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CNN anchor stomps GOP lawmaker’s denial cold — to his face

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CNN guest anchor Pamela Brown could not let U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.) try to blame former President Joe Biden for Trump’s bad economy more than a year into Trump’s second term. The interview began with Brown pointing to new CNN polling this week showing 70 percent of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy, and 72 percent disapprove of his handling of the Iran war he unilaterally started. “Is he putting your party in a bad position ahead of the midterms?” Brown then asked Baumgartner. But the lawmaker wasn’t budging from his talking points, claiming Trump is “putting America on a pathway to very strong economic growth” with the “largest tax reduction in American history.” That tax cut Baumgartner is referring to, however, is the controversial and unpopular Big Beautiful Bill set to throw beneficiaries off federal safety nets just after the midterms. “I think the American people trust President Trump. And I think Republicans are doing a good job. And I th

First report: Frustrated MAGA lawmaker squirms when fact-checked to his face on CNN — rawstory.com, 10d