Reuters: 2:43am

PENCE SPEAKS AT RALLY: 2:44am

The Washington Post: 2:44am

NBC News: 2:44am

ABC News: 2:45am

CBS News: 2:45am

TRUMP SPEAKS AT RALLY: 2:47am

CNN: 2:48am

Several Twitter users said Blitzer was going to 'need post election therapy sessions, along with many other people probably'.

Some said that his election coverage showed that he was in 'denial' about Trump's success as he picked up key wins across the nation.

At one point in the evening, CNN's Brianna Keilar spoke about how difficult the night had been for Clinton supporters, saying that some were 'crying' after hearing the results at her rally.

'They were coming to this event for what they thought would even be an early night watching Hillary Clinton being elected as the first woman president, and now they are confronting the reality that they could be walking out of here not knowing, or even expecting that Donald Trump will be president,' said Keilar.

Blitzer responded by saying: 'I can certainly understand their sadness.'

Other Twitter users said Blitzer was calling it a 'cliffhanger race hours after it was over as a contest'.

Blitzer was also mocked on social media for repeatedly taking about the network's 'magic wall' throughout the night, where the results where being shown to viewers.

'Let's go over to John King over at the "magic wall,"' said Blitzer every few minutes.

King then became a trending topic during the election coverage because as soon as Blitzer would throw to his he would cut him off and start talking again.

This while Anderson Cooper, one of CNN's most prominent personalities and the moderator of the second debate remained largely unseen, leaving Blitzer, Bash and Jake Taper to do most of the coverage.

And despite his long night, Blitzer was back on the air at 10am on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was visibly upset on election night while talking to her viewers.

At one point she interrupted her election coverage to say: 'You're awake by the way. You're not having a terrible, terrible dream.

'Also, you're not dead and you haven't gone to hell.'

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#1: redleghunter    To: nolu chan, CZ82, civilwarbuff (#0)

TRUMP SPEAKS AT RALLY: 2:47am

CNN: 2:48am

Can't blame Wolfie and CNN. They were waiting for permission from Donna Brasile to call the election for Trump.

redleghunter posted on 2016-11-09 13:11:28   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Roscoe    To: nolu chan (#0)

'Also, you're not dead and you haven't gone to hell.'

Because Hillary lost.

Roscoe posted on 2016-11-09 13:52:23   Reply   Private Reply


#3: civilwarbuff    To: nolu chan (#0)

If anyone has some vids of CNN going through this trauma please post them or at least a link to where they can be viewed. The description reminds me of what Lincoln said of Rosecrans after Chickamauga ..."stunned and confused, like a duck hit on the head".

civilwarbuff posted on 2016-11-09 14:10:34   Reply   Private Reply


#4: CZ82    To: redleghunter (#1)

Supposedly the Canadian Immigration website crashed early this morning wonder if those 2 idiots were part of the cause? The thing of it is Canada probably wouldn't want them anyway.

CZ82 posted on 2016-11-09 15:29:34   Reply   Private Reply


#5: goldilucky    To: nolu chan (#0)

So sorry to hear about Wolf. People shouldn't taunt others like this. This is getting really ugly.

goldilucky posted on 2016-11-12 00:42:07   Reply   Private Reply