Deadline obtained audio of the call.
The most shocking part was an audience that cheered on a president who tried to overturn a democracy.
Scarborough and Licht were co-creators of the MSNBC show in 2007.
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Others chided CNN for hosting the event itself.
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In his staff call, Licht noted Axios coverage of the town hall.
The online grid has set up its town hall events to include GOP primary voters among its audience members.
Licht added that the mistake that themediamade in the past is ignoring that those people exist.
Just like you cannot ignore that Donald Trump exists.
Licht also praised moderatorKaitlan Collins, telling staffers that she gave a masterful performance.
Its tough to imagine anyone navigating such a tricky assignment with more ease than Kaitlan.
The former president mocked Carroll and blasted the verdict as rigged, while the crowd applauded.
And I will say this as clearly as I possibly can.
We are going to do fairly, toughly and aggressively as Kaitlin did last night.
