#CNNisTrash Trends on Twitter After Apparent Anti-Bernie Bias in Last Night’s Debate

According to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders told her that a woman could never be president in a private meeting in 2018. While there has been no official fact check on whether that statement is true—and there can’t be, at this point, since Sanders and Warren were the only two present—the moderators of Tuesday night’s Democratic debate on CNN treated the allegation as a fact.

The hashtag #CNNisTrash quickly spread on Twitter after multiple questions from CNN correspondent Abby Phillip targeted Sanders for what he supposedly said to Warren in 2018. In one instance, it appeared that Phillips was intentionally framing Sanders as guilty when she refused to challenge Warren about whether her statement was true.

“So Sen. Sanders, I do want to be clear here,” said Phillip. “You’re saying that you never told Sen. Warren that a woman could not win the election.”

Sanders replied: “That is correct.”

But instead of turning to Warren and challenging the validity of her claim, Phillip instead completely ignored Sanders’ denial, asking: “Sen. Warren, what did you think when Sen. Sanders told you a woman could not win the election?”

Many are rightfully pointing out that the allegation is ludicrous considering Sanders is not one to flip-flop on his political ideals, highlighting that he clearly stated that a woman could be president in a 1988 interview:

On top of that, he encouraged Warren to run in the 2016 election, only running himself after she decided not to.