CNN Commentators Echo A Marco Rubio Fundraising Email To Defend His Debate Performance And Claim He's “Being Attacked” By Media
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CNN's S.E. Cupp and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt parroted language from Marco Rubio's campaign to defend his debate performance, which garnered criticism. Hewitt claimed that Rubio is “being attacked by mainstream media,” and Cupp echoed Hewitt, saying “the attention” is good for Rubio “going into New Hampshire and South Carolina.” NBC's Alexandra Jaffe tweeted an image of an email from Marco Rubio's campaign, which read “the media pounced” on him because they “know our campaign is building momentum.” From the February 8 edition of CNN Newsroom: