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Trump refers to CNN's Anderson Cooper by a woman's first name
NOVI, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with a woman’s first name in recent days as the Republican presidential nominee focuses his closing message on a hypermasculine appeal to men.
On a Friday morning post on Trump’s social media site Truth Social, the former president referred to one of the most prominent openly gay journalists in the U.S. as “Allison Cooper.”
Trump made the subtext even more explicit later Friday during a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, where he criticized a town hall Cooper hosted with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other night, he’s a friendly person. You know Allison Cooper? CNN fake news,” Trump said, before pausing and saying in a mocking voice: “Oh, she said no, his name is Anderson. Oh, no.”
On Saturday, Trump repeated the name during another Michigan rally, then followed it up during a nighttime reference in Pennsylvania. “They had a town hall,” Trump said in Mich
Trump refers to CNN&#;s openly gay anchor Anderson Cooper by a woman&#;s first name
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN&#;s openly gay anchor Anderson Cooper by a woman&#;s name as the Republican presidential nominee looks to appeal to conservative male voters in the final days of the race.
On Friday, on Trump’s social media site Truth Social, the former president called Cooper &#;Allison Cooper.” Later that day, the former president doubled down on the taunting during a rally in Traverse City, Mich., where he criticized a town hall Cooper hosted with Vice President Kamala Harris.
&#;If you watched her being interviewed by Allison Cooper the other night, he’s a adj person. You know Allison Cooper? CNN fake news,” Trump said, before taking a beat to add in a mocking voice: “Oh, she said no, his name is Anderson. Oh, no.&#;
Trump repeated the name during another Michigan rally Saturday, then again at a rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania that night.
“They had a town hall,” Trump said in Michigan. “Even Allison Cooper was embarrassed by
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Blackwell answered questions from Howard University students about active his way up the TV totem pole, covering the Ferguson uprisings after the murder of Michael Brown and giving advice about watching difficult footage such as the footage that caught Memphis Police Officers beating Tyre Nichols in January. Nichols died from his injuries days later.
Though he acknowledges his experiences as a Black gay man verb context to the cultural atmospheres of his assignments, Blackwell emphasizes his need to be a truth seeker in all scenarios, especially in stories that spotlight America’s racial dynamics.
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Anderson Cooper shares when he realized he was gay: 'One of the great blessings of my life'
Though he publicly came out almost 10 years ago, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper says he first knew "something was different" around the age of 6 or 7.
"I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the time, but I realized something was up," Cooper said in a Q&A session Monday on CNN's "Full Circle," adding that he began to tell friends when he was in high school but still struggled through college with fully loving himself.
"I think I really, truly accepted it – and not just accepted it, but fully embraced it and came around to really loving the fact that I was gay – would probably be right after college," he said.
"A lot of the things I wanted to do at the time, you couldn't be gay," he said, citing an interest in joining the U.S. military, though out members of the gay community were not allowed to serve at the hour. The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibited openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from serving, was officially repealed in
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