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House Republican asks important question when CNN reporter confronts him for screaming 'lies' at Biden during SOTU
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.) shut down a CNN reporter on Thursday with a single question while defending his outburst at the State of the Union.
Early in Biden's speech, Van Orden screamed "lies" when Biden attacked Donald Trump by saying the former president "failed the most basic presidential duty that he owes to American people: the duty to care." That sin is "unforgivable," Biden added.
After the speech, CNN correspondent Manu Raju confronted Van Orden for interrupting Biden.
"Why did you yell out the president was lying?" the CNN reporter asked.
Van Orden explained that he took issue with Biden's refusal to take responsibility for the border crisis.
"The president should have started and ended his State of the Union address by apologizing to the American people. He's let 8 million illegal immigrants into the country, open[ed] the border. And you know he can close it. So what he said there in the State of the Union, tremendous amount of it was just flat-out fabrication," he responded.
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In a follow-up question, Raju suggested that it was inappropriate for Van Orden to engage in outbursts. But the interview quickly ended when Van Orden asked a revealing question of his own.
"You're obviously a member of the House. Is it appropriate for you to yell out 'lies' when the president is addressing you guys?" Raju asked.
"Is it appropriate to tell the truth?" Van Orden fired back.
The simple question raises an important point: if outbursts break decorum rules, what about dishonesty and a lack of candor?
For his part, Van Orden said Friday that he doesn't plan to apologize.
In a radio interview, he condemned Biden for treating the State of the Union address, which should be a politically agnostic summary of the state of the union, as a "campaign speech" to attack his No. 1 political rival.
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McCarthy calls out CNN to reporter's face after network host said the open border is a 'talking point'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called out CNN on Monday after a host on the left-leaning network asserted that claims about the southern border being "open" are "talking points."
What is the background?
On Sunday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) tried informing CNN host Jim Acosta of the seriousness of the border crisis, which has seen nearly 4 million migrants enter the U.S. under President Joe Biden's watch.
But Acosta ignored the facts and offered up his best impression of a White House spokesperson.
"It's open. I mean, nobody can deny that," Norman said.
"The border is not open. That is something that is peddled as a talking point — it's not true," Acosta responded. "There are fences. There are walls. There are Border Patrol agents who work on the border."
What did McCarthy say?
During a press gaggle at the Capitol, CNN reporter Manu Raju asked McCarthy what needs to change about his "strategy" to pass a funding bill to avert a government shutdown.
McCarthy agreed that something needs to change and knocked out two birds with one stone. On one hand, he noted that CNN's rhetoric is wrong, while on the other he urged Republicans to keep the government funded to ensure that border enforcement authorities get paid.
"Something's got to change," McCarthy said. "I can refer to your network, CNN, referred to yesterday that an 'open border' is a talking point.
"Well, we just set a new record of 11,000 people came across illegally. The record was just Friday, a few days before, of 10,000," McCarthy continued. "I'm not sure how you continue to report — when you see what's going on across this nation — to continue to fund the government to secure the border? I think members should be for that."
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Customs and Border Protection sources told Fox News there were approximately 11,000 migrant encounters at the southern border from Sunday to Monday, making it the "single highest day in recent memory."
That number, of course, excludes migrants whom authorities never encountered.
Meanwhile, the Washington Free Beacon obtained internal government documents showing the Biden administration knew that a large population of migrants was preparing to come to the U.S. months ago.
Despite their advance knowledge, the administration failed to take action, either to prepare local communities overwhelmed by the surge or to forestall the surge completely.
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McCarthy shuts down CNN reporter's question with serious accusation against the network: 'That was a real concern'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended on Tuesday his decision to give Tucker Carlson the Jan. 6 tapes, fiercely responding to a CNN reporter who questioned him.
CNN reporter Manu Raju asked McCarthy whether he regrets giving Carlson the tapes, accusing the Fox News host of using the footage to "whitewash" what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. McCarthy was clear that he does not.
"No," the California Republican responded.
"I said at the very beginning, 'Transparency.' And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said, people can actually look at it and see what's gone on that day," he explained.
When the reporter asked McCarthy if he agrees with Carlson's reporting, McCarthy responded, "Each person can come up with their own conclusion."
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That's when McCarthy zeroed in on CNN for allegedly exposing the secret location where congressional leadership fled on Jan. 6.
"I just wanted to make sure I had transparency, because I know on CNN, I mean, I had here where you guys actually wrote where we were," McCarthy said. "This was a secret location: Fort McNair. I don’t know if you got concerned by that. I don't even know from a point of view of security if we could ever be taken there again.
"But when you broke that at CNN, that was a real concern to a lot of people," he added, referring to transparency in media.
Interestingly, McCarthy also revealed that he consulted the Capitol Police before releasing the tapes to ensure sensitive material was not released. He said the Capitol Police only raised concern about one piece of footage, which was protected before its release.
On the other hand, the Capitol Police told McCarthy that the Jan. 6 committee did not consult with the agency before it released footage.
Last October, CNN exclusively reported that congressional leadership had established a command center at Fort McNair in Washington, publishing additional footage not shown by the Jan. 6 committee.
The committee had shown footage of lawmakers gathering there, but the committee did not disclose the exact location. Instead, it labeled the footage as having taken place at an "undisclosed location," according to CNN.
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