President Donald Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to accuse CNN of having intentionally “cut off” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during an interview for having jokingly referred to the network as “fake news.”

According to Fox News, the incident occurred Friday evening as Sanders was speaking with host Erin Burnett about media reports that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had discussed sanctions with Russia before being sworn into office.

“Well, I don’t know,” Sanders replied when asked by Burnett about the president’s claims that he had not yet heard anything about these allegations. Maybe he [Trump] was watching CNN fake news …”

He added: “What do you think? … It was a joke.”

What was not a joke was that Sanders’ feed from Burnett abruptly went dead, leading him to gaze around in confusion and ask, “Are we on?”

Burnett then cut to a commercial, claiming she had “lost connection” with the senator.

Watch the full interview below:

That seemed rather coincidental, did it not? Perhaps a little too coincidental? President Trump apparently felt as much.

In fact, in a tweet posted the following morning, he accused CNN outright of intentionally cutting Sanders off.

“While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network,” he wrote. “They said technical difficulties!”

While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2017

Was this what actually happened, though? The answer depends on whom you ask. Critics of CNN are adamant that the network did purposely cut Sanders off, but CNN claimed otherwise.

In a tweet issued as a reply to Trump’s accusation, the network pointed to the transcript as proof.

However, the transcript showed only that Sanders later returned to complete his original interview. It did not contain any tangible evidence that CNN had not purposefully cut his feed the first time around. The truth is that we may never know what really happened Friday night at CNN. What we do know for certain, however, is that this was not the first time a guest’s feed had suddenly been cut off for mysterious reasons, which does make one wonder … Like us on Facebook – USA Liberty News Please share this story on Facebook and Twitter and let us know what you think about President Donald Trump’s accusation that CNN deliberately cut off Bernie Sanders’ feed.

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Source: conservativetribune.com

H/T U.K. Daily Mail