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Critics are coming down hard on Joe Biden’s performance at the CNN town hall. While the former vice president did score some points for his ability to show empathy toward the Pennsylvania voters picked to ask questions, CNN’s “softball” treatment of Biden was widely panned. Especially considering the harsh grilling President Trump received at the ABC News town hall earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

“In the first moments, the contrast between what Trump was asked and what Biden is being asked is striking,” Politico columnist Jeff Greenfield said in a tweet pointing out the stark differences between events.<\/p>\n

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NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck’s analysis of the event shows that of the 16 participants who asked Biden questions, 13 of them were Democrats while at Trump’s town hall he faced three Hillary Clinton voters, one Jill Stein voter, three non-voters, one unidentified, and just four Trump voters.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nOthers took notice of the biased questions at the CNN town hall.<\/p>\nThe Daily Beast politics reporter Hanna Trudo noted the profuse number of Democratic voters in a tweet that was later deleted, “Has CNN asked a question to anyone who’s not a Democrat? (may have missed)”<\/p>\n“So far the questions at CNN\u2019s drive-in #BidenTownHall sound as if they were written by Biden\u2019s campaign: \u201cTell us how bad Trump is\u201d. 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